TEKsystems · 3 days ago
Data Scientist
United States
Contract
Remote
Senior Level
$50/hr - $85/hr
5+ years expTEKsystems is partnered with a software company in Raleigh that needs to hire a Senior Data Scientist for their flagship product, a leading global provider of information and analytics. The Senior Data Scientist will focus on search and be dedicated to the creation of next-generation AI and Machine Learning techniques and strategies, assisting with deploying ethical, powerful generative AI solutions for legal use cases.
Information Technology
Responsibilities
Solve some of the most challenging problems in natural language processing, machine learning, and information retrieval including topical classification, sentiment analysis, user intent detection
Research, build, and deploy models based on both shallow and deep machine learning. Train robust NLP-based models a very large corpus of news and financial data
Apply machine learning techniques for improving search algorithms
Drive best practices for NLP/Machine Learning pipelines
Maintain current knowledge base of state-of-the-art ML algorithms (BERT, ELMo, GPT, etc.), API's, and open-source methods and be able to quickly evaluate alternatives
Translate complex business requirements into actionable stories with reasonable time estimates
Work with product leaders to apply data science solutions
Qualification
Required
Agentic AI experience
5-10+ years of experience in AI and machine learning, model building, evaluation, and fine-tuning
2+ years of working knowledge of applying recent LLMs including ChatGPT, GPT 3.5, OPT, BLOOM, etc. UTILIZING RAG!
Experience working directly with large language models and Transformer based architectures including BERT, RoBERTa, T5 etc
NLP Experience (Named Entity Recognition, Sentiment Analysis, Text Summarization)
Experience with conversational search / semantic search, reinforcement learning, prompt engineering, hallucination mitigation
DevOps repos Debugging, building APIs and managing the algorithm flow across multiple workstreams in one repo
Strong coding skills in Python 7+ years- interviews need to be take without AI assistance
Be a natural problem solver, able to take a lead in collaborating to resolve issues
Proficiency in IDE debugging : VSCODE and PYCHARM
Have communication skills
4+ years of experience in AI and machine learning
Deep understanding of machine learning algorithms, classification models, diagnostic testing of models
Experience working directly and Transformer based architectures including BERT, RoBERTa, T5 etc. Nd familiarity with large language models and fine tuning
Experience with conversational search / semantic search, reinforcement learning, prompt engineering, hallucination mitigation
Working understanding of the business risks associated with applying LLM (LangChain) in a business
Experience working with AWS, RAG, SageMaker, SQL
Preferred
Master's or PhD Preferred!
Senior level experience deploying models in the Cloud (AWS) or Azure as secondary
Benefits
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Company
TEKsystems
At TEKsystems, they understand people. Every year they deploy over 80,000 IT professionals at 6,000 client sites across North America,
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Ryan Skains
Vice President, TEKsystems Global Services
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