Lead Applied Scientist Public Sector Investigations (Remote)

Relativity; Indianapolis (IN); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Relativity is seeking a Lead Applied Scientist to set the technical direction for our public-sector investigations work, expanding the aiR agentic harness for greater capability and reliability. You will own the science from retrieval and review systems to evaluation standards that make responses complete, correct, and defensible.

The role anchors the work in FOIA and public-records workflows, with a focus on government investigations.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in computer science or a quantitative discipline or equivalent professional experience.
• Eligibility for a US Public Trust clearance.
• Working knowledge of privacy and records standards: FOIA exemptions, PII handling, and redaction.
• Deep applied AI/ML and deployment experience, with systems you specified and carried into production.
• You can direct others' work in AI and have data-driven judgment.
• You design the study to settle arguments and trust data over intuition.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for the workstream: choose the approaches, sequence the science, and keep the work coherent across contributors.
• Lead the science without managing the people: review other scientists' designs and evaluations, raise the bar, and unblock the hard problems.
• Own AI system readiness across the workstream, from problem framing through evaluation, error analysis, efficacy studies, and production monitoring, in partnership with engineering.
• Be the first escalation for the domain's hardest technical calls, and know when to bring in Staff and Principal partners.
• Be a pathfinder: build the first prototypes with tiger teams, and carry early initiatives from idea to evidence.
• Take the work from proof-of-concept to production at scale, working with product, engineering, design, and the legal experts embedded in the team.

Skills

Communication

Database Management

Data Governance

Government Regulation

Information Security

Legal Practices

Legal Research

Policy Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Strategic Planning

Education

Master's or PhD in Computer Science or quantitative discipline

Job description

Relativity is seeking a Lead Applied Scientist to set the technical direction for our public-sector investigations work, expanding the aiR agentic harness for greater capability and reliability. You will own the science from retrieval and review systems to evaluation standards that make responses complete, correct, and defensible.

The role anchors the work in FOIA and public-records workflows, with a focus on government investigations.