Applied AI Scientist: Build Production AI at Scale

Lumen; Augusta (ME); On-site; USD 106,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Wellness programs

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a highly technical Applied AI Scientist to design, develop, deploy, and optimize AI-powered solutions across enterprise AI workloads. In this role, you will partner with business, product, engineering, and technology teams to identify opportunities, rapidly prototype solutions, and deliver production-ready AI capabilities.

You will combine expertise in machine learning, generative AI, software development, and experimentation to create scalable AI systems that improve customer

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in applied AI, ML, data science, or a related field.
• Experience deploying production AI/ML solutions.
• Strong expertise in ML, statistics, predictive modeling, experimentation.
• Experience with LLMs, RAG architectures, vector databases, and modern AI frameworks.
• Proficiency in Python and AI/ML toolsets (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, LangChain, MLflow).
• Experience with cloud platforms and production software environments.
• Strong communication and cross-functional teamwork.
• Experience in cross-functional agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy AI/ML solutions from proof of concept through production.
• Partner with business and product stakeholders to identify use cases, define objectives, and measure impact.
• Build solutions leveraging ML, generative AI, RAG, NLP, predictive analytics, and agentic workflows.
• Develop and maintain evaluation frameworks to ensure solution quality, accuracy, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with Engineering to operationalize AI solutions using MLOps and LLMOps best practices.
• Contribute reusable code, tools, models, and frameworks that accelerate AI adoption across the enterprise.
• Stay current on emerging AI technologies and recommend innovative approaches to business challenges.
• Contribute to technical best practices and knowledge sharing across the team.

Skills

Applied AI

Machine learning

Data science

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

LangChain

LLMs

MLOps

RAG

NLP

Cloud platforms

Education

Master's degree

PhD preferred

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Hugging Face

LangChain

MLflow

Keras

Job description

Lumen is seeking a highly technical Applied AI Scientist to design, develop, deploy, and optimize AI-powered solutions across enterprise AI workloads. In this role, you will partner with business, product, engineering, and technology teams to identify opportunities, rapidly prototype solutions, and deliver production-ready AI capabilities.

You will combine expertise in machine learning, generative AI, software development, and experimentation to create scalable AI systems that improve customer