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What you'll be doing...As a Senior AI Engineer within our team of propensity modelers, you will be responsible for the technical execution of Verizon's transition to a modern, agile pod model. You will work directly at the critical touchpoints of the customer lifecycle and high-impact trigger events, providing the advanced machine learning support needed to unlock deep micro segmentation and hyper-personalization.
Your work will directly empower marketers, optimize customer journeys, and drive down churn across our most critical customer segments.
- Lead the design, development, and optimization of agentic AI, LLM, and machine learning/deep learning solutions.
- Build, train, and deploy our most complex and high-priority propensity models to predict customer behaviors, churn risk, and key lifecycle triggers.
- Operate independently to manage end-to-end model development pipelines, from advanced feature engineering to production deployment and monitoring.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on agentic development, machine learning and predictive modeling, providing technical guidance and mentorship to junior data scientists.
- Own the lifecycle of models deployed in high-impact areas, ensuring continuous optimization, accuracy, and measurable business performance.
- Present complex model insights, performance metrics, and strategic recommendations clearly to senior leadership and cross-functional business partners.
What we're looking for...You are a data science professional who thrives on solving complex analytical problems with minimal guidance. You have a proven track record of managing high-priority machine learning projects, and you excel at collaborating directly with business partners to deliver data-driven customer experiences that impact the bottom line.
You'll need to have:- Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
- Four or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through work experience and/or military experience.
- Experience working on high-priority or high-visibility technical initiatives within a corporate setting.
- Knowledge of LLM agent architecture: Google ADK, LangChain/LangGraph, multi-agent orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation RAG , MCP, A2A protocols.
- Experience with Python, R, and SQL for advanced statistical modeling and large-scale data extraction.
- Strong expertise in machine learning/deep learning algorithms, including Transformer, transfer learning, NLP, and expertise in using Pytorch and scikit-learning packages.
Even better if you have one or more of the following:- Master's degree.
- Experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), ONNX-based embeddings, vector databases and semantic search
- Knowledge of cloud-scale data engineering: Big Query pipelines, Google Cloud Platform (Cloud Run, Vertex AI).
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., Google Cloud Platform, AWS, or Azure) and production MLOps tools for tracking and maintaining model workflows.
- Experience building, evaluating, and deploying end-to-end propensity models (e.g., likelihood-to-buy, churn prediction, lead scoring, cross-sell) using machine learning algorithms.
If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every "even better" qualification listed above.
Where you'll be workingIn this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office, which will be set by your manager. Employees are responsible for maintaining compliance with hybrid work policies.
Scheduled Weekly Hours40
Equal Employment OpportunityVerizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.
Benefits and CompensationOur benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we've got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.
The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part-time roles, your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.
The annual salary range for the location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $101,000.00 - $194,000.00.
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