Applied AI Data Scientist — Production ML & Client Impact

DLA Piper; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Hybrid work model

Job summary

DLA Piper is seeking a Data Scientist, Applied AI Solutions to design and deploy data models, ML solutions, and analytic approaches translating business and regulatory needs into practical data-driven outcomes.

The role emphasizes collaboration with lawyers, clients, and cross-functional teams to deliver measurable business impact, including production ML at scale and bias/accuracy testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, statistics, applied mathematics or related field.
• 5 years of relevant experience applying data science and machine learning techniques to complex business problems, including building and deploying production models at scale.
• Experience with Python, SQL, and communicating results to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Develops and applies algorithmic testing methods to evaluate AI systems, models, and tools for bias, accuracy, reliability, robustness, and performance.
• Creates novel testing techniques, metrics, and evaluation frameworks for emerging AI systems and risks when established methods are insufficient.
• Translates legal, regulatory, and business requirements into analytic objectives, testable criteria, data specifications, and practical technical solutions.
• Works with internal stakeholders, lawyers, and clients to identify opportunities to leverage organizational and client data to address business, legal, investigative, and regulatory needs.
• Prioritizes, scopes, and manages multiple concurrent data science projects and client engagements, with accountability for delivery quality, timelines, measurable business outcomes, and commercially valuable solutions.

Skills

Python

SQL

Machine learning

Data science

Big data

Azure

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, statistics, applied mathematics or related field

Tools

Azure AI services

Enterprise cloud platforms

Job description

DLA Piper is seeking a Data Scientist, Applied AI Solutions to design and deploy data models, ML solutions, and analytic approaches translating business and regulatory needs into practical data-driven outcomes.

The role emphasizes collaboration with lawyers, clients, and cross-functional teams to deliver measurable business impact, including production ML at scale and bias/accuracy testing.