We are looking for Data Scientist for our client in Washington, DC
Job Title: Data Scientist
Job Location: Washington, DC
Job Type: Contract
Job Overview:
- Design, build, and optimize Generative AI, large language models, and multimodal foundation models for enterprise fintech applications.
- Fine-tune and adapt open-source and proprietary models for various use cases.
- Build high-performance models for natural language processing, document intelligence, anomaly detection, risk scoring, predictive analytics, and decision-making applications.
- Lead experimentation to evaluate model accuracy, scalability, and fairness.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to deploy models on cloud-based machine learning pipelines and data platforms.
- Work with large-scale structured and unstructured datasets across financial and payments ecosystems.
- Implement model monitoring, drift detection, and continuous retraining strategies.
- Evaluate and operationalize new AI technologies, foundation model architectures, responsible AI frameworks, and emerging research.
- Drive proof-of-concept initiatives and innovation efforts to enhance AI capabilities and product differentiation.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and optimize advanced AI and machine learning models.
- Fine-tune and adapt models for enterprise applications.
- Conduct experiments to evaluate model performance and fairness.
- Deploy models using cloud-based ML pipelines and data platforms.
- Work with large-scale structured and unstructured datasets.
- Implement monitoring, drift detection, and retraining strategies.
- Evaluate emerging AI technologies and frameworks.
- Drive innovation initiatives and proof-of-concept projects.
Should Have:
- Experience working in fintech, payments, banking, or fraud and risk environments.
- Background in vector databases, retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, and knowledge graph integration.
- Experience with data privacy, model governance, and responsible AI frameworks.
- Contributions to open-source AI or machine learning communities or research publications.
Skills:
- Strong proficiency in Python and machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
- Experience with transformer architectures, transfer learning, and model fine-tuning.
- Experience with cloud ML platforms, containerization, and MLOps tools.
- Solid understanding of statistical modeling, optimization, and evaluation methodologies.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional environments.
Qualification And Education:
- Master s or PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
- 8+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying machine learning models in production.