Data Scientist

Entity: Production & Operations

Job Family Group: Research & Technology Group

Job Description:

The Data Scientist will be responsible for running analytical experiments in a methodical manner and will regularly evaluate alternate models via theoretical approaches. The role will participate in the team’s engagement with business stakeholders and partners to enhance the existing analytics solutions and developing new solutions to business problems.

The role requires a leader with vision that will be instrumental in providing inputs to the AI & Data Science, Central Data, and business teams for the design and building of predictive models and algorithms, exploratory data analysis, test design, statistical tests and measures, and business value measurement.

Key accountabilities

Lead the design, development, and implementation of AI/ML solutions for applications specific to oil and gas development and operations

Architect end-to-end ML pipelines that address the full lifecycle of AI/ML solutions from ideation to production deployment, ensuring scalability and business impact.

Collaborate with multi-functional teams including geologists, petroleum engineers, and operations staff to translate complex business problems into effective data-driven solutions

Provide technical leadership across AI/ML projects, establishing best practices and mentoring junior team members to build organizational capability

Drive MLOps best practices, including CI/CD pipelines, model monitoring, and automated retraining workflows.

Spearhead research initiatives to solve complex business problems using statistics, ML, and foundation models, while serving as the SME in advanced ML techniques, educating partners on model capabilities and limitations.

Identify high-impact AI opportunities, prioritizing initiatives that drive revenue growth and operational efficiency.

Partner with Data Engineering to design scalable data pipelines for ML consumption to ensure real-time data integrations and develop model-serving architectures.

Apply predictive modeling, LLMs, and deep learning to extract actionable insights from large-scale datasets.

Leverage data science tools and techniques in analyzing large datasets that will enable development of custom models and algorithms to uncover insights, trends, and patterns in the data, which will be useful in availing informed courses of action.

Responsible for the evaluation of analytics and machine learning technologies for use in the business and communicates findings to key partners through reports and presentations.

Partners with other non-technical departments within the business to assist them in understanding how data science can benefit them and improve their effectiveness and performance.

Stay ahead of cutting-edge AI advancements (e.g., Generative AI, reinforcement learning) and assess their business viability.

Essential Education & Experience

A master’s degree (PhD preferred) in Statistics, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, or any other related quantitative field.

5+ years of experience in machine learning (supervised, unsupervised, and ensemble methods), natural language processing; deep learning experience is a bonus.

3+ years of experience developing and deploying machine learning models in production environments with demonstrable impact to the business

Demonstrated expertise in Python and relevant data science/ML libraries including TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, and pandas, and ability to create visualizations and apply persuasive story telling.

Hands-on experience with cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and proficiency with industrial data platforms

Proven track record of developing, scaling, and implementing models in customer facing environments.

Solid understanding of statistical analysis, experimental design, and data preprocessing techniques for industrial applications

Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines for seamless ML model deployment in production environments

Proven ability to design fault-tolerant ML systems with monitoring and automated retraining pipelines, along with model-serving and event-driven architectures

Demonstrated ability to conduct rapid Proof of Concepts (POCs) using design thinking methodologies

Exposure of modern ML libraries (Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, LlamaIndex), Spark/PySpark for large-scale data processing

Desireable criteria

Ability to lead others to draw conclusions from data and recommend actions.

Ability to succeed in a fast-paced environment, deliver high quality performance on multiple, simultaneous strategic, value-added tasks and priorities.

Relentless drive, determination, and self-learning ability.

Highly organized and attentive to detail.

How much do we pay (Base) $143,000 - $180,000 . Note that the pay range listed for this position is a good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.

Why join us?

At bpx, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

We offer a reward and wellbeing package to enable your work to fit with your life. These can include, but not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible working schedule, paid time off policy, discretionary annual bonus program, long-term incentive program, and a generous 401(k) matching program.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations.

Discover your place with us and help our business meet the challenges of reimagining and reinventing the future of energy.

Travel RequirementNegligible travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

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