Junior Data Scientist

Are you passionate about turning data into meaningful insights and innovative solutions? Atlas Labs is looking for a Junior Data Scientist to join our team. In this role, you’ll work with image, video, sensor, and time-series data while gaining hands-on experience in machine learning, computer vision, data analysis, and model development to solve real-world challenges.

About Atlas Labs:

Atlas Labs is a progressive technology company focused on creating exceptional technology products and services that propel progress and have a positive impact on the world.

At the heart of everything we do is to liaise our culture of passion, commitment and excellence. We're all about cultivating an environment where creativity thrives and excellence is the norm. With a burning passion to achieve greatness, we're committed to going above and beyond to deliver the best possible outcomes for our clients and ourselves.

Your Role:

• Analyse image, video, sensor, and time-series data to identify patterns and meaningful insights.
• Assist in developing and evaluating machine learning and computer vision models for classification, detection, and behaviour recognition.
• Prepare, clean, label, and preprocess datasets for machine learning applications.
• Support model training, evaluation, experimentation, and error analysis.
• Develop data analysis and visualisation workflows to understand model and data performance.
• Assist in building tools and pipelines for data processing and model evaluation.
• Work with senior data scientists and engineers to improve ML models and production systems.
• Research and experiment with new machine learning techniques and approaches.
• Document experiments, results, and findings clearly.
• Continuously develop technical and analytical skills through hands-on ML projects.

Your Profile:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Science, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field.
• 0-2 years of experience in data science, machine learning, or a related field; internships and academic projects are welcome.
• Good proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Basic understanding of machine learning, statistics, and data analysis.
• Familiarity with image/video processing and time-series data is a plus.
• Familiarity with machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow is a plus.
• Understanding of common ML evaluation metrics and model performance analysis.
• Familiarity with dataset annotation tools such as CVAT is a plus.
• Basic understanding of Git and Linux.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a willingness to learn.
• Good communication skills and ability to explain findings clearly.
• Familiarity with ONNX, edge AI, Docker, Prometheus/Grafana, or Rust is a plus.

Benefits:

In addition to our wonderful team, our great culture, and our magnificent vision, there are a wide range of additional benefits that makes Atlas Labs an amazing place to work! You can receive:

• The experience of creating and implementing highly-valuable and innovative technology, while contributing to the long-term growth of a successful tech company
• Attractive remuneration with great growth opportunities
• State-of-the-art hardware to work with and a modern software infrastructure
• A beautiful office in the heart of Colombo with plenty of flexibility to take care of what matters most!

Apply Today:

Don't meet every single requirement? If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.