GenAI Lead Data Scientist - Hybrid/Remote

Norfolk Southern Corp.; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Norfolk Southern Corporation is seeking a Lead Data Scientist (GenAI) to join our enterprise AI team. This role focuses on developing, optimizing, and enhancing intelligent solutions using Generative AI technologies, including Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

The ideal candidate will partner with technical and business leaders across the enterprise to deliver scalable, secure, and high‑performing AI capabilities that

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, machine learning, NLP, AI, linguistics, or related field required; Masters or PhD preferred.
• 5+ years of GenAI, Data Science, ML, or NLP experience.
• Proficiency in Python, including libraries such as Scikit-learn, PyTorch, Pandas, NumPy, spaCy, NLTK, and Matplotlib.
• Skilled in SQL, NoSQL, Milvus, Pinecone, PGVector databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and architecture of enterprise GenAI solutions tailored to business use cases.
• Design modular, framework‑agnostic LLM pipelines using libraries such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar
• Define prompting strategies, agent patterns, and RAG architectures. Ensure approaches are scalable, reusable company‑wide and drive adoption across teams.
• Oversee lifecycle of usecases, development to deployment to production and MLops.
• Ensure responsible AI practices, including explainability, governance, and compliance.
• Evaluate emerging AI trends and help guide the adoption of high value innovations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business needs and deliver configurable, scalable solutions.

Skills

GenAI / LLMs

Python (PyTorch, Pandas)

NLP / ML

SQL / NoSQL

Cloud platforms (AWS)

Docker / Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's in CS/DS/ML

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Databricks

Milvus

Pinecone

PGVector

LangGraph

Job description

Norfolk Southern Corporation is seeking a Lead Data Scientist (GenAI) to join our enterprise AI team. This role focuses on developing, optimizing, and enhancing intelligent solutions using Generative AI technologies, including Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

The ideal candidate will partner with technical and business leaders across the enterprise to deliver scalable, secure, and high‑performing AI capabilities that