Data Scientist Firenze

Data Scientist
Firenze
Toscana, Firenze

The Data Appeal Company is a high-tech company that transforms geo-spatial, sentiment and market data into compelling, valuable insights that are simple and accessible.

We are a dynamic and rapidly expanding company part of Almawave Group We are looking for a Data Scientist to join our AI Data Team , where you will develop end-to-end solutions to complex business problems using machine learning, statistics, and data analysis.

As part of our team, you will collaborate closely with system engineers, data scientists, front-end developers, and software engineers to design and implement scalable, high-performance AI-driven solutions.

Your Responsibilities: Design, develop, and evaluate innovative predictive models in collaboration with the data team.

Work with LLM APIs to integrate large language models into data pipelines and applications.

Benchmark and compare different LLMs in terms of accuracy, latency, and cost-performance trade-offs.

Process and analyze large datasets using state-of-the-art machine learning technologies.

Automate data processing workflows and ML model pipelines.

Write reusable, efficient, and scalable code to improve AI-driven processes.

What We're Looking For: 2 years of experience in a similar role.

STEM degree (Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics); Strong knowledge of statistical testing & inference for KPI extraction from Big Data.

Solid expertise in SQL and Python.

Familiarity with data management and numerical computing libraries ( Pandas, Dask, NumPy, SciPy, Spark , etc. ).

Experience with ML engines (Jupyter, Google Colab).

Knowledge of Machine Learning frameworks (Scikit-learn, NLTK, spaCy).

Hands-on experience in data preparation, feature extraction, and engineering.

Proficiency in working with LLM APIs (OpenAI GPT, Claude, Mistral, Gemini, Cohere, etc. ).

Understanding of RESTful APIs , including authentication, rate limits, and response parsing.

Experience with model selection and training , particularly transfer learning.

A curious, problem-solving mindset and a passion for data science.

Nice-to-Have Skills: Big Data experience.

Knowledge of causal inference for spatial and time-series problems.

Experience with geospatial analysis for location intelligence.

Familiarity with transformer architectures like BERT (Hugging Face).

Understanding of LLM deployment , latency optimization, and cost-efficient scaling strategies.

Hands-on experience with deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch).

Proficiency in Git and version control best practices.

Experience with Agile methodologies.

AWS Cloud experience.

Our Tech Stack & Practices: Languages : Java, Kotlin (SpringBoot, Quarkus), Golang, Python (Pandas, Dask, NumPy, SciPy).

Machine Learning : Scikit-learn, NLTK, spaCy, TensorFlow, PyTorch.

Frontend : TypeScript (Angular, React).

Cloud & Infrastructure : AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation.

Big Data : Trino, Spark, Hive.

LLM APIs : GPT, Claude, Gemini, Mistral (for NLP, automation, and data processing).

AI Practices : Prompt engineering & fine-tuning for domain-specific use cases.

Development Approach : Agile methodologies.