Senior Lead Data Scientist - California Santa Clara, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, NY

Full-Time/ USC, GC, H1B, If in Dallas or bay area - Role is Hybrid anything else is Remote with Travel

We are looking for an experienced Senior Lead Data Scientist / ML Engineer with a strong blend of pre-sales expertise, team leadership, and technical proficiency across classical machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI. You will engage in high-level client discussions, drive technical sales strategies, and lead a team to design and implement cutting-edge ML solutions. This is a strategic role requiring both thought leadership and hands-on technical contributions.

Roles & Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

1. Pre-Sales & Client Engagement
2. Leadership & Team Management
3. Classical Machine Learning & Statistical Modeling
4. Deep Learning & Generative AI
5. Project Delivery & MLOps
6. Stakeholder Management & Communication

Required Qualifications

• Education & Experience
• Technical Expertise
• Leadership & Communication

Preferred / Bonus Skills

• Experience in big data ecosystems (Spark, Hadoop) for large-scale data processing.
• Background in NLP, computer vision, or recommendation systems.
• Knowledge of DevOps tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Terraform) for infrastructure automation.
• Track record of published research or contributions to open-source AI projects.