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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Manager, Data Science - Applied Research - **Company:** Hispanic Technology Executive Council - **Location:** McLean, VA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $230,100.0 - $262,700.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Training Data, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Computer Vision, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Open Source Technology, Cloud Platform System, Pytorch, Large Language Models, Prompt Engineering, Deep Learning, HuggingFace, Data Analytics - **Published:** September 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/74827446/1 ## About the Role * Customer first. You love the process of analyzing and creating, but also share our passion to do the right thing. You know at the end of the day it's about making the right decision for our customers. * Innovative. You continually research and evaluate emerging technologies. You stay current on published state-of-the-art methods, technologies, and applications and seek out opportunities to apply them. * Creative. You thrive on bringing definition to big, undefined problems. You love asking questions and pushing hard to find answers. You're not afraid to share a new idea. * A leader. You challenge conventional thinking and work with stakeholders to identify and improve the status quo. You're passionate about talent development for your own team and beyond. * Technical. You're comfortable with open-source languages and are passionate about developing further. You have hands-on experience developing AI foundation models and solutions using open-source tools and cloud computing platforms. * Has a deep understanding of the foundations of AI methodologies. * Experience building LLMs or large computer vision models as well as expertise in one or more key subdomain such as: training optimization, self-supervised learning, robustness, explainability, RLHF. * An engineering mindset as shown by a track record of delivering models at scale both in terms of training data and inference volumes. * Experience in delivered libraries, platform level code or solution level code to existing products. * A professional with a track record of coming up with new ideas or improving upon existing ideas in machine learning, demonstrated by accomplishments such as first author publications or projects. * Possess the ability to own and pursue a research agenda, including choosing impactful research problems and autonomously carrying out long-running projects., * Bachelor's Degree plus 7 years of experience in Data Analytics, or Master's Degree plus 5 years of experience in Data Analytics, or PhD plus 2 years of experience in Data Analytics * At least 3 years of experience in AI research * At least 2 years of experience with Deep Learning * At least 2 years experience in developing and debugging in C/C++, Python, or C#, * Master's Degree or PhD in "STEM" field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) * At least 2 years of experience with LLM practices such as prompt engineering, supervised fine tuning, distillation * At least 2 years of experience in interdisciplinary research collaborations * At least 2 years of experience showing first-author publications at peer-reviewed AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, CVPR, ICML, ICLR, ICCV, and ACL) ## Description Center 2 (19050), United States of America, McLean, VirginiaSenior Manager, Data Science - Applied Research, * Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, machine learning engineers and product managers to deliver AI powered products that change how customers interact with their money. * Leverage a broad stack of technologies - Pytorch, AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, Lightning, VectorDBs, and more - to reveal the insights hidden within huge volumes of numeric and textual data. * Build AI foundation models through all phases of development, from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation. * Engage in high impact applied research to take the latest AI developments and push them into the next generation of customer experiences. * Flex your interpersonal skills to translate the complexity of your work into tangible business goals. ## Related Videos - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1209-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou) - [Photonic Computing: Programming a New Class of AI Accelerators (incl. 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