About the job
Come join the Consumer Group (CG) AI Team as a Staff AI Scientist. You will lead the application of AI science across the organization, driving end-to-end model architecture and collaborating with product managers, engineers, and designers to align model metrics with business goals. This is a hands-on technical leadership role — you'll design solutions, lead scrum teams, and directly shape the customer experience through data-driven decision making.
Responsibilities
Collaborate with stakeholders to define success criteria and align model metrics with business goals
Lead scrum teams, design model solutions, and drive end-to-end architecture
Perform hands-on data analysis, ETL, and feature engineering with large datasets
Apply data mining, NLP, and machine learning paradigms (classification, regression, deep learning, recommender systems) to real-world problems
Design and run A/B tests; communicate impact and recommendations to leadership
Stay current with ML advancements and evaluate new techniques for customer-facing applications
Mentor and provide technical direction to other AI Scientists on the team
Qualifications
Minimum
BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Operations Research, or a related quantitative field
4+ years of industry experience in AI Science, Machine Learning, or a related field (e.g. Masters + 5 years industry, or PhD + 3 years industry)
Strong experience with optimization techniques (combinatorial, gradient-based, Bayesian), NLP, and Explainable AI
Proficiency in Python, Scala, Java, and/or R
Strong SQL, Hive, SparkSQL skills; comfort working in Linux environments
Demonstrated ability to build reusable, end-to-end ML pipelines
Tech lead scope with strong end-to-end model experience, including scalability
Strong communication skills — able to translate complex technical work for both technical and non-technical audiences
Independent, adaptable, fast learner who can operate with technical lead scope
Preferred
No preferred qualifications listed.