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Lead Data Scientist

Raymond James Financial, Inc.
Saint Petersburg, FL Full Time
POSTED ON 3/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/26/2025

Job Description

This position will follow our hybrid work model, we expect the selected candidate to be in office 2-3 days a week(10-12 days a month ) at the following office location: St. Petersburg, FL.

Job Summary
The Lead Data Scientist supports development of advanced decision support systems by employing advanced techniques from data analytics (including statistical analysis) and machine learning, particularly including NLP. The successful candidate will join an innovative and energetic team that develops capabilities that improve the performance of our business units and make them more efficient. This is a hands-on role in which the Lead Data Scientist is expected to carry out a project from start to finish. This job requires working at our headquarters in St. Petersburg, FL.

Responsibilities:

Working with business partners, define a business use case utilizing machine learning or advanced analytics
Collect, clean, and analyze data from various heterogeneous data sources
Develop machine learning models for prediction or classification in support of a business use case
Implement advanced AI solutions, e.g., deep learning
Deploy models to production systems using Docker containers
Write Python modules to automate Data Science tasks
Review Python code of junior colleagues


Knowledge and Abilities

  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to a non-technical audience

  • Strong knowledge of Machine Learning techniques, including NLP

  • Knowledge of statistics, including hypothesis testing

  • Strong Python skills

  • Proficient in SQL

  • Comfortable with Unix scripting

  • Experience building models that actually delivered value to a business

  • Experience deploying systems to a production environment

  • Experience working in an Agile environment

  • Working knowledge of “big dataâ€� technology like Spark is preferred

  • Deliver products on schedule

  • Make the needs of internal and external clients a primary focus of actions

  • Proactively suggest productive analyses to business units

  • Remain current with developments and trends in Data Science

Education

Bachelor's: Business Administration, Bachelor's: Data Processing, Bachelor's (Required), Master's

Work Experience

General Experience - 6 to 10 years

Certifications

Travel

Less than 25%

Workstyle

Hybrid

At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view.

We expect our associates at all levels to: - Grow professionally and inspire others to do the same - Work with and through others to achieve desired outcomes - Make prompt, pragmatic choices and act with the client in mind - Take ownership and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering results that matter - Contribute to the continuous evolution of the firm

At Raymond James - as part of our people-first culture, we honor, value, and respect the uniqueness, experiences, and backgrounds of all of our Associates. When associates bring their best authentic selves, our organization, clients, and communities thrive. The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.

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