Lead Data Scientist, Search (remote)

DICK'S Sporting Goods

Remote, US
Base: $95,200.00 - $158,800.00; bonus/equity: ince...
Fully remote
6+ years data science experience
2-3 years technical lead experience
Elastic or solr search systems
DICK’S Sporting Goods is seeking a Lead Data Scientist for its Search team, focusing on leveraging AI and machine learning to enhance customer and teammate search experiences. The role requires extensive experience in data science and search systems, as well as leadership capabilities to drive enterprise-level impact

Job Summary

  • This role serves as a key technical leader to transform the omnichannel search experience using advanced AI and GenAI capabilities.
  • The successful candidate will design and deploy ranking algorithms that go beyond keyword matching to consider content quality and user experience.
  • Candidates must have extensive experience with big data technologies like Spark and Kafka to build robust data pipelines for massive datasets.

Matching Summary

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DICK’S Sporting Goods is seeking a Lead Data Scientist for its Search team, focusing on leveraging AI and machine learning to enhance customer and teammate search experiences. The role requires extensive experience in data science and search systems, as well as leadership capabilities to drive enterprise-level impact.

Salary

Base: $95,200.00 - $158,800.00; Bonus/Equity: Incentive and equity included; Benefits: Generous suite of benefits offered

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 6+ years data science experience
  • 2-3 years technical lead experience
  • Elastic or SOLR search systems
  • Python and TensorFlow/PyTorch
  • Spark and Kafka big data technologies
  • API engineering and design
  • Agile project management tools

Nice-to-have

  • Multi-modal system expertise
  • Large language models (LLMs)
  • Graph learning and deep learning
  • Mentoring junior scientists
  • Executive leadership presentation skills
  • Generative AI in search engines

Key Requirements

  • Master's Degree in quantitative field preferred
  • 6+ years of relevant work experience
  • Experience mentoring and training team members
  • Comfortable influencing senior executive leadership
  • US work authorization required for remote role

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