Enterprise AI Architect & Data Scientist

Lovelytics; Virginia (IL); On-site; USD 145,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Lovelytics is seeking a Data Scientist Architect to lead enterprise-grade ML/AI solutions on Databricks, guiding technical strategy and end-to-end pipelines. You will drive pre-sales engagements from scoping to delivery, align client proposals with business value, and orchestrate cross-functional delivery teams to ensure scalable, high-impact results.

The ideal candidate blends deep technical expertise with consulting acumen to influence technical and executive stakeholders, shaping reusable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, economics or a related field.
• 7+ years in data science & AI/ML, including large-scale solution deployments.
• 5+ years in a client facing role, preferably in a professional services firm.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical and executive stakeholders.
• Proven track record designing and implementing modern data science solutions in forecasting, anomaly detection, recommendation systems, computer vision, risk modeling or mathematical optimization.
• Expert knowledge of Python, SQL and strong hands-on experience with Databricks (Unity Catalog, MLFlow, Delta Tables).
• Proficiency with commercial and open-source LLM APIs and tooling like Hugging Face, LangChain, DSPY, as well as coding assistants.
• Experience with rapid prototyping and creating proofs of concept, technical presales presentations and pricing for engagements.
• Prior experience with revenue management, price modeling and causal Inference.

Responsibilities

• Define clear business-value metrics and technical targets for every engagement.
• Lead technical scoping, feasibility assessments and solution design for proposals and client pitches.
• Design scalable, secure, end-to-end ML/AI pipelines across data analysis, feature engineering, model training, deployment and MLOps.
• Direct cross-functional teams of Data Scientists, Data Engineers and ML Engineers.
• Establish code quality standards, model validation protocols and best practices to prevent debt.
• Articulate technical concepts and risks to technical teams and C-suite stakeholders.
• Design workflows and user integration strategies to drive AI adoption by end-users.
• Conduct client enablement workshops and knowledge transfer for long-term sustainability.

Skills

Python

SQL

Communication

Prototyping

Presales

Revenue modeling

Causal inference

Forecasting

Anomaly detection

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Engineering/Statistics/Economics

Tools

Databricks

Hugging Face

LangChain

DSPY

Job description

Lovelytics is seeking a Data Scientist Architect to lead enterprise-grade ML/AI solutions on Databricks, guiding technical strategy and end-to-end pipelines. You will drive pre-sales engagements from scoping to delivery, align client proposals with business value, and orchestrate cross-functional delivery teams to ensure scalable, high-impact results.

The ideal candidate blends deep technical expertise with consulting acumen to influence technical and executive stakeholders, shaping reusable