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# Sr. Data Scientist

- **Company:** BambooHR LLC
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Text Processing, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, SQL Databases, Feature Engineering, Large Language Models, Apache Spark, Deep Learning, Generative AI, Git, Pandas, Machine Learning Operations
- **Published:** May 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=eaefdd83642be5cd

## About the Role

* 5+ years of professional experience as a data scientist, typically coding in Python with relevant libraries
 * Demonstrated ability to select and implement ML algorithms, shape data into useful input features, and choose and optimize appropriate model performance metrics
 * Proficiency with NLP, text processing, LLMs / generative models, and conversational UX
 * Mathematical thinking foundation and orientation
 * Skill working with data sources of various types using tools such as SQL, pandas, Spark
 * Expertise designing and building deep learning architectures and models
 * Ability to work well independently and with colleagues
 * Skill collaborating using cloud-based tooling, git, notebook systems, and ML workflows

A strong contender will also demonstrate abilities to:

 * Deeply understand each problem, available data, and potential methods
 * Monitor, learn, and apply emerging techniques
 * Write high quality deployable code
 * Wisely select approaches and evaluation methods
 * Have productive interactions that lift the team and stakeholders

Beyond the technical skills, we're looking for individuals who are:

 * Clear communicators (verbal and written)
 * Analytical and perceptive of patterns
 * Strong in understanding underlying math and algorithms
 * Creative in finding relevant and novel approaches
 * Productive in a dynamic setting

If you love to learn, you'll be in good company. You'll likely have an advanced degree in a quantitative field, or a related Bachelor's and additional experience working with data.

## Description

As a Senior Data Scientist, you'll apply current machine learning and AI algorithms to derive data insights and deliver intelligent services. This involves gaining a deeper understanding of relevant customer needs and business domains, exploring and improving available data, selecting appropriate approaches, and constantly improving models.

You will:

 * Train and tune machine learning models
 * Explore data and conduct feature engineering
 * Apply natural language processing to understand text and aid in conversational interfaces
 * Build optimal algorithms with LLMs and retrieval augmented generation
 * Collaborate with data engineers, AI software engineers, data analysts, and stakeholders
 * Evaluate emerging techniques by understanding academic papers and new technical tools, and by conducting labs, prototypes, and explorations
 * Monitor and optimize production models


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