Principal Data Scientist

The Role
This is a true principal-level position.
You’ll operate as the senior technical authority within a growing AI function in Dublin, deeply hands-on while influencing architecture and best practice across the wider platform.

You’ll

• Architect and implement large-scale AI/ML systems (NLP, GenAI, RAG, agentic frameworks)
• Lead complex initiatives from research → experimentation → production deploym
• Design scalable training, evaluation and monitoring pipelines
• Define standards around reproducibility, governance, observability and responsible AI
• Mentor senior data scientists and ML engineers
• Partner with engineering and product leaders to shape roadmap decisions

This role suits someone who wants both technical depth and platform-level influence.

What You’ll Likely Bring To The Party

• 9 + years building ML/AI systems in production
• Experience leading complex AI initiatives end-to-end
• Strong engineering background (distributed systems, scalable ML infrastructure, MLOps)
• Exposure to LLM optimisation, prompting strategies, RAG or agent orchestration
• Ability to translate technical work into measurable product impact

About the Company
This is a globally established enterprise software company operating at serious scale across international markets. Their platform is commercially mature, widely adopted by large organisations, and continues to expand globally.
The Dublin team forms part of a strategic AI investment area within the business. Rather than building in isolation, the AI group works directly on production systems embedded into a live product used at scale.
It’s the combination of enterprise stability and genuine AI ambition, well-funded, technically strong, and still evolving.
Interested? Hit apply or reach out to me directly at lee@nineDots.io