Data Scientist / ML Engineer (CDI)

Permanent contract
Paris
A few days at home
Salary: €48K to 52K
Starting date: August 31, 2025
Experience: > 2 years
Education: Master's Degree

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Job description

Join a team at the heart of ML innovation !

The Knowledge team is responsible for developing ML algorithms and features around transaction enrichment and user knowledge.

It combines real-time NLP ML model inference and batch processing for marketing targeting, at-scale on large volumes of transactional data in our data warehouse.

As a Data Scientist within the Knowledge team, you will:

  • Develop, enhance, and deploy machine learning models for banking transaction contextualization with a focus on accuracy, performance, and scalability

  • Work at the intersection of data science, MLOps and research to design advanced NLP models, recommendation systems, and real-time inference systems

  • Build and maintain our ML model training pipelines, feature engineering workflows, and model monitoring systems

  • Create tools and automation for model evaluation, A/B testing, and performance tracking

  • Develop technical frameworks for ML experimentation, model versioning, and deployment

  • Actively contribute to model quality, data quality, and research reproducibility


Preferred experience

Technical skills

  • Machine learning: 2-3 years of professional experience (excluding studies, internships, and apprenticeships)

  • Python: confirmed level (main language)

  • Deep Learning frameworks (TensorFlow/PyTorch): confirmed level

  • Data manipulation (Pandas/Polars): beginner to confirmed

  • SQL (PostgreSQL or other relational DBMS): beginner to confirmed

  • MLOps tools and practices: beginner level

  • Git/Linux/Docker: confirmed level

Mindset

  • Autonomous and able to take initiative

  • Research-oriented with an appetite for experimentation and innovation

  • Team player who enjoys collaborating and sharing, and works towards collective success

  • Builder rather than power-user: you enjoy creating and filling gaps in a growing scale-up ecosystem

  • Open source contributions or personal projects are welcome!

Here’s our tech stack

Experience in these areas can make the difference:

  • Python / PyTorch

  • Polars / Pandas

  • PostgreSQL

  • RabbitMQ / Kafka

  • GitLab

  • Clickhouse

  • Dagster

  • dbt

  • MLflow / Weights & Biases


Recruitment process

  • Initial discussion with the CTO and Head of Data (30 min)

  • Technical test assignment

  • Technical discussion around the test with the team (1h30)

  • Final interview (30min)

Benefits

  • Attractive compensation package!

  • Meal vouchers (Swile card)

  • Sustainable Mobility allowance combinable with Navigo Pass reimbursement

  • “Remote friendly” work environment (possibility to work from home 2 days per week)

  • Offices in central Paris, 9th district

  • Participation in tech events (internal or external)

  • Support for publishing technical content

  • Bi-monthly All hands meetings in Paris followed by an evening event

  • Annual multi-day company offsite

  • Opportunity to participate in Paylead hiking trips

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