About this opportunity
Motion Recruitment lists this Senior Data Scientist opportunity in charlotte, North Carolina. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
This hybrid Senior Data Scientist role is based in Charlotte, North Carolina and focuses on building and validating next-generation AI capabilities for legal and regulatory research and decision-support products. The work includes retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agent-based AI systems, and natural language processing solutions.
Role Overview
In this contract position, you will lead hands-on data science efforts across the lifecycle, from defining problems to production validation. The focus areas include designing RAG pipelines, developing evaluation methods for document understanding and summarization, and creating agent-based workflows that combine retrieval, reasoning, and task execution.
Key Responsibilities
Lead hands-on data science work from problem definition through production validation
Design RAG pipelines that improve the relevance and accuracy of generated answers based on specialized content
Develop models and evaluation methods for legal research, document understanding, and summarization use cases
Create agent-based workflows that coordinate retrieval, reasoning, and task completion
Partner with engineering and product teams to deliver scalable, secure, and measurable AI capabilities
Required Qualifications
8+ years of professional experience in data science, applied machine learning, or a closely related discipline
Deep knowledge of natural language processing, large language models, and modern generative AI methods
Hands-on experience building and evaluating retrieval-augmented generation systems
Experience developing agentic AI solutions or multi-step model-driven workflows
Ability to work with distributed AI architectures and enterprise-scale data environments
Strong analytical programming skills and a track record of moving experimental work into production
Familiarity with legal, regulatory, compliance, or other document-intensive data domains
Experience creating AI products for high-stakes professional users
Bachelor’s degree required in data science, computer science, statistics, engineering, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred
Contract Details
6-month contract-to-hire opportunity
Hybrid work arrangement in Charlotte, North Carolina
Benefits
Additional compensation and benefit information will be provided during the interview process.
Work Authorization
Applicants must be authorized to work full-time in the United States now and in the future.
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Worksite address
charlotte, NC, 28245, US
Who can apply
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