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Job description
Overview
Scismic is supporting a global consulting company that fosters a highly collaborative and inclusive culture, encouraging creativity, growth, and innovation. With a team of over 1,000 professionals across 50 global markets, the organization partners with world-class clients to solve complex business challenges across diverse industries. The company values a “builder’s mindset,” empowering employees to create new solutions, develop lasting impact, and grow their careers in a supportive environment.
The company is seeking an exceptional Senior Data Scientist with deep expertise in Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models to join the consulting practice. You\'ll work directly with Fortune 500 clients to solve complex business challenges using state-of-the-art AI technologies across diverse industries.
Ideal Candidate Profile
You combine academic rigor with practical engineering skills and exceptional client communication abilities. You will work end-to-end from project initiation through client delivery, comfortable both building sophisticated algorithms and presenting findings directly to clients. You excel at automating repetitive tasks and developing reusable frameworks that scale across multiple engagements. You should be comfortable implementing cutting-edge research while translating complex technical concepts into actionable business strategies. Strong presentation skills and the ability to build trust with senior executives are essential.
Equal Opportunities
Our mission is to create a positive and entrepreneurial environment where talented people thrive on creativity. We celebrate inclusivity and are committed to providing an inclusive environment for our employees. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind and are committed to building an agency where everyone is welcome, and every voice is heard. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
In order to comply with equal pay and salary transparency laws in various locations, we believe the target range of base compensation in all locations within the United States for this role is $155k-$240k. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and location.
Compensation and Benefits
In addition to medical, dental and vision coverage, we offer a generous unlimited PTO plan, 401k program and comprehensive benefits plan. Additional perks and benefits include a month-long sabbatical, active employee advocacy groups, globally driven inclusivity initiatives, wellness days, summer Fridays and learning and development programs for our employees.
Responsibilities
Lead client workshops and discovery sessions to identify NLP opportunities
Develop and present technical proposals to C-level executives
Manage multiple client projects simultaneously while maintaining quality and timelines
Design and implement novel NLP solutions for complex business problems
Architect scalable solutions for processing and analyzing large text corpora
Build custom language models tailored to each client\'s unique industry challenges
Automate repetitive analytical tasks and develop reusable algorithmic frameworks
Mentor junior data scientists and provide technical guidance on NLP projects
Develop automated content analysis, document processing, and customer insight systems
Create scalable text analytics platforms that drive measurable business outcomes
Work across retail, finance, healthcare, and media sectors
Translate complex AI capabilities into clear business value propositions
Technical Environment
Languages: Python (primary), R, SQL, potentially C++ for optimization
ML Frameworks: PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face Transformers
Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
Tools: MLflow, Weights & Biases, Apache Airflow, Spark, Vector databases
Required Qualifications
PhD in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Econometrics, or related quantitative field
Minimum 5 years of professional experience in data science, machine learning, or related roles
Advanced NLP expertise: Deep understanding of transformer architectures, attention mechanisms, and modern NLP techniques
Large Language Model proficiency: Hands-on experience with LLM fine-tuning, prompt engineering, RLHF, and deployment at scale
Programming mastery: Expert-level Python, with strong knowledge of PyTorch/TensorFlow, Hugging Face ecosystem
MLOps & Infrastructure: Experience with model deployment, monitoring, and scaling in production environments
Experience writing production code and ensuring well-managed software delivery
Experience with foundation models (GPT, BERT, T5, LLaMA, etc.)
Knowledge of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems
Understanding of model compression techniques (quantization, distillation, pruning)
Experience with evaluation metrics and benchmarking for language models
Preferred
Experience in consulting or client-facing technical roles
Knowledge of specialized domains (healthcare NLP, legal AI, financial text analysis)
Cloud platform expertise (AWS SageMaker, Google Cloud AI, Azure ML)
Open-source contributions to major ML/NLP libraries
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