J.D. Power · 1 day ago
Lead ML Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
8+ years expJ.D. Power is a leader in automotive data, and they are seeking a Lead ML Engineer to join their Data and Analytics division. The role involves building and deploying AI models that will directly impact core products for clients in the automotive industry.
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Responsibilities
Experience daily immersion in automotive industry data
Working with business units to articulate a pipeline of AI projects to drive operational efficiency and revenue growth
Create reusable frameworks to integrate multiple AI models into production workflows
Lead the creation of multiple AI models simultaneously and put them into production
Communications to customer success, product, and senior data science leadership while requiring minimal feedback for communication documents and presentations
Coach team members on exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, and data transformations
Leads PI (Program Increment) planning for activities to be conducted in the next quarter, with limited supervision, for major developmental modules or projects
Fluent in other data science models, data sources, and data limitations within business units
Strong expectation to bring up, propose, and coordinate solution execution to resolve issues, with help from leadership if needed
Qualification
Required
Enthusiasm for the automotive industry
Curiosity and passion for solving problems with data
Ability to lead the creation of multiple AI models simultaneously and put them into production
Demonstrated proficiency of AI programming languages including Python
Demonstrated use of AI evaluation metrics including accuracy, precision, recall, ROC, AUC, F1 scores, MSE, R-squared, etc, in model building & evaluation
Focuses on designing innovative solutions for challenging AI problems
Requires effective collaboration with stakeholders for AI adoption and best practices
8+ years of professional experience working with large datasets
8+ years of professional experience with statistical programming software (Spark, Python preferred)
10+ years of professional experience and fluency with database software (RedShift, Hive, SQL, MYSQL)
5+ years of professional experience deploying cloud-based automated analytic processes
5+ in machine learning model deployment with automate model monitoring
Master's Degree in Statistics, Data Science, Economics, or a related technical field
Preferred
Experience with automotive market data
Experience working with AWS tools (like Sagemaker, Glue, Batch, Lamdba)
Experience working with Palantir
Experience deploying machine learning models into production with an API
Experience with specialized UI app (viz. StreamLit, Gradio) for live interactions with ML models
Experience with MLOps and CICD for trigger or rule based invocation of the training/evaluation/re-deployment cycle
Experience with API based enablement of model training/inference and integration of the model lifecycle in live user interactions
Experience with model deployment and non-pandas/non-sql data structures
PhD in Statistics, Data Science, Economics, or related field
Company
J.D. Power
J.D. Power is a global leader in consumer insights, advisory services and data and analytics.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Jeremy Samuel
Chief Technology Officer - Darwin Automotive - Dealership Technologies Division - JD Power
Ben Bartosch
Manager, CPO Solutions
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