Job Description

We are looking for someone to act as a startup founder for a new product at DataRobot. You will define a product vision, build a Minimal Viable Product, and hire a team to execute on that vision.

You will work directly with our CEO to define a new AutoML product and then write the code for the MVP yourself. Once you’ve proved the product works, you will recruit a team to execute. You will remain personally involved at a deeply technical level as your team grows and your vision expands.

You will need to be able to cut through uncertainty, define a grand vision, and execute on a 1-2 year timescale.

Responsibilities

• “Start Up” a new team within DataRobot
• Define early product vision
• Roll up your sleeves and build an MVP
• Hire a team to refine and scale your product

Main Requirements

• Leadership experience in Engineering (preferably, but not necessarily at the Director or Vice President Level)
• 5+ years of combined Python engineering and machine learning experience
• 3+ years of engineering leadership experience
• Leadership from the front: willing and able to write production-grade python code
• Experience working with product management to define and execute a product vision

Desired Skills

• Direct experience writing maintainable, testable, production-grade Python code
• Understanding of different machine learning algorithm families and their tradeoffs (linear, tree-based, kernel-based, deep learning, unsupervised algorithms, etc.)
• Good command of scientific Python toolkit (numpy, scipy, pandas, scikit-learn)
• Software design and peer code review skills
• Experience with automated testing and test-driven development in Python
• Experience with Git + GitHub
• Comfortable with Linux-based operating systems
• Competitive machine learning experience (e.g. Kaggle)
• Previous experience of deploying and maintaining machine learning models in production