AI Enablement Data Scientist — Internal Solutions

HDR, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401(k) with employer match

Tuition reimbursement

Employee referral bonus

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

HDR, Inc. is seeking an Applied Data Scientist – AI Enablement to build HDR’s internal AI capabilities and remove bottlenecks that limit scale across the Transportation Business Group.

This role starts with internal delivery, data and technology improvements, advancing to client-facing advisory work as capabilities mature. You will design and deploy AI solutions, develop reusable data pipelines, manage full model lifecycles, and collaborate with IT, data architects, and business stakeholders to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a closely related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with generative AI and modern AI services.
• Hands-on experience developing, deploying, and maintaining data and AI solutions in cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP), including cloud-native data pipelines, scalable compute, and production model deployment.
• Experience managing end-to-end data science projects and model lifecycles.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Advanced Degree
• Experience designing or improving data pipelines and AI infrastructure.
• Consulting or professional services experience.
• Six Sigma or other process improvement certifications.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy AI solutions addressing internal transportation business needs.
• Build reusable AI components, data pipelines, and workflows that can be scaled for future client delivery.
• Manage full model lifecycle including development, deployment, monitoring, drift detection, retraining, and inference.
• Proactively identify limitations in data availability, system integration, tooling, governance, and processes that inhibit AI adoption.
• Partner with IT, data architects, and business stakeholders to recommend scalable improvements.
• Document technical debt and architectural gaps that must be addressed before scaling AI capacity.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to translate ambiguous problems into structured AI solutions.
• Communicate AI concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Support client pursuits and pilot projects using internally developed AI capabilities.

Skills

SQL

Power Query

Pandas

Power BI

Tableau

Plotly

Seaborn

Matplotlib

Python

R

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a closely related field

Advanced degree

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

HDR, Inc. is seeking an Applied Data Scientist – AI Enablement to build HDR’s internal AI capabilities and remove bottlenecks that limit scale across the Transportation Business Group.

This role starts with internal delivery, data and technology improvements, advancing to client-facing advisory work as capabilities mature. You will design and deploy AI solutions, develop reusable data pipelines, manage full model lifecycles, and collaborate with IT, data architects, and business stakeholders to