Lead Data Scientist - GenAI and Palantir

Job Title: Lead Data Scientist GenAI and Palantir

Location: Atlanta, GA - Hybrid

Work Experience: 12+ Years

Type: Contract C2C/W2 or Full Time

Job Summary:

We are seeking an accomplished and forward-thinking Lead Data Science with expertise in Generative AI and Palantir to lead our Data Science team. In this role, you will drive the strategy, development, and deployment of enterprise-grade GenAI solutions, including LLM-based applications, RAG pipelines, and model fine-tuning. You will guide a team of data scientists and engineers while collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver impactful AI products that transform business processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of data scientists in designing, building, and deploying Generative AI solutions across domains such as customer service, document automation, summarization, and knowledge retrieval.
• Define the roadmap and strategy for GenAI adoption, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Oversee the fine-tuning and adaptation of foundation models with domain-specific data.
• Drive the design and implementation of scalable RAG pipelines, embedding models, and vector database integrations (e.g., FAISS, Pinecone, ChromaDB).
• Establish best practices for prompt engineering, model evaluation, and bias mitigation.
• Partner with product, engineering, and MLOps teams to deliver end-to-end AI workflows and deploy them via APIs or applications.
• Stay ahead of emerging trends in LLMs, transformers, and GenAI, ensuring continuous innovation and competitive advantage.
• Represent the Data Science team in leadership forums, communicating technical concepts and business impact clearly.

Required Skills & Experience

• Experience in Data Science / Machine Learning, including 3+ years leading teams and hands-on work in LLMs / Generative AI.
• Proven track record of delivering enterprise AI solutions from concept to production.
• Strong expertise in Python and ML/AI frameworks (Transformers, LangChain, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face).
• Experience with LLMs (e.g., GPT-4, Claude, Mistral, LLaMA) and GenAI ecosystems (LangChain, LlamaIndex, PromptFlow).
• Knowledge of embedding models, semantic search, and vector databases.
• Familiarity with AWS and MLOps practices.
• Strong leadership, people management, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences.