AI-Driven Data Scientist — Prototyping & Impact

PTR Global; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 11,710,000 - 12,398,000; Full time

Job summary

PTR Global is seeking a Data Scientist (AI Focused) in McLean, VA onsite for a 6–12 month engagement. The role emphasizes practical AI solutions, data operationalization, and rapid experimentation beyond traditional modeling.

The candidate should have 5–7 years of experience, strong Python skills, and hands-on experience with designing and testing prompts for large language models. Consulting-style delivery and collaboration with cross-functional teams are essential.

Qualifications

• 5 to 7 years of relevant experience with strong Python programming and analytical mindset.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business teams to translate complex problems into AI-enabled solutions.
• Extract, clean, and structure data from raw sources to enable analytics and GenAI use cases.
• Develop Python-based prototypes and tools leveraging advanced analytics and generative AI.
• Design and refine prompts to deliver reliable, explainable AI outputs.
• Collaborate with data, technology, and engineering partners to align prototypes with production standards.
• Contribute reusable code, patterns, documentation, and demos to shared repositories.
• Support testing, validation, and iteration of AI solutions prior to deployment.

Skills

Python

LLM prompts

Data wrangling

GenAI

Job description

PTR Global is seeking a Data Scientist (AI Focused) in McLean, VA onsite for a 6–12 month engagement. The role emphasizes practical AI solutions, data operationalization, and rapid experimentation beyond traditional modeling.

The candidate should have 5–7 years of experience, strong Python skills, and hands-on experience with designing and testing prompts for large language models. Consulting-style delivery and collaboration with cross-functional teams are essential.