About the Role
As a Principal Data Scientist at Epicor, you will be the technical leader driving advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI strategy across our product ecosystem. You will guide data scientists and analytics engineers, shape the technical architecture of ML solutions, and ensure our analytics experiences are impactful, intuitive, and aligned with real customer use cases. You will be responsible for influencing product direction, introducing emerging technologies, and delivering high‑value models that scale across complex datasets and customer environments. We are seeking applicants with deep technical expertise, strong leadership instincts, and the ability to partner across teams to deliver meaningful business outcomes. What you will be doing: Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and industry expertise to data scientists and analytics engineers, guiding high‑complexity modeling and solution design. Lead the development of analytics product packages aligned with product roadmaps or customer contracts, ensuring the end‑user experience maps to clear business use cases. Conduct research, perform advanced statistical and ML modeling, and drive the front‑end analytics user experience for customer‑facing solutions. Partner across cross‑functional analytics teams—including DW engineers, ETL engineers, data science engineers, data production teams, SMEs, and customers—to architect end‑to‑end analytics solutions. Evaluate and integrate emerging analytics technologies, new data sources, and modern ML/AI approaches to keep Epicor’s analytics offerings innovative and competitive. Develop and apply advanced models and algorithms to improve operations, enhance customer outcomes, and answer complex business questions. Mine and analyze large, complex, and unstructured datasets using sophisticated statistical methods to drive data‑informed decision‑making and product excellence. Collaborate with product operations leadership to ensure high availability, performance, and reliability of analytics solutions that meet or exceed contracted service levels. What you will likely bring: 9+ years’ experience building, deploying, and supporting large‑scale analytics, ML, or AI solutions. Advanced proficiency in Python, including expertise in building ML/AI models at scale. Experience with PyTorch, ML SDKs, and production‑grade machine learning frameworks. Strong background working with large datasets and architecting scalable data science solutions. Advanced analytical thinking, statistical and mathematical expertise, and skill in solving highly complex technical problems. Experience with SQL and/or Python for analytics, and exposure to database modeling and data‑warehousing concepts. Experience with front‑end analytics platforms such as MicroStrategy, Power BI, or Tableau. Experience implementing ML or data science routines in Python and/or R. What could set you apart: Experience with GPU‑accelerated ML or deep learning workflows. Experience writing, interpreting, or applying ML/AI whitepapers or research findings. Ability to influence and lead cross‑functional technical decisions across finance, professional services, engineering, and product teams. Experience with big data pipelines and distributed compute environments. Strong capability in advanced data visualization and high‑volume BI tools such as Tableau or MicroStrategy. #LI-HYBRID #LI-MB2 About Epicor At Epicor, we’re truly a team. Join 5,000 talented professionals in creating a world of better business through data, AI, and cognitive ERP. We help businesses stay future-ready by connecting people, processes, and technology. From software engineers who command the latest AI technology to business development reps who help us seize new opportunities, the work we do matters. Together, Epicor employees are creating a more resilient global supply chain. We’re Proactive, Proud, Partners. Whatever your career journey, we’ll help you find the right path. Through our training courses, mentorship, and continuous support, you’ll get everything you need to thrive. At Epicor, your success is our success. And that success really matters, because we’re the essential partners for the world’s most essential businesses—the hardworking companies who make, move, and sell the things the world needs. Competitive Pay & Benefits Health and Wellness: Comprehensive health and wellness benefits designed to support your overall well-being. Internal Mobility: Opportunities for mentorship, continuing education, and focused career goal setting, with 25% of positions filled internally. Career Development: Free LinkedIn Learning licenses for everyone, along with our Mentoring Program to boost your personal development. Education Support: Geographically specific programs to balance the cost of education with the benefits of continued learning and personal development. Inclusive Workplace: Collaborate with a diverse team in an inclusive, global workplace that fosters innovation and celebrates partnership. Work-Life Balance: Policies built on mutual trust and support, encouraging time off to rest, recharge, and reconnect. Global Mobility: Comprehensive support for international relocations and permanent residency processes. Equal Opportunities and Accommodations Statement Epicor is committed to creating a workplace and global community where inclusion is valued; where you bring the whole and real you—that’s who we’re interested in. If you have interest in this or any role- but your experience doesn’t match every qualification of the job description, that’s okay- consider applying regardless. We are an equal-opportunity employer. Recruiter: Matthew Brady At Epicor, we know that success comes from working together. Everyone has a role to play, and it’s the essential partnerships across our company that are crucial to our customers' success and our growth as a business. We’re truly a team. Working in close partnership, we bring wide-ranging talents together in powerful collaborations. We think innovatively, share our knowledge generously, and constantly learn from our colleagues. We’re proud of the success we achieve every day, but we never stop challenging ourselves and encouraging each other. Together, we go further and imagine an even brighter future. Whatever your career journey, we’ll help you find the right path. Through our training courses, mentorship, and continuous support, you’ll get everything you need to thrive. At Epicor, your success is our success. 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