Lead Engineer, Data Science Experience and Enablement

Key Skills

AI technology, AWS, Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery - CI/CD, Data science techniques, Databricks, Machine learning techniques, Python Programming, Scala Programming, SQL

Job Description

Do you want to combine and take your passion for data science, engineering, and architecture to the next level?

We are looking for a Lead Engineer to define and drive our Data Science Experience (DSX) and Enablement. The successful candidate will be responsible for optimising and scaling our data science and AI/ML development cycles and crafting a world-class developer experience for all data scientist across the LEGO group.

You can either be based in our London, UK or Billund, DK office and reporting into the Head of Data Science Engineering.

Come join us!

Core Responsibilities:

You will be working with various technical partners to define the key elements of a successful DSX and enablement strategy as well as working with data engineering and data platform teams to collaboratively translate your strategy into an implementation architecture. In addition, you will be:

• Leading the development effort on enabling technologies, such as templates, AI/ML pipeline and CI/CD automation- and self-service capabilities in our Databricks / AWS ecosystem.
• Serving as the main point of contact for data scientists and other lead engineers across data science product teams and help them to adopt new ways of working.
• Inspiring your junior colleagues and actively helping them to grow as software engineers through technology and architecture workshops, code reviews, etc.

Play your part in our team succeeding:

In our Data Science Products (DSP) organisation, we have 50+ data science and engineering colleagues distributed across our Denmark and UK offices. This team is responsible for incubating, developing, and rolling out a broad portfolio of data science, AI, and ML solutions across different business areas and for defining and driving data science and data engineering excellence.

As our new Lead Engineer, you will be splitting your time between technology strategy, communication among different departments and hands-on engineering at the intersection of data science, engineering and platform. Furthermore, you will have an opportunity to allocate some of your time to proof-of-concepts, greenfield and incubation projects outside the main scope of your work!

Do you have what it takes?

You are either a Software Engineer with hands-on experience in applied data science or a Data Scientist with a strong passion for engineering. You have few years relevant industry experience across multiple roles and a proven track record in designing and building data science and AI/ML applications using modern data processing, analytics, and machine learning frameworks. What distinguishes you is your passion for creating sustainable “flow” across data science and engineering teams and a deep understanding of its key technical enablers. Ideally, you are:

• Proficient in Python 3 and/or Scala and are familiar with the core language ecosystem(s) and packages.
• Experienced with R language, its usage modes and packaging and deployment mechanisms.
• Experienced in test driven development and setting up CI/CD pipelines in either GitLab or GitHub.
• Practical experience in ML model training and evaluation.
• Willing to travel about two weeks per year (3-4 trips).
• Prior experience working with Databricks and AWS would be an advantage but not a must.

What’s in it for you?

Here are some of what to expect:

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellness – We want you to be your best self, so you'll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programmes run by local teams where you are based.
• Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
• Your workplace – When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. The hiring team will discuss the principles of our hybrid work model 'Best of Both', role eligibility and frequency with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay regardless of e.g. race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

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