AI Data Scientist - 100% Remote

Job Details
AI Data Scientist (Senior)
Long Term Contract
100% Remote
Overview: Support our client’s AI development programs, including AI process transformations and continuous improvement projects. You’ll take business problem statements through POC and prototype, then package solutions for handoff to delivery.
Responsibilities
Translate business problem statements into AI/ML approaches and run POCs
Experiment with and tune GenAI/RAG components (chunking strategy, embeddings, retrieval algorithms, prompts) and evaluate outcomes
Build prototypes and package validated solutions as artifacts for the delivery team
Work in Azure AI Foundry and Databricks
Collaborate with the product owner, AI/ML engineers, and architects
Mentor junior team members
Required Qualifications
Senior-level, hands-on data science experience (no purely managerial profiles)
Production experience with GenAI/LLM and RAG solutions
Strong Python and ML/statistical modeling skills
Experience with Azure AI Foundry/Azure OpenAI and Databricks
Experience moving solutions from POC to prototype
Clear communicator with business acumen
Preferred
Industrial, energy, or manufacturing domain experience
Model evaluation and experimentation frameworks
MLOps familiarity

Work arrangement
Yes