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Antal International

Senior Data Scientist

Full Time · In Office · Houston, Texas (USA)

$125,000–$150,000 · Posted Sep 4, 2026

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Are you a Senior Data Scientist who bridges the gap between traditional Machine Learning and cutting-edge Generative AI?

I am currently partnering with an enterprise product team to recruit a Senior Data Scientist (GenAI / RAG) to design, deploy, and scale production-grade AI systems.

This is not a pure research or proof-of-concept role. We need an experienced practitioner who has shipped production GenAI architectures, built agentic workflows, and can confidently consult with senior client stakeholders to articulate technical trade-offs.

  • Key Responsibilities
  • Build & Deploy: Develop and put into production ML models, advanced RAG architectures, and autonomous agentic workflows to solve complex enterprise challenges.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner directly with Product Managers, Software Engineers, and Data Engineers to integrate AI solutions into flagship enterprise platforms.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a technical consultant, explaining architectural decisions, trade-offs, and data-driven insights to both technical teams and non-technical client stakeholders.
  • Mentorship: Provide guidance to junior team members and cultivate continuous learning within the engineering organization.
  • Technical Requirements
  • Core ML / DS Foundation: 5+ years of experience in traditional ML, including classification, regression, forecasting, anomaly detection, feature engineering, and model evaluation.
  • Production GenAI Experience: At least 12 months of continuous, recent hands-on production experience with LLMs (beyond hackathons, certifications, or academic projects).
  • Agentic Workflows: Proven production experience with tools such as LangChain, LangGraph, Model Context Protocol (MCP), tool calling, and agent orchestration.
  • RAG Pipeline Depth: Expertise in vector databases, hybrid retrieval, reranking mechanisms, and knowledge graphs.
  • Cloud & Stack: Solid experience with AWS Bedrock (Azure OpenAI or Google Vertex AI also considered), Python, SQL, and big data platforms like Spark, Databricks, or Snowflake.
  • Communication: Outstanding client-facing skills with the ability to lead architectural discussions confidently.
  • Nice-to-Haves
  • Domain exposure in Energy, Utilities, or Oil & Gas.
  • Familiarity with XGBoost, CatBoost, LLMOps, and GenAI evaluation or observability tooling.

If you are looking to take ownership of end-to-end AI products and drive high-impact implementation, please submit your CV.

#DataScience #GenerativeAI #RAG #AgenticAI #MachineLearning #AWSBedrock #LangChain #LLM #Databricks

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