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Forward Deployed Engineer - Data Scientist

Viaduct
Location
Slovenia
Posted
13 days ago
Department
Internal Efficiency
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Real experience shipping ML models to production, not just notebooks and research
  • Strong Python and SQL skills, hands-on with scikit-learn, XGBoost, or similar ML libraries
  • Some hands-on experience with PyTorch and other deep learning technologies
  • Strong structured problem-solving skills: able to break ambiguous business problems into hypotheses, analyses, and actionable recommendations
  • Business acumen and comfort thinking about value: able to quantify the potential impact of an opportunity and connect analytical outputs to business decisions and outcomes
  • Ability to frame problems and communicate a clear 'so what', not just what the data says, but what should be done about it
Nice to have
  • Experience building or fine-tuning LLMs
  • Developing agentic solutions and creating impact through working in an analytics consulting or other client-facing problem-solving environment
What the job really is

As a Forward Deployed Engineer - Data Scientist at Viaduct, you will work within a small team to tackle real-world manufacturing problems using data science and AI. Your responsibilities include identifying opportunities, translating complex business issues into structured analytical problems, and deploying production-grade models and systems that optimize manufacturing processes. You will engage directly with stakeholders to ensure that your analytical solutions deliver measurable business value.

Things to weigh
  • No salary listed
  • The role involves working with a modern stack but also requires hands-on engineering and deployment responsibilities
  • The team is remote and distributed, which may affect collaboration and onboarding
  • Experience with manufacturing processes is not required, but candidates should be open to learning the domain quickly
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