Applied AI Scientist: Production AI & RAG Expert

Lumen; Jackson (MS); Remote; USD 106,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a highly technical Applied AI Scientist to design, develop, deploy, and optimize AI-powered solutions. You will partner with business, product, engineering, and tech teams to identify opportunities and rapidly prototype solutions that deliver real business value.

The ideal candidate combines machine learning, generative AI, software development, and experimentation to create scalable AI systems that improve customer experiences and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of applied AI or data science experience.
• Experience deploying production AI/ML solutions.
• Strong knowledge of ML, statistics, predictive modeling, experimentation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy AI/ML solutions from proof of concept to production.
• Partner with stakeholders to define use cases and measure impact.
• Develop evaluation frameworks for quality, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with engineering to operationalize AI with MLOps and LLMOps.
• Contribute reusable code, tools, models, and frameworks for enterprise AI adoption.
• Stay updated on emerging AI tech and propose innovative approaches.

Skills

Applied AI

Machine Learning

Data Analytics

LLMs

Python

MLOps

Cloud Platforms

Education

Master's degree in CS/AI

PhD in related field

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

HuggingFace

LangChain

MLflow

Job description

Lumen is seeking a highly technical Applied AI Scientist to design, develop, deploy, and optimize AI-powered solutions. You will partner with business, product, engineering, and tech teams to identify opportunities and rapidly prototype solutions that deliver real business value.

The ideal candidate combines machine learning, generative AI, software development, and experimentation to create scalable AI systems that improve customer experiences and operational efficiency.