
Mico
Senior Data Scientist
Japan (Hybrid)RemotePosted 2 days ago¥8,000,000 – ¥8,000,000
Full TimeSeniorRemoteJP
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Job Description
As a Senior Data Scientist, you will leverage advanced analytics, machine learning, and statistical modeling to solve complex business challenges through data-driven approaches. This role requires dee
Key Highlights
- Lead the entire machine learning lifecycle for core algorithms such as recommendation engines and advertising optimization—from data exploration and feature engineering to model implementation, deployment, and production maintenance.
- Continuously improve model accuracy and business value, driving measurable revenue growth and business impact through data-driven decision making.
- Partner with business and executive stakeholders to translate business challenges into data-driven solutions, leading KPI definition and strategic initiatives.
- Mentor junior team members in both technical and non-technical areas while establishing engineering best practices, documentation standards, and a strong development culture that maximizes overall team performance.
- Personalization & Recommendation Systems. Design and implement recommendation engines using rule-based methods, machine learning, and deep learning techniques to improve user engagement and strengthen brand trust.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years of professional experience in Data Science, with strong expertise across the following areas: End-to-End Machine Learning Lifecycle Proven experience leading the complete machine learning lifecycle, including data exploration, feature engineering, KPI definition, model development and validation, system implementation, performance evaluation, and deployment, operation, and maintenance of ML systems in production environments. Programming & Code Quality Strong programming skills in Python and SQL. Ability to write clean, readable, maintainable, and production-quality code while following software engineering best practices. Machine Learning & Statistics Strong understanding of machine learning fundamentals for structured and time-series data, including prediction, classification, regression, clustering, and statistical modeling. Hands-on experience applying libraries such as NumPy, Scikit-learn, and PyTorch to solve real-world business problems. Data & Analytics Technologies Practical experience with SQL databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL), data warehouses, and OLAP platforms such as Snowflake and Amazon Redshift. Model Evaluation & Experimentation Experience conducting iterative hypothesis-driven analysis and offline model evaluation using techniques such as cross-validation. Practical knowledge of A/B testing and fundamental statistical analysis methodologies. Cloud Platforms Hands-on experience with major cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP), with AWS experience preferred. Development Environment & Collaboration Experience working in Linux environments and using development tools such as VS Code, Git/GitHub, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions). Proven experience collaborating with engineering teams to deploy and integrate machine learning models into production systems.
- End-to-End Machine Learning Lifecycle Proven experience leading the complete machine learning lifecycle, including data exploration, feature engineering, KPI definition, model development and validation, system implementation, performance evaluation, and deployment, operation, and maintenance of ML systems in production environments.
- Proven experience leading the complete machine learning lifecycle, including data exploration, feature engineering, KPI definition, model development and validation, system implementation, performance evaluation, and deployment, operation, and maintenance of ML systems in production environments.
- Programming & Code Quality Strong programming skills in Python and SQL. Ability to write clean, readable, maintainable, and production-quality code while following software engineering best practices.
- Strong programming skills in Python and SQL.
- Ability to write clean, readable, maintainable, and production-quality code while following software engineering best practices.
- Machine Learning & Statistics Strong understanding of machine learning fundamentals for structured and time-series data, including prediction, classification, regression, clustering, and statistical modeling. Hands-on experience applying libraries such as NumPy, Scikit-learn, and PyTorch to solve real-world business problems.
- Strong understanding of machine learning fundamentals for structured and time-series data, including prediction, classification, regression, clustering, and statistical modeling.
- Hands-on experience applying libraries such as NumPy, Scikit-learn, and PyTorch to solve real-world business problems.
- Data & Analytics Technologies Practical experience with SQL databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL), data warehouses, and OLAP platforms such as Snowflake and Amazon Redshift.
- Practical experience with SQL databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL), data warehouses, and OLAP platforms such as Snowflake and Amazon Redshift.
- Model Evaluation & Experimentation Experience conducting iterative hypothesis-driven analysis and offline model evaluation using techniques such as cross-validation. Practical knowledge of A/B testing and fundamental statistical analysis methodologies.
- Experience conducting iterative hypothesis-driven analysis and offline model evaluation using techniques such as cross-validation.
- Practical knowledge of A/B testing and fundamental statistical analysis methodologies.
- Cloud Platforms Hands-on experience with major cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP), with AWS experience preferred.
- Hands-on experience with major cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP), with AWS experience preferred.
- Development Environment & Collaboration Experience working in Linux environments and using development tools such as VS Code, Git/GitHub, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions). Proven experience collaborating with engineering teams to deploy and integrate machine learning models into production systems.
- Experience working in Linux environments and using development tools such as VS Code, Git/GitHub, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions).
- Proven experience collaborating with engineering teams to deploy and integrate machine learning models into production systems.
- Language Requirements Japanese: Business-level proficiency or higher, including the ability to communicate effectively in spoken and written Japanese and to read technical and business documentation. English: Business-level proficiency or higher, as English is the primary language used for communication within the team.
- Japanese: Business-level proficiency or higher, including the ability to communicate effectively in spoken and written Japanese and to read technical and business documentation.
- English: Business-level proficiency or higher, as English is the primary language used for communication within the team.
Preferred Qualifications
- Recommendation Systems Expertise Hands-on experience designing and developing recommendation systems using techniques such as Collaborative Filtering, Content-Based Filtering, Matrix Factorization, Neural Collaborative Filtering (NCF), Two-Tower architectures, and other modern recommendation algorithms.
- Hands-on experience designing and developing recommendation systems using techniques such as Collaborative Filtering, Content-Based Filtering, Matrix Factorization, Neural Collaborative Filtering (NCF), Two-Tower architectures, and other modern recommendation algorithms.
- Advanced Machine Learning Engineering Experience with online inference (online serving), model deployment, and production-grade ML workflows, including feature pipelines, model monitoring, retraining, continuous improvement cycles, and MLOps best practices. Experience designing and developing microservice architectures using frameworks such as FastAPI or Flask. Experience fine-tuning open-source deep learning models, including embedding models, sequence models, multi-task learning architectures, and other state-of-the-art AI models. Experience developing and operating high-QPS (Queries Per Second), low-latency machine learning APIs in production environments.
- Experience with online inference (online serving), model deployment, and production-grade ML workflows, including feature pipelines, model monitoring, retraining, continuous improvement cycles, and MLOps best practices.
- Experience designing and developing microservice architectures using frameworks such as FastAPI or Flask.
- Experience fine-tuning open-source deep learning models, including embedding models, sequence models, multi-task learning architectures, and other state-of-the-art AI models.
- Experience developing and operating high-QPS (Queries Per Second), low-latency machine learning APIs in production environments.
- Data Engineering & Orchestration Experience designing and operating scalable data pipelines using workflow orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow or AWS Step Functions. Hands-on experience with streaming and messaging technologies such as AWS Kinesis and Apache Kafka. Experience working with distributed computing and large-scale data processing frameworks such as Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, or MPI.
- Experience designing and operating scalable data pipelines using workflow orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow or AWS Step Functions.
- Hands-on experience with streaming and messaging technologies such as AWS Kinesis and Apache Kafka.
- Experience working with distributed computing and large-scale data processing frameworks such as Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, or MPI.
- Domain Expertise & Business Acumen Experience working on projects related to ranking systems, search, advertising optimization, personalization, or similar data-driven products. Ability to translate business objectives and domain knowledge into actionable data analysis and data-driven improvement initiatives. Strong understanding of user behavior analytics, business growth metrics, and optimization from a business impact perspective.
- Experience working on projects related to ranking systems, search, advertising optimization, personalization, or similar data-driven products.
- Ability to translate business objectives and domain knowledge into actionable data analysis and data-driven improvement initiatives.
- Strong understanding of user behavior analytics, business growth metrics, and optimization from a business impact perspective.
- Community Involvement & Research Demonstrated passion for applied machine learning through contributions to open-source software (OSS), published research papers, participation in Kaggle or similar competitions, or other meaningful contributions to the machine learning community.
- Demonstrated passion for applied machine learning through contributions to open-source software (OSS), published research papers, participation in Kaggle or similar competitions, or other meaningful contributions to the machine learning community.
Skills & Technologies
Machine LearningDeep LearningNLPPythonSQLPyTorchMySQLPostgreSQLAWSAzureGCPLinuxGitDockerCI/CDGitHub ActionsFastAPIFlaskKafka
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Job Details
Employment Type
Full Time
Experience Level
Senior
Salary Range
¥8,000,000 – ¥8,000,000
Location
Japan (Hybrid)
Work Mode
Remote
Posted
2 days ago
Country
JP