Senior Data Scientist - Freelance

Taux journalier (TJM): 600

Contexte de la mission

A leading global sports retailer is accelerating its transformation into a premier digital sports platform, aiming to connect third-party players and services through a secure, open ecosystem. To support this vision, the company is looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join its retail data team, which is dedicated to revolutionizing in-store activities.

In this role, you will provide valuable insights to digital teams, optimize the in-store tool ecosystem, and empower internal users to drive stronger business impact and operational performance using innovative data solutions. This internal, permanent position can be based in major French tech hubs such as Paris, Lille, or Nantes.

Objectifs et livrables

Key Responsibilities

Computer Vision:

• Architect, develop, and deploy computer vision models tailored for processing visual data across both real-time and offline systems.

• Leverage advanced methodologies like image classification, object tracking, and semantic segmentation to unlock valuable insights from visual assets.

• Partner with multidisciplinary product groups to integrate visual intelligence models into live business workflows, personalization engines, and digital applications.

• Perform critical technical evaluations of external vendor software, establishing robust validation frameworks and benchmarks to verify supplier performance.

• Maintain a deep understanding of current trends in deep learning and spatial computing to consistently introduce cutting-edge techniques to the team.

Collaboration & Communication:

• Align with engineering, product, and business units to scope technical data prerequisites and provide impactful analytics.

• Translate highly complex analytical concepts and model architectures into clear, business-driven narratives for diverse audiences.

• Standardize documentation of workflows, codebases, and experiments to guarantee long-term model maintainability and reproducibility.

• Offer data-driven guidance on vendor selections to steer optimal "build-versus-buy" architectural and strategic paths.

About the Digital Division

What if technology allowed us to reshape the future of physical activities and establish the world's premier digital sports platform? This is the core ambition driving our international sports retail organization.

Our foundational purpose has always been to make physical activity and its benefits widely available to a global community over the long term. Today, this mission is amplified through state-of-the-art technological experiences designed to cater to 500 million active users globally.

To achieve this, the company is building an array of modern offerings for athletes, ranging from digital coaching and custom loyalty initiatives to connected retail systems, recommerce (second-hand goods), and equipment rental programs from internal and external brands.

Our global tech ecosystem brings together a community of over 5,000 specialists, encompassing software developers, data practitioners, cloud architects, product leaders, and cybersecurity professionals across several prominent European technology hubs.

We are deeply committed to fostering an inclusive work environment free of discrimination, championing gender equity, age diversity, and accessibility. We look for unique personalities and diverse viewpoints, believing that a varied team is the ultimate catalyst for creativity and organizational success.