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Leveraging the power of the Salesforce platform, we enable consumer goods companies to achieve their RGM objectives through our fully integrated, user-friendly solution suite.\nAbout the Team\nOur Data Science team builds scalable machine learning models that power advanced analytics for the CPG and Retail industries. We help global brands optimize their pricing and promotional strategies by forecasting sales volume, measuring promotion effectiveness, and analyzing price elasticity of demand.\nWe are looking for a Regular/Mid Data Scientist to join us in developing and deploying analytical models, working with real market challenges and large-scale sales data.\nWork Mode\nFully remote. On-site collaboration 2-3 days per quarter.\nKey Responsibilities\nPredictive Modeling: Build and improve sales volume forecasting models using gradient boosting methods and regression techniques, including hyperparameter optimization.\nData Analysis & Feature Engineering: Explore and prepare data for modeling, including time-series feature creation, promotion and pricing analysis, outlier detection, and data quality assurance.\nMLOps: Operationalize models and work within a production-grade ML pipeline leveraging cloud infrastructure.\nExplainable AI (XAI): Collaborate with business teams to interpret and communicate model outputs, translating analytical results into actionable business insights.\nResearch: Test new hypotheses, evaluate alternative loss functions and algorithms, and explore improvements to existing modeling approaches. Pursue independent research topics with the opportunity to publish findings of novel scientific value.\nYou Must Have\nA degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.\nMinimum 1 year of commercial experience as a Data Scientist or Machine Learning Engineer.\nProficiency in Python and core data/ML libraries (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, statsmodels).\nHands-on experience with gradient boosting models.\nSolid understanding of time-series forecasting, regression modeling, and cross-validation techniques.\nKnowledge of regression evaluation metrics in business contexts (e.g. MAE, R-squared, NRMSE).\nExperience with version control systems (Git) and clean, modular coding practices (OOP).\nProficiency in SQL.\nComfortable working in a Linux environment.\nAbility to present and communicate results of your work to both technical and business stakeholders, translating model outcomes into clear business value.\nCommunicative English, sufficient for reading documentation and presenting results.\nNice to Have\nFamiliarity with CPG/FMCG or Retail data and domain-specific metrics\nExperience with cloud environments, preferably AWS.\nPractical use of Explainable AI tools (e.g. SHAP).\nExperience with hyperparameter optimization frameworks (e.g. Optuna).\nWorking knowledge of Excel for ad-hoc data analysis and reporting.\nWhat We Offer\nChoice of employment contract or B2B.\nFully remote work with quarterly on-site meetups (2-3 days).\nWork with large, compelling analytical datasets and real impact on decisions of major corporations.\nA structured research process from exploration through to production deployment.\nAccess to cloud computing infrastructure and a modern technology stack.\nOpportunity to conduct independent research and publish results of scientific value.\nMentorship support.\nMultisport card.\nPrivate medical care.\nPSignite invests in the development of its employees. 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