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Lead Data Scientist

Galent

 

San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA

Posted On: 12 days ago
Experience: 6+ years
Availability: Hybrid
Openings: 1
Category: Lead Data Scientist
Tenure: Full-time Only
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Description

You will lead end-to-end data science delivery for financial institutions, owning projects from problem framing through deployment to measurable business outcomes.

This role is on-site.

Responsibilities

  • Build production-grade data science and engineering solutions using Python and advanced SQL for large relational datasets.
  • Own the full delivery lifecycle, including model deployment, monitoring, and performance-aware query design.
  • Lead and mentor a team, managing delivery against client or stakeholder commitments.
  • Engage senior stakeholders to explain technical concepts clearly and drive project alignment.

Required Skills

  • 6+ years of experience delivering data science projects for regulated financial environments (banking, payments, cards, lending).
  • Expert Python proficiency with pandas, scikit-learn, and standard ML/data tooling.
  • Advanced SQL skills for performance-aware query design on large datasets.
  • Demonstrated ownership of end-to-end delivery with measurable business impact.
  • Experience leading or mentoring teams and managing stakeholder commitments.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, Mathematics, or related quantitative field.

Preferred Skills

  • Hands-on AWS experience (S3, Glue, EMR, Redshift, SageMaker) for building and deploying ML workloads.
  • Direct payments ecosystem experience with transaction-level data familiarity.
  • Experience with modern data engineering (Spark, CI/CD, orchestration) and MLOps practices.

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degrees

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