Lead Data Scientist
Caterpillar Inc. (company site, opens in a new tab)ChennaiOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 28–45 LPA
Posted 2d ago
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About This Role
- Lead design, architecture, and delivery of scalable data platforms, pipelines, and AI-powered data products for global pricing decisions.
- Provide technical leadership including setting team standards, code reviews, and mentoring to improve engineering capabilities.
- Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to translate requirements into reliable, maintainable data solutions and resolve technical challenges.
Minimum Requirements
- Experience leading technical teams or major engineering projects.
- Strong Python software development skills and experience with software engineering practices such as Git, CI/CD, and testing.
- Experience with cloud platforms, specifically AWS components like Lambda, Fargate, S3, SageMaker, IAM, and RDS.
- Location requirement: Must be based in Chennai, India; EMEA shift timing 01:00 PM - 10:00 PM IST; Visa sponsorship not available.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Proven capability in software architecture and delivering production-grade scalable data engineering solutions in cloud environments.
- Demonstrated experience mentoring and growing engineering teams while maintaining hands-on technical involvement.
- Strong collaboration skills to influence technical and business stakeholders and manage complex project deliveries in ambiguous environments.