About this opportunity
Deltek lists this Principal AI Data Scientist opportunity in charlotte, North Carolina. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
We are seeking an experienced AI Data Scientist to join Deltek’s growing AI Center of Excellence team to design, build, evaluate, and optimize enterprise AI solutions leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs), AI Agents, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), multimodal AI, Opensource AI Models, and emerging foundation model technologies.
This role is focused exclusively on AI innovation and implementation rather than traditional analytics or reporting. The ideal candidate will develop intelligent AI systems, evaluate model performance, architect agentic workflows, and drive adoption of AI-powered business solutions.
Generative AI Solution Development
Design, develop, and deploy enterprise-grade Generative AI solutions
Build AI applications leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) & SLMs
Develop Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures
Implement conversational AI, AI copilots, and intelligent assistants
Develop multimodal AI solutions involving text, image, audio, and document understanding
Agentic AI & Autonomous Systems
Design and develop AI Agents capable of complex reasoning and task execution
Build multi-agent frameworks and agent orchestration solutions
Develop autonomous workflows integrating enterprise systems and business processes
Implement tool-calling, function-calling, and agent memory architectures
AI Model Evaluation & Optimization
Establish evaluation frameworks for AI solutions
Design benchmarks for quality, accuracy, groundedness, hallucination detection, and safety
Evaluate and compare foundation models for business use cases
Improve AI system performance through prompt tuning, fine-tuning, and model optimization
AI Engineering & Deployment
Collaborate with engineering teams to deploy AI solutions into production environments
Build scalable AI pipelines and inference architectures
Support integration of AI services with enterprise applications and workflows
Partner with platform teams to optimize AI costs, latency, scalability, and performance
Implement AI observability, monitoring, and governance controls
Responsible AI & Governance
Ensure Responsible AI principles are embedded throughout the AI lifecycle
Evaluate solutions for bias, fairness, security, and compliance
Support AI governance policies, risk assessments, and model validation processes
Develop safeguards and guardrails for enterprise AI applications
AI Innovation & Research
Stay current with advancements in Generative AI, foundation models, open-source AI, and agentic systems
Evaluate emerging AI technologies and recommend adoption opportunities
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Engineering, or related field
5+ years of experience developing AI/ML solutions
3+ years of hands-on experience with Agentic AI, Generative AI and Large Language Models
Strong experience building AI copilots, AI Assistants, RAG solutions, or AI Agents
Proficiency in Python and modern AI frameworks
Experience integrating AI solutions into enterprise environments
Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
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