Applied AI Scientist — Production ML & GenAI

Lumen; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life benefits

Voluntary Lifestyle benefits

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a highly technical Applied AI Scientist to design, develop, deploy, and optimize AI-powered solutions that solve meaningful business challenges. You will partner with business, product, engineering, and technology teams to rapidly prototype and deliver production-ready AI capabilities.

You will work with ML, generative AI, RAG, and NLP to create scalable AI systems that improve customer experiences and business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in applied AI, ML, data science, or related field.
• Experience deploying production AI/ML solutions.
• Strong expertise in ML, statistics, predictive modeling, experimentation, and analytics.
• Experience building solutions with LLMs, RAG architectures, vector databases, and modern AI frameworks.
• Proficiency in Python and tools such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, LangChain, MLflow.
• Experience with cloud platforms and production software environments.
• Strong problem-solving and the ability to communicate technical concepts.
• Experience working in cross-functional agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy AI and machine learning 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 to 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

Production AI

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Hugging Face

LangChain

MLflow

RAG

Vector databases

Cloud platforms

Cross-functional teams

Agile

Communication

Education

MS/PhD in CS/AI or related quantitative discipline

Tools

Python

LLMOps

MLOps

Job description

Lumen is seeking a highly technical Applied AI Scientist to design, develop, deploy, and optimize AI-powered solutions that solve meaningful business challenges. You will partner with business, product, engineering, and technology teams to rapidly prototype and deliver production-ready AI capabilities.

You will work with ML, generative AI, RAG, and NLP to create scalable AI systems that improve customer experiences and business outcomes.