Data Scientist for Mobility Data Products | Ingenieur (m/w/d)

Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH

Leipzig, Sachsen, Deutschland
Published Feb 24, 2026
Full-time
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Job Summary

As a Data Scientist for Mobility Data Products at Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of public transport in Leipzig. Your day-to-day responsibilities involve analyzing structured data to solve complex business problems, with a specific focus on fraud detection. You will translate functional requirements into scalable data models and maintainable code, while developing, training, and validating machine learning and statistical models. This role is highly technical, requiring you to integrate these models into productive software solutions and contribute to backend functions and REST APIs. What makes this position unique is the opportunity to work for a major municipal employer with over 170 million annual passengers, offering a secure, long-term career path. You will work within a modern cloud infrastructure (Microsoft Azure) and benefit from a highly structured environment that values technical documentation and quality, all while enjoying flexible working hours and comprehensive public transport benefits.

Required Skills

Education

Completed university degree in Data Science, (Business) Informatics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a comparable scientific field.

Experience

  • Professional experience in the productive deployment of data-based models
  • Experience with machine learning and statistical libraries such as pandas and scikit-learn
  • Proven experience in data modeling and statistical learning
  • Experience in API design or web development is advantageous
  • Experience with cloud environments, specifically Microsoft Azure, is preferred

Languages

German (Fluent)English (Fluent)

Additional

  • Permanent contract; 38 hours per week; Compensation according to TV-N Sachsen collective agreement; Application deadline March 23, 2026.