Senior Data Scientist - BEHAVIORALLY : Job Details

Senior Data Scientist

Full Time

Hybrid 2-3 days in the office per week

No Sponsorship will be provided now and in the future

Location: New York City, NY

Why Join Behaviorally?

Behaviorally leads the way in leveraging data intelligence to influence consumer choices at the point of purchase. Our groundbreaking AI solutions empower leading brands across industries—including Consumer Packaged Goods, Health & Well-Being, Technology, and Retail—to optimize their packaging, enhance consumer engagement, and drive sales.

Join our innovative, fast-paced AI research team, where your contributions will directly shape cutting-edge technologies deployed at scale.

What You'll Do:

• Innovate and Prototype: Lead the design and development of pioneering solutions in computer vision and machine learning, from concept to prototype.
• Research Excellence: Apply and extend state-of-the-art methodologies, quickly implementing insights from leading research papers into actionable models.
• End-to-End Data Science: Own full-stack data science responsibilities—data collection, aggregation, analysis, visualization, production deployment, monitoring, and iterative retraining.
• Collaboration and Communication: Work independently within a highly collaborative small team, clearly communicating ideas and solutions cross-functionally.
• Infrastructure and Automation: Create, manage, and optimize CI/CD pipelines, leveraging Azure ML infrastructure for scalable model training and deployment.

What You'll Bring:

Essential Qualifications:

• PhD in ML, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or related fields, or equivalent industry experience.
• 3+ years of proven experience in computer vision and deep learning.
• Expert-level Python proficiency (Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, etc.) and strong SQL skills.
• Hands-on experience with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX).
• Solid understanding of classical machine learning methods (SVM, clustering, boosting).
• Demonstrated ability to independently implement and adapt complex ML research papers.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines and automated model retraining processes.
• Must live within commuting distance to a Behaviorally office.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Track record of published research in premier conferences (CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, ICML, NeurIPS, SIGGRAPH).
• Experience with RLHF, iterative retraining approaches, and drift detection.
• Familiarity with diffusion models, transfer learning, and multi-modal data (text, image, tabular).
• Experience working with terabyte-scale datasets and training large-scale models (100M-1B+ parameters) on multi-GPU setups.
• Familiarity with Azure ML and LLM integration for advanced data pipelines.

Ready to Innovate with Us?

If you're passionate about pioneering advancements in data science and eager to make impactful contributions in a rapidly evolving industry, we'd love to have you on our team!

What we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability benefits
• 401k match
• Collaborative and innovative work environment.
• The opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

What Else Can We Tell You?

Additional things to keep in mind when considering a career opportunity at Behaviorally:

·We are pretty transparentabout what matters to us. Our progress against our mission, values, goals, accountability metrics and KPIS all the way up to our senior leaders are visible and available for everyone, anytime, anywhere. You will always know where we (and you) stand.

·You will feel taken care of, whether it is competitive benefits, personalized training, development and mentorship or those important additional factors that some may take for granted (competitive wages and benefits, flex time or remote working policies etc.) We know how much these matter when you are choosing a place in which you will spend the majority of your time, building your career.

·You will feel part of a team that welcomes, feels, and behaves like you. We take great care recruiting someone like you, so you can rest assured that we have done the same with the team you are joining. They too are bright, curious, reliable, candid, optimistic, and supportive of each other. The team you join is as much dedicated to seeing you succeed as they are committed to the goals of the company and the clients we serve.

Our ethical commitment to you and all our employees:

At Behaviorally, we are committed to a work environment that is inclusive to all and free of discrimination. It is our policy to be an equal opportunity employer without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, veteran status, citizenship status or any other factors prohibited by law.