Principal Data Scientist

**Short Facts**:

- Location: Munich, Germany
- Employment Type: Full-Time, indefinite term
- Salary Range: € 100.000 - 155.000 per year gross depending on the seniority level
- Office-first work setup
- Language Requirement: C1 Level English

**Your Responsibilities**:

- Lead the technical implementation of Flexa data science initiatives and projects from ideation and model development through deployment and maintenance, ensuring robust and high-quality solutions.
- Research, develop, and adapt algorithms that unlock the capacity in the distributed energy system through optimized aggregation and dispatch concepts, forecasting per household and aggregate and identifying opportunities to distribute intelligence.
- Mentor and guide Flexa data scientists, fostering an environment of continuous learning and improvement.
- Foster technical excellence, drive best practices contribute to our open, data driven engineering culture.
- Strategic Product Development: Drive the advancement of our product development roadmap, ensuring scalable and efficient solutions that expand the reach of our platform.
- Work collaboratively within Flexa cross-functional teams and across partner companies, to ensure alignment with product and business goals.
- Keep Flexa at the forefront of scientific innovation within the energy sector.

**Your Profile**:

- University degree (Master or PhD) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics or related fields, with focus on data science, Machine Learning or optimization
- 7+ years of industry experience in applied data science or Machine Learning
- 4+ years of industry experience in a technical leadership role, overseeing data science initiatives
- Proficiency in software development and software practices, with strong expertise in Python
- Extensive hands-on experience in developing, deploying and monitoring Machine Learning models in production
- Experience in working in the cloud, ideally AWS, with an emphasis on data and Machine Learning tools, for example SageMaker, S3 and DynamoDB
- Demonstrated ability to tackle and resolve multiple complex data science challenges simultaneously, from conceptualization to delivery in production, within fast-paced environments
- Proven record of guiding data scientists to contribute to the organization’s financial performance Excellent communication skills in English, and ability to handle multiple stakeholders in a cross-functional setting

**Skills to Set You Apart**
- Optimization expertise: experience with optimization problems and methodologies
- Industry knowledge: work experience in the energy industry, particularly in energy trading or similar fields
- Experience in time series data processing, analysis and forecasting, with focus on streaming settings Hands-on experience in big data technologies, such as Spark and Dask, container orchestration frameworks such as Kubernetes, and in handling Machine Learning models at scale
- At Flexa, we are committed to diversity - of backgrounds and experiences. You don’t need 100% of the preferred qualifications to add incredible value to our team. If you’re passionate about what you could accomplish here, we’d love to hear from you._

**Your Compensation Package and Benefits**:

- Virtual Share Options: We offer virtual share options to all our employees
- Professional Development: Annual development budget of 3,000 € for coachings, trainings, books, etc
- Health & Sport Subsidy: Company subsidised sports facilities membership
- Public Transportation Subsidy: Monthly subsidy to your public transport ticket
- Lunch/Dinner Allowance Vouchers: Allowance for meals on working days as digital meal vouchers
- Work Equipment: Mac Book or Windows Laptop, iPhone (also for private use) and ergonomic workplace
- Regular Team Events: Knowledge Sessions, Afterwork, Sports, Offsites, Halloween, Pride Month, etc.

**A Short Note from Your Future Lead**:
Sébastien Schikora - Chief Technology Officer

Hi there

I'm Sebastien Schikora, serving as the CTO at Flexa since the beginning. My diverse career journey has provided me with a range of experiences with a deep dive in the energy industry and the functioning of the grid specifically. In the last years, I was:

- CTO at KONUX from September 2018 to April 2022, where I played a pivotal role in shaping the company's tech landscape and products.
- Sr. Manager at Tesla from November 2015 to July 2018, leading the development of energy storage systems and mobile apps.
- Vice President of Product Development at Networked Energy Services (NES) Corporation from October 2014 to November 2015, launching a new company and product line in the grid digitalization space.
- At Echelon Corporation, I held various roles over six years, including Director of Product Management and Development in the Grid Modernization Division.
- Before my endeavors in the Energy Industry I was working for Hewlett Packard in the Enterprise Software group for a little over 10 years.

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