About the Role
This role requires high-level autonomy, where you will define your own direction within strategic goals, influence multiple teams, and navigate high complexity and ambiguity to deliver tangible business results. You will bridge the gap between technical innovation and real-world business challenges by applying advanced statistical and machine learning techniques to build predictive models and derive actionable insights.
Responsibilities
- Define your own direction within strategic goals
- Influence multiple teams
- Navigate high complexity and ambiguity to deliver tangible business results
- Bridge the gap between technical innovation and real-world business challenges
- Apply advanced statistical and machine learning techniques to build predictive models
- Derive actionable insights
- Design end-to-end ML systems for complex problems
- Apply advanced statistical methods
- Translate seamlessly between business needs and engineering solutions
- Build complete applications rapidly across any technology stack
- Select the right tools to balance technical debt with delivery speed
- Architect scalable data strategies across diverse teams and complex enterprise landscapes
- Define data governance policies
- Master data quality frameworks
- Build robust integration solutions for undocumented schemas and disparate systems
- Drive the adoption of modern data warehousing and lakehouse architectures
- Lead AI governance initiatives
- Create AI evaluation standards
- Train teams on rigorous AI verification and risk management
- Lead rapid delivery initiatives using a prototype-first approach
- Validate solutions quickly before scaling
- Seek out undefined problems
- Embed with users to discover latent needs
- Turn ambiguity into clear problem statements
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering
- 8–12 years of relevant experience leading complex technical projects with multi-team impact
- Expert capability in designing end-to-end ML systems for complex problems (including imbalanced data and concept drift)
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of causal inference techniques, experimentation design (A/B testing, MABs), and deep learning architectures for unstructured data (e.g., NLP, Computer Vision)
- Expertise in Python (including libraries like Pandas and NumPy) or R
- Proficiency with cloud platforms and their data/ML services (e.g., AWS Sagemaker, GCP Vertex AI, Azure ML Services)
- Experience with big data technologies (e.g., Spark, Hadoop)
- Familiarity with MLOps tools (e.g., Kubeflow, MLflow, Docker)
- Proven ability to immerse in operations to acquire deep domain expertise
- Ability to build complete applications rapidly across any technology stack
- Experience architecting scalable data strategies across diverse teams and complex enterprise landscapes
- Experience leading AI governance initiatives
- Proficiency in leading rapid delivery initiatives using a prototype-first approach
- A track record of seeking out undefined problems
- Bridge gaps between engineering, design, business, and science
- Rapidly immerse yourself in new domains to speak the language of the business
- Seek out ambiguity rather than avoiding it
- Drive team curiosity through challenging questions
- Create an environment that encourages experimentation
- Drive an accountability culture focused on business impact rather than just deliverables
- Own relationships and make trade-offs between custom solutions and generalizable work
- Map complex system interactions across technical and business domains
- Anticipate cascading effects and understand how technology changes impact operations
- Translate seamlessly between technical and business language
- Ensure requirements are clear enough to enable AI generation and facilitate productive discussions with stakeholders
- Embed with users to discover latent needs
- Turn ambiguity into clear problem statements rather than waiting for defined tasks
Skills
- Machine Learning
- Statistics
- Causal Inference
- Experimentation Design (A/B testing, MABs)
- Deep Learning (NLP, Computer Vision)
- Python (Pandas, NumPy)
- R
- Cloud Platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Big Data Technologies (Spark, Hadoop)
- MLOps (Kubeflow, MLflow, Docker)
- Data Strategy
- Data Integration
- Data Governance
- Data Quality
- AI Governance
- Rapid Prototyping
- Problem Discovery
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 8-12 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering
Benefits
- Challenging and rewarding work with real impact
- Direct Access to Cutting-Edge AI Platforms
- Diverse and Inclusive Culture
- Growth opportunities for personal and professional development
- A collaborative and innovative work environment where your ideas are valued
- Exposure to exciting projects and high-profile clients
- Supportive work environment with access to company leaders
About the Company
- Appnovation is a global, full-service digital partner that combines Strategy, Experience & Design, Engineering and Managed Services.
- We build digital solutions that deliver real impact today and serve as foundations for future growth.
- Bold ambition. Practical action. Endless possibilities.
Equal Opportunity
- At Appnovation, we recognize that diverse teams are the strongest teams. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is not only something that we embrace - we celebrate it!
- We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and we encourage applicants from all backgrounds, lived experiences and industries to apply.
- Come join us at Appnovation, and learn more about how we stay true to our company values as we build better lives through better digital.
- Accommodations are available upon request throughout the recruitment process.
