Data Scientist

Robotic Process Automation LLC; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 97,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Robotic Technologies Automation in Philadelphia, PA is seeking a Senior Data Scientist with expertise in ML, AI, LLMs, and foundation models to tackle enterprise fintech challenges.

You will build and fine-tune models, deploy on cloud platforms like Azure and AWS, work with Databricks and Snowflake, and own experimentation, monitoring, and governance for responsible AI. The role requires collaborating across data engineering, product, and security teams and shipping production ML systems.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in CS, DS, ML, or related field.
• 3+ years hands-on ML model deployment.
• Expertise with LLMs, transformers, transfer learning, fine-tuning.
• Proficiency in Python and ML libs (Transformers).
• Experience with cloud ML platforms and containerization.
• Strong understanding of stats and evaluation methods.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize Generative AI and LLM models for fintech.
• Fine-tune open-source and proprietary models for NLP, risk scoring, analytics.
• Lead experiments to evaluate accuracy, scalability, fairness; deploy on cloud pipelines (Azure, AWS) and data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake).
• Implement monitoring, drift detection, and retraining; evaluate new AI tech and responsible AI frameworks.
• Drive POCs and innovation to differentiate products.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

ML libraries

Education

Bachelors or Masters in CS/DS/AI

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Databricks

Snowflake

Job description

US Citizen, Green Card, H-1B, OPT-EAD, CPT, Other

Location: Philadelphia, PADuration: 12 Months + Extension

Bill Rate: $85/hour

Job Type: W-2 Contract

Client: To Be Discussed Later

Work Authorization:US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, Other

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Scientist with expertise in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs), foundation models, and fine-tuning techniques. This position is ideal for someone who is passionate about building enterprise-grade AI & ML applications and applying cutting-edge techniques to real-world financial and payments challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize Generative AI, LLM, and multimodal foundation models for enterprise fintech applications.
• Fine-tune or adapt open-source and proprietary models Build high-performance models for NLP, document intelligence, anomaly detection, risk scoring, predictive analytics, and decisioning use cases.
• Lead experimentation to evaluate model accuracy, scalability, and fairness. Partner with engineering teams to deploy models on cloud-based ML pipelines (Azure, AWS) & data platforms (Databricks & Snowflake) Work with large-scale structured and unstructured datasets across the payments and financial ecosystem.
• Implement model monitoring, drift detection, and continuous retraining strategies. Evaluate and operationalize new AI technologies, foundation model architectures, responsible AI frameworks, and emerging research.
• Drive POCs and innovation initiatives that enhance AI capabilities and differentiate our products.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, AI, or related field.
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience building and deploying machine learning models in production.
• Proven expertise with LLMs, transformer architectures, transfer learning, and model fine‑tuning.
• Strong proficiency in Python, PyTorch or TensorFlow, and ML libraries such as Transformers.
• Experience with cloud ML platforms, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and MLOps tools.
• Solid understanding of statistical modeling, optimization, and evaluation methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in fintech, payments, banking, or fraud/risk environments.
• Background in vector databases, RAG pipelines, and knowledge graph integration.
• Experience with data privacy, model governance, and Responsible AI frameworks.
• Contributions to open‑source AI/ML communities or research publications.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.