GenAI Data Scientist::Reston, VA

Role: GenAI Data Scientist

Location: Reston, VA

Duration: 12+ Months

Qualifications & Requirements

• Education: MS in Computer Science, Statistics, Math, Engineering, or related field, PhD preferred
• 3+ years of relevant experience in building large scale machine learning or deep learning models and/or systems
• 1+ year of experience specifically with deep learning (e.g., CNN, RNN, LSTM)
• 1+ year of experience building NLP and NLG tools.
• Experience with wide range of LLMs (Llama, Claude, OpenAI, Cohere, etc.), LoRA, LangChain, RAG, LLM Fine Tuning and PEFT are preferred.
• Demonstrated skills with Jupyter Notebook, AWS Sagemaker, or Domino Datalab or comparable environments
• Passion for solving complex data problems and generating cross-functional solutions in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge in Python and SQL, object oriented programming, service oriented architectures
• Strong scripting skills with Shell script and SQL
• Strong coding skills and experience with Python (including SciPy, NumPy, and/or PySpark) and/or Scala.
• Knowledge and implementation experience with NLP techniques (topic modeling, bag of words, text classification, TF/IDF, Sentiment analysis) and NLP technologies such as Python NLTK, or Spacy or comparable technologies
• Knowledge and implementation experience with statistical and machine learning models (regression, classification, clustering, graph models, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands on experience building models with deep learning frameworks like Tensorflow, Keras, Caffe, PyTorch, Theano, H2O, or similar
• Experience with LLM Agents, Agentic programming
• Experience with search architecture (for instance: Solr, ElasticSearch, AWS OpenSearch)
• Experience with building querying ontologies such as Zeno, OWL, RDF, SparQL or comparable are preferred
• Knowledge & experience with microservices, service mesh, API development and test automation are preferred
• Demonstrated experience using Docker, Kubernetes, and/or other similar container frameworks are preferred
• Strongly prefer a PhD in math, computer science stat or comparable field with experience in data science, AI development and deep learning, advanced analytics

Additional Job Qualifications:

• Ability to translate business ideas into analytics models that have major business impact.
• Demonstrated experience working with multiple stakeholders.
• Demonstrated communication skills, e.g. explaining complex technical issues to more junior data scientists, in graphical, verbal, or written formats.
• Demonstrated experience developing tested, reusable and reproducible work.
• Transparently documenting code and methodologies.
• Ability to work in Agile, Lean and rapid development processes