Lead AI Scientist: Prototyping & Scientific Impact

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a senior AI/ML researcher to independently build and execute technical plans for AI prototypes across scientific use cases, and to design, develop, and evaluate AI solutions including agentic workflows and retrieval-augmented applications.

You will partner with scientists and end users, translate complex needs into testable hypotheses, and collaborate with enterprise AI, data science, engineering, platform, architecture, security and governance teams to move prototypes toward

Qualifications

• PhD in a field relevant to AI and computational science is required.
• 4+ years of industry or applied research experience solving complex problems with computational methods.
• Proven ability to build working AI/ML solutions, prototypes, or research software in R or Python.
• Experience with generative AI, LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation, or related technologies.
• Experience integrating data sources, scientific tools, models, APIs, MCPs, while maintaining governance, security, privacy, IP requirements.
• Strong communication and collaboration across scientific and technical disciplines.
• Exceptional scientific rigor and attention to detail.
• Ability to independently formulate technical plans and deliver usable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Independently build, align, and execute technical plans for AI prototypes across multiple scientific use cases.
• Design, develop, and evaluate AI solutions including agentic workflows and retrieval-augmented applications.
• Translate complex scientific needs into user requirements, hypotheses, and implementation plans.
• Partner with scientists and end users to gather feedback and iteratively improve solutions.
• Demonstrate value through evaluation of accuracy, reliability, usability, and impact.
• Collaborate with enterprise AI, data science, engineering, and security teams to scale validated prototypes.

Skills

AI Solution Development

R or Python

Generative AI & LLMs

Data Governance & Security

Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration

Technical Planning

Education

PhD in AI/Computational Science

Tools

Cloud Computing

Containers

Version Control

APIs

Scientific Tools

Job description

Jobtailor seeks a senior AI/ML researcher to independently build and execute technical plans for AI prototypes across scientific use cases, and to design, develop, and evaluate AI solutions including agentic workflows and retrieval-augmented applications.

You will partner with scientists and end users, translate complex needs into testable hypotheses, and collaborate with enterprise AI, data science, engineering, platform, architecture, security and governance teams to move prototypes toward