Data Scientist – Applied ML & Algorithmic Reasoning

Urgent Requirement !!! 📢📢📢📢📢 We are looking for a Data Scientist – Applied ML & Algorithmic Reasoning @ Brussels, Belgium (Remote) Work Mode: Full Remote Mode of hire: Looking for Employees & Freelancer Only Language: English Job Description: 1. Algorithmic & critical thinking "Walk me through a time you had to choose between two modelling approaches — what was the problem, how did you reason through the trade-offs, and would you make the same call today?" Qualification with Manager  Important things to qualify for Norstella roles please also find questions below.: 1. Algorithmic & critical thinking — Must-have Can structure a problem, justify modelling choices, reason independently. The #1 differentiator in interviews. 2. LLM / NLP applied knowledge — Must-have Transformers, embeddings, fine-tuning, RAG — deep hands-on understanding, not surface-level familiarity. 3. Production-level Python — Must-have Clean, testable, readable code. Not notebook dumps. Others can maintain what you write. 4. Statistical rigor — Must-have Hypothesis testing, metric selection, model validation — knows when a model is actually valid vs. just performing. 5. Self-starter mindset — Important Asks questions, challenges assumptions, goes beyond task execution. Not waiting to be told what to do. 6. Ground-level hands-on work — Important 2–5 years applied experience. Not academic, not managerial. Comfortable doing the actual work. 7. FastAPI / embedding serving — Nice to have Bonus points. Experience exposing models or serving embeddings at scale. 8. MLOps / CI-CD — Nice to have Experiment tracking, model registries, deployment pipelines. Helpful, not a filter. 9. Cloud (AWS / GCP / Azure) — Nice to have Cloud-agnostic environment. Any exposure is a plus, no hard requirement. Project Overview The client is currently building a new Data Science team (approx. 6–7 people) The team will be distributed globally (Americas, Europe, Asia) Our focus is on Europe-based candidates Location & Setup Fully remote positions Open to candidates across Europe (e.g. Poland, Italy, Belgium, UK, etc.) Cost-effective locations are strongly preferred Hiring Manager Very hands-on and detail-oriented Strong focus on: Technical capabilities Critical thinking skills Please ensure candidates are well-qualified and thoroughly screened before submission --- Looking for candidates from Belgium ---- Please feel free to connect with me and share your CV at [Upgrade to PRO to see contact]