Senior Data Scientist

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary/Company : Our client is establishing an AI Lab to explore and implement
generative AI and machine learning solutions that enhance staff productivity, improve
analytical capabilities, and strengthen their Division's work in consumer protection and
community development. They are looking for a full-stack Senior Data Scientist to support
the AI Lab's research, development, and implementation of AI/ML solutions, with emphasis
on generative AI applications. This role requires end-to-end ownership, from exploratory
research and model development through application deployment and production maintenance.
The ideal candidate is comfortable working across the full technology stack: building models,
creating visualizations, developing applications, and deploying solutions to on-prem
and/or cloud infrastructure. Due to the nature of their work, only US Citizens can be considered
for this role.

Responsibilities :

• Research, design, and develop machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions to
  support DCCA's mission, with emphasis on generative AI applications
• Build and iterate on proof-of-concept AI solutions that demonstrate value for specific use
  cases, transitioning successful prototypes into production applications
• Design and implement applications leveraging large language models for text analysis,
  summarization, information extraction, document classification, and workflow automation
• Develop prompt engineering strategies and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
  systems to improve AI application performance
• Build, deploy, and maintain AI/ML models and applications in cloud environments
  (AWS, Kubernetes, or internal analytics platforms), working collaboratively with AI
  Cloud Engineers when available or independently managing end-to-end deployment
• Develop interactive dashboards and analytical applications using Python frameworks
  (Streamlit, Dash, Flask) or R Shiny; leverage AI-assisted development tools to rapidly
  prototype and iterate on data products

Qualifications/Background Profile :

• At least six years of hands-on experience developing, deploying, and maintaining AI/ML
  applications within a large, professional, or academic organization
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Machine Learning, or
  related technology field (Master's degree preferred)
• Expert proficiency in Python or R for data science development; experience with
  additional programming languages
• Production deployment experience: Demonstrated ability to build, deploy, and maintain
  AI/ML applications in cloud environments, including containerization and basic CI/CD
  practices
• Application development: Proficiency building interactive applications and dashboards
  using frameworks such as Streamlit, Dash, Flask, RShiny, or similar
• Data visualization: Strong experience creating visualizations and dashboards using
  Python/R libraries, Tableau, Power BI, or similar tools to communicate technical
  concepts to non-technical audiences
• AI/ML expertise: Advanced knowledge of machine learning, NLP (text normalization,
  Named Entity Recognition, POS tagging, word embeddings), and Generative AI
  technologies; experience with frameworks such as Scikit-learn, Spacy, XGBoost

------------------------------------------------------------------

This job is In-Person.

Pay Range: Hourly $70.00 to $81.00

We offer several comprehensive benefits package including health and life insurance, paid and unpaid time off, and retirement and savings plans to qualifying employees.

Download the Sparks Group mobile app from Apple App Store or Google Play .

------------------------------------------------------------------

Sparks Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy, citizenship, family status, genetic information, disability, or protect veteran status.