Senior Data Scientist

About the role

Inetum, an international agile digital consulting group, is looking for a Senior Data Scientist in Mexico City. The role suits someone with a solid statistical background and practical experience in data science projects in business environments, who can turn complex problems into modeling problems and deliver reproducible solutions that engineering teams can integrate. It works closely with an ML Engineering team.

Key responsibilities

• Frame complex business problems as modeling problems and run rigorous research cycles
• Deliver reproducible, well-documented models that can be integrated by engineering teams
• Collaborate with an ML Engineering team and follow software engineering standards, not just analysis standards
• Use experimental design, hypothesis testing and causal reasoning to solve business problems
• Validate models beyond accuracy, using business metrics, bias analysis and subgroup behavior

Required profile

• More than 5 years in data science, statistical analysis or applied research roles
• End-to-end projects documented from problem definition to a validated model
• Experience working with ML Engineers and Data Engineers in agile environments
• Portfolio of real code repositories
• Master's or doctoral degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Physics, Computer Science or a related field; academic or applied research experience is a plus

Required skills

• Advanced Python as the main development language
• Data science and ML libraries: Scikit-Learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, Pandas, Polars, Statsmodels, SciPy
• Deep learning with TensorFlow or PyTorch when justified
• Advanced SQL and PySpark for large-scale data
• Cloud storage access (GCS, Azure Blob Storage)
• Git, MLflow or equivalent experiment tracking, and structured model documentation

What we offer

• Continuous training programs and certifications
• Learning and professional development platforms
• Physical and emotional wellbeing programs
• International project growth opportunities and performance recognition
• Life insurance, major medical expenses insurance, meal vouchers and a 100% payroll scheme