Cmu
Senior Data Scientist
Pittsburgh, PA, USA · Senior · Part-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 2 days ago
PythonMATLABFastAPIBigQuerySnowflakeDatabricksMachine LearningTensorFlowPyTorchPandasNumPySparkData AnalysisData ScienceNLPComputer VisionLLMsRAGAgentic AIStatisticsCybersecurityForecastingResearchCommunication
About the role
- You will co-author research proposals, execute studies, and present findings to DoW sponsors and at academic conferences.
- Our team works on a wide range of projects.
- Our current work includes research in generative AI and large language models, computer vision, multimodal AI, agentic AI, and assurance of AI systems.
Requirements
- You will be subject to a background check and must be able obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of War security clearance.
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Expertise in one or more of the following:
- Demonstrated ability to learn new concepts and grow into new areas of work
Nice to have
- Experience in cybersecurity and privacy is a plus is a plus
- Experience in U.S. Government work and/or with FFRDCs, UARCs an National Labs is a plus
Skills
- Experience in predictive modeling, data science, and/or AI & machine learning
- Deep understanding of statistical modeling techniques and advanced data analytics
- Proficient with at least one mathematical/statistical programming package (e.g., R, python numpy/scipy/pandas/polars, MATLAB, etc.)
- Innovative and inquisitive with ability to imagine novel analytical solutions to problems Thrives in a multi-disciplinary environment
- Strong communication skills
- Recommendation systems
- Time-series forecasting (Prophet, NeuralProphet, Chronos, Lag-Llama, etc.)
- NLP / LLMs (fine-tuning, RAG, evaluation, prompt engineering)
- Causal inference / uplift modeling / synthetic controls
- LLMs / agentic workflows (LangChain/LlamaIndex/Haystack)
- Experience deploying models (FastAPI, Triton, KServe, SageMaker, Vertex AI, or similar)
- Experience working with big data (Spark, Trino, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks)
Compensation
- Salary More Information:
Benefits
- eligible employees enjoy a wide array of benefits including comprehensive medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance as well as a generous retirement savings program with employer contributions.
- Unlock your potential with tuition benefits, take well-deserved breaks with ample paid time off and observed holidays, and rest easy with life and accidental death and disability insurance.
- Additional perks include a free Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus pass, access to our Family Concierge Team to help navigate childcare needs, fitness center access, and much more!
- For a comprehensive overview of the benefits available, explore our Benefits page.
- Beyond credentials, we evaluate the role and responsibilities, your valuable work experience, and the knowledge gained through education and training.
Company info
- Data Scientists at the SEI use advanced statistics, data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to help our government and industry clients research and solve cybersecurity challenges.
- In this role, you will work with our customers to identify areas where advanced statistical techniques can help tackle problems, plan and develop prototype solutions, and build out final products.
- You'll get a chance to work with elite cybersecurity professionals and university faculty to build new technologies that will influence national cybersecurity strategy for decades to come.
- Additionally, we craft metrics and experimental designs for large-scale cybersecurity research programs, develop human-in-the-loop machine learning solutions, and build classifiers to identify security vulnerabilities.
- If you are a data science or statistics expert with an interest in cybersecurity, we want to hear from you!
- At Carnegie Mellon, we value the whole package when extending offers of employment.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Department of War security clearance
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