Lead Data Scientist - AI/ML/NLP on AWS (Hybrid/Remote-Eligible)

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Huntington Bancshares, Inc. is seeking a Lead Data Scientist to design, develop, and deploy AI/ML models that accelerate innovation within the AI Center of Excellence.

The role spans end-to-end lifecycle management across on‑premises and AWS environments, with a focus on cutting‑edge NLP and retrieval‑augmented generation techniques. You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams, mentor junior data scientists, and drive strategic decisions through advanced analytics and scalable tooling.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master's degree in Statistics, Economics, Data Science, or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years related work experience in AWS cloud machine learning or a similar AI platform, with familiarity in AWS Sagemaker, Lambda, S3, Athena, etc.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Product Owner to manage the end-to-end AI development lifecycle—requirements gathering, data sourcing, model development, proof-of-concept demonstrations, risk governance reviews, and production deployment across both on-premises and AWS environments.
• Demonstrate strong self-discipline and professional ownership in managing project activities, maintaining transparent communication with leadership, seeking managerial guidance when appropriate, and proactively surfacing risks, blockers, or resource needs to ensure timely delivery.
• Apply automation techniques to streamline manual processes, enhance productivity and accuracy, and develop reusable, scalable self-service tools and assets.
• Stay current with emerging machine learning, cloud, and AI technologies driving innovation by evaluating and integrating new capabilities into existing workflows and products.

Skills

Python

R

Spark

LangChain

LLMs

prompt engineering

embeddings

retrieval-augmented generation

agentic AI

Education

PhD or Master's in Statistics/Data Science/related field

Tools

AWS Sagemaker

Lambda

S3

Athena

Bedrock

JumpStart

Textract

Job description

Huntington Bancshares, Inc. is seeking a Lead Data Scientist to design, develop, and deploy AI/ML models that accelerate innovation within the AI Center of Excellence.

The role spans end-to-end lifecycle management across on‑premises and AWS environments, with a focus on cutting‑edge NLP and retrieval‑augmented generation techniques. You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams, mentor junior data scientists, and drive strategic decisions through advanced analytics and scalable tooling.