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Chief Data Scientist

Are you ready to lead the future of data science and innovation in a dynamic and cutting-edge environment?

We are seeking a visionary Chief Data Scientist to lead our data science initiatives and drive the evolution of our data landscape

As a Chief Data Scientist, you will play a pivotal role in our organization. In a broader scope, you will establish a data science practice for Data Scientists at our organization to ensure that we have common ways of working and the needed support to distributed data scientists at the platform level. Your general responsibility is to lead the data science practices related to machine learning within Basware.

In practice you will also support certain ML projects and be an integral part of our creating new GenAI capabilities in our product using cutting-edge LLM frameworks.

You will be the key person to design and run proof of concepts for new functionality and to drive the discovery of new ML opportunities within our organization, as well as take the lead of productising those bridging the gap between experimentation and implementation.

Products and Cloud Engineering & Operations business function is responsible for ensuring that Basware continues to provide its customers with industry leading SaaS solutions to deliver true automation for the CFO’s office. As a global team, they create and execute the product strategy, new product innovations, roadmap, design, product development, and product launches for Basware’s global product portfolio. Together with other Baswareans, Products and Cloud Engineering & Operation ensures that our customers can successfully meet their business objectives through cooperating with Basware and using our product and service portfolio.

Work with great people

Hanna Ikonen
Director, Customer Success
"I feel that I can make a difference, drive improvements & take controlled risks, and all this is supported by the company."
Kevin Kamau
Senior Product Manager
"Basware is a global company that values people as a crucial driver for success."
Trang Pham
Senior Specialist, Communications
"I know I can make an impact in hundreds of different ways. Basware is really unique to me – we have the best people and we are the leader in our industry."
Mika Peurala
Solution Architect
"Absolutely the best colleagues and line managers in the world!"
Jaakko Jutila
VP, Customer Support
"At Basware you have the freedom to identify and start different development activities across the organization without getting approvals from above."
Namrata Checker
Team Lead, Campaign Marketing
"What I love most about my job is the people that I work with, the freedom of putting forward my ideas, thoughts and feedback but also the freedom of creating the way of working that works best for me."
Siddhartha Bhatia
Senior Cloud Developer
"I am honored to have worked with the leaders of tomorrow. The organization is absolutely people centric with its prime focus always on employee engagement, loyalty and satisfaction."

Skills & Requirements

To succeed in this role, you need the following skills and qualifications:

  • Substantial experience with Language Model (LLM) projects. This includes not only familiarity with prompts and different finetuning techniques, but also a deep understanding of monitoring techniques and the implementation of guardrails.
  • Adept at managing the entire lifecycle of an LLM project, from the initial setup to ongoing maintenance and optimization. Your experience extends beyond the basics, encompassing a wide range of tasks and challenges that come with LLM projects.
  • Excellent understanding of machine learning algorithms such as clustering, classification, regression, anomaly detection, and optimization, preferably with both small and big data.
  • You lead and/or participate in initiatives to improve the harmonization and efficiency of process and/or develop and implement innovative solutions.
  • Deep understanding of the data science workflow, including experimental design and key statistical methods, with strong communication skills for complex topics.
  • Strong experience in machine learning, AI, and big data technologies. Familiarity with AWS tools like S3, Glue Jobs, Athena, Spark, etc., is highly desirable. Knowledge about Azure tools is a bonus.

Next steps

We would love to hear from you! Go to careers.basware.com and click "I'm interested".
Our recruitment process will include pre-employment actions such as reference checks.

Our offering

We offer flexibility in how you work, giving you the freedom and support to deliver your best results. As a company, we are committed to your well-being and want to make sure you have an excellent work-life balance. We offer you an opportunity to build your career in an international environment and to develop and learn continuously.

At Basware, the true ‘We’ glues everything together and creates a feeling of inclusion and generates genuine passion to succeed and celebrate achievements together. We are all Baswareans no matter what our background. We Drive Customer Value, We Take Ownership and We Are Bold.

Great Place to Work

  • We Drive Customer Value

  • We Take Ownership

  • We Are Bold

About the company

Basware is how finance leaders in global enterprises can finally automate their complex, labor-intensive invoice processes and stay compliant with regulatory change. Our Accounts Payable (AP) automation and invoicing platform helps companies achieve a new level of efficiency – in a matter of months – while reducing errors and risks. We bring a unique combination of true automation, complete coverage, and deeper expertise to make it all just happen for our customers. That’s why the world’s most efficient AP departments at 700+ global customers rely on Basware to handle over 170 million invoices per year.

Joining Basware means you’ll join a team filled with innovators, passionate about their work and enthusiastic about the industry we’ve pioneered. You’ll work alongside highly motivated, capable, and friendly individuals who collaborate to deliver world-class solutions and services. A critical part of our culture is the high amount of trust we put into our employees—we want everyone to make a difference, so we offer flexibility in how you work, giving you the freedom and support to deliver your best results. We truly live our values where:

We Drive Customer Value , We Take Ownership and We Are Bold in everything we do, to make it all just happen for our customers.


2020Recognized market leader with global operations, 20+ offices worldwide.

2019Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for Procure-to-Pay Suites for fourth time

2014-2019Several industry recognitions and product launches

2012-2016Several acquisitions in the fields of e-invoicing, e-procurement and purchase-to-pay solutions

2012Launch of cloud-based B2B platform for transaction collaboration on Basware's Network

2006-2009Several acquisitions in the fields of invoice automation, data capture expertise and payment software

2005Launch of fully integrated Purchase-to-Pay solution suite

2000Basware listed on Helsinki Nasdaq, launch of purchase management software & e-invoicing service

1992Launch of first financial management software

1985Basware founded in Finland

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