Materials Data Scientist & AI-Driven Software Engineer

Enthought; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful impact

Front-row to agentic AI

World-class colleagues

Continuous learning

Global, collaborative culture

Flexible hybrid work

Competitive compensation and benefits

Job summary

Enthought is hiring a Materials Data Scientist / Scientific Software Developer to join our client-facing solution delivery team in Austin. You will combine deep materials science and chemistry with agentic AI coding tools to create data-driven models, AI-based decision-support tools, and analysis pipelines.

You will work closely with client researchers and business leaders to translate R&D problems into scalable architectures, lead AI agents, build web-based solutions with GUIs, 2D/3D

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end materials informatics solutions -- apply deep knowledge of materials science, chemistry, and machine learning to translate client R&D problems into architectures spanning data, models, and user-facing applications.
• Work agent-first -- use AI coding assistants and autonomous coding agents as your default way to explore data, prototype models, build software, write tests, and produce documentation, compressing the path from research question to working solution.
• Direct AI agents like a technical lead -- decompose materials and chemistry problems into well-scoped tasks, give agents the domain context and physical constraints they need, and iterate toward correct, defensible results.
• Solve complex research and product-development problems in close collaboration with client researchers and business leaders.
• Build data-driven models, AI-based decision-support tools, and automated analysis pipelines, and assemble them into web-based solutions involving GUIs, 2D and 3D graphics, and cloud computing.
• Design AI-enabled and agentic capabilities into client solutions where they add value -- including retrieval over materials data -- held to the same rigor as any other component.
• Apply judgment about where AI and generative approaches fit and where they don't, especially given the small, sparse, and noisy datasets typical of materials R&D.
• Take part in collaborative development practices -- code review, architecture reviews, sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily standups -- and interface directly with clients to define, demonstrate, and refine solutions.
• Handle client data and intellectual property responsibly, using AI tools only in approved, secure configurations.

Job description

Enthought is hiring a Materials Data Scientist / Scientific Software Developer to join our client-facing solution delivery team in Austin. You will combine deep materials science and chemistry with agentic AI coding tools to create data-driven models, AI-based decision-support tools, and analysis pipelines.

You will work closely with client researchers and business leaders to translate R&D problems into scalable architectures, lead AI agents, build web-based solutions with GUIs, 2D/3D