Data Scientist

About the role

Accenture is looking for a Data Scientist in Cluj-Napoca to design and develop data-driven solutions that address complex business challenges and support informed decision-making. The role combines statistical analysis, machine learning, programming and business understanding to turn data into meaningful insights and scalable analytical solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Analyze complex datasets to identify patterns, trends and actionable insights.
• Design, develop and evaluate statistical and machine learning models.
• Perform data exploration, cleaning, wrangling, normalization and feature engineering.
• Develop predictive and analytical solutions that address business requirements.
• Work with Python and SQL/PostgreSQL to manipulate, analyze and model data.
• Create reports, visualizations and dashboards to communicate findings.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, data engineers and other technical teams to turn business challenges into data science solutions.
• Present findings and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Contribute to automating and improving analytics processes, and ensure quality, reliability and documentation of analytical work.

Required profile

• Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience in data science, advanced analytics or statistical modeling.
• Experience developing and evaluating predictive or machine learning models.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly and turn analytical findings into business recommendations.
• Good English communication skills.

Required skills

• Python and SQL/PostgreSQL.
• Statistics, probability and machine learning techniques.
• Data analysis, wrangling, modeling and visualization.
• Familiarity with Python data science and machine learning libraries.
• Nice to have: Power BI, Tableau or Qlik; cloud data platforms; large-scale data processing; Generative AI, LLMs or NLP; Git and collaborative development; moving ML solutions into production.

The position is available exclusively for collaboration under an individual working contract (CIM).