GenAI & Compliance Data Scientist Consultant

Sia Partners; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 82,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

Sia is a next-generation, global management consulting group. Founded in 1999, we were born digital. Today our strategy and management capabilities are augmented by data science, enhanced by creativity and driven by responsibility.

We’re optimists for change and we help clients initiate, navigate and benefit from transformation. We believe optimism is a force multiplier, helping clients to mitigate downside and maximize opportunity.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or Engineering degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related quantitative field.
• 2+ years of experience as a Data Scientist or Data Analyst.
• Strong programming skills, particularly Python and SQL.
• Proficiency in at least one major GenAI application framework (LangChain,LlamaIndex, etc.).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Knowledge of both proprietary and open-source model ecosystems (OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral AI, Hugging Face, etc.).
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts simply.
• Experience building agentic AI systems.
• Good understanding of machine learning techniques.
• Good understanding of statistical techniques and concepts.
• Experience with data visualization tools.
• Understanding of or experience with protocols and standards for connecting LLMs to external tools and databases, such as the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
• Experience deploying models at scale in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Partner with our clients' leadership teams, engineers, program managers, and data analysts to understand data needs.
• Identify, acquire, process, and explore relevant data sources.
• Analyze large amounts of structured and unstructured information to discover trends and patterns.
• Use your data analytics and data science expertise to derive valuable insights from datasets, and build predictive models and machine learning algorithms.
• Design, build, fine-tune, and deploy LLM-based systems using models such as GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, and Mistral.
• Develop GenAI-powered applications (self-managed and API-based) that meet real business needs and comply with applicable regulations (GDPR, EU AI Act, model licenses).
• Design and optimize prompting strategies (few-shot, Chain/Tree-of-Thought, ReAct, self-reflection, guardrails) to improve reliability and control.
• Communicate at scale through multiple mediums: presentations, dashboards, datasets, bots, and more.
• Propose solutions and strategies to business challenges.
• Collaborate with engineering and product development teams.
• Work across a broad range of partners and projects, delivering models, algorithms, datasets, measurements, services, tools, and processes.

Skills

Python

SQL

GenAI frameworks

LangChain

Cloud platforms

OpenAI ecosystem

Mistral/Hugging Face

Communication

Agentic AI

ML techniques

Statistics

Data visualization

MCP

Model deployment

Education

Master's or Engineering degree

Job description

Sia is a next-generation, global management consulting group. Founded in 1999, we were born digital. Today our strategy and management capabilities are augmented by data science, enhanced by creativity and driven by responsibility.

We’re optimists for change and we help clients initiate, navigate and benefit from transformation. We believe optimism is a force multiplier, helping clients to mitigate downside and maximize opportunity.