Senior Data Scientist - Remote - Europe - 12+ Months

We're looking for a Senior Data Scientist with a strong software engineering mindset to design, build, and productionise recommendation, ranking, and AI solutions. You'll work on advanced use cases including similarity search, semantic retrieval, optimisation, and summarisation using Databricks, Python, and SQL.

Mandatory

• Proven production Databricks experience
• Current Databricks certification
• Experience with Claude Code and structured delivery frameworks (e.g. BMAD)

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop recommendation, ranking, and retrieval models to improve content relevance and decision support
• Build scalable, production-grade ML solutions on Databricks
• Take models end-to-end: experimentation deployment monitoring
• Implement semantic search, summarisation, optimisation, and next-best-action solutions
• Apply strong engineering practices (Git, CI/CD, testing, service-based deployments)
• Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to deliver high-quality, reliable systems
• Continuously improve model performance, relevance, and reliability in production

Required Skills & Experience

• Senior-level Data Scientist with strong software engineering foundations
• Expert in Python & SQL with production ML experience
• Deep hands-on Databricks expertise (PySpark, Delta, MLflow) at enterprise scale
• Experience with recommender systems, ranking models, or information retrieval
• Strong understanding of NLP, semantic search, and optimisation (incl. linear programming)
• Proven track record of shipping ML solutions to production

Contract Details

• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: 12+ months with extensions (MVP Delivery)
• Location: Remote - Europe
• Contract Type: Full-time, freelance
• Rate: Please, let us know your expectations