Practice Leader

A Practice Leader is the first point of contact for their direct reports, and they liaise and relay information between senior leaders, HR, and engineers.

The role of a Practice Leader is probably the most important because this is the first line of people management, and it provides things to be done. On the one hand, a PL is a part of the Practice, so this person must be at least senior-level in their specialty. On the other hand, a Practice Leader is a people manager.

The complete list of requirements looks like the following:

• Practical experience and strong understanding of Python patterns & best practices
• Strong understanding of ML project lifecycle
• Practical experience with creating training datasets involving human annotators
• Experience with writing Deep Learning models from scratch
• Experience in >1 of the following areas: NLP, CV, forecasting, recommender systems
• Strong experience with agentic workflows, RAG architecture, and GraphRAG
• Experience and in-depth understanding of transformers
• Practical experience with /AWS/other cloud/open source alternatives/ MLOps platforms, frameworks, and libraries
• Practical experience with model post-production & maintenance: model and data monitoring, retraining automation, etc
• Ability to make reusable components of ML pipelines
• Practical experience with a variety of data sources (OLTP, OLAP, DataLake, Streaming)
• Experience in DataOps or ML/MLOps would be a significant plus
• Ability to explain decisions, status, and roadmap to non-technical customer representatives
• Experience in team/department leadership
• Ability to teach and mentor. The role assumes providing employees with their career path and helping them achieve goals
• Diplomatic skills. It means more than just "communication skills" and includes ethics, empathy, compassion, and the ability to resolve conflicts
• Calmness. People are complicated, and you need to be ready for any objectives or misunderstandings

Responsibilities:

• Build effective teams
• Participate in meetups, conferences, and build community
• Share best practices and culture with the team
• Mentor engineers, coach Team Leads, and encourage others to share knowledge
• Have technical excellence and be an influencer in different teams/projects
• Hire and onboard newcomersConduct performance reviews, 1-on-1 meetings
• Identify and address team gaps in knowledge
• Evaluate, improve, and maintain processes
• Collaborate with other managers across the company
• Communicate and follow the companys mission, vision, and values

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Information Technology

Industries: Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage

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