NLP Data Scientist – LLM

Yakamconsulting; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Yakamconsulting is seeking a Senior NLP and LLM Data Scientist to design, implement, and optimize language understanding solutions at scale. You will lead a team of data scientists, guide project objectives, and advance state-of-the-art NLP and AI research.

You will develop NLP models, apply LLMs like GPT-3 and BERT, perform data preprocessing and feature engineering, and translate insights into decisions. Strong leadership, communication, and a deep passion for staying ahead in NLP are

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in Data Science, Computer Science, NLP, or related field.
• 5+ years hands-on NLP and LLM experience with successful projects.
• Strong Python programming skills.
• Experience with NLP libraries: NLTK, spaCy, Transformers.
• Solid ML/deep learning knowledge.
• Excellent problem solving, communication, and leadership.
• Ability to mentor junior data scientists.
• Stays up-to-date with NLP/LLM advancements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and deployment of NLP models and algorithms for text data analysis.
• Utilize Large Language Models (LLMs) such as GPT-3, BERT, or similar for NLP tasks.
• Preprocess, clean, and feature engineer text data for analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project objectives and requirements.
• Extract insights, sentiment analysis, entity recognition, and more.
• Mentor and guide junior data scientists within the team.
• Stay updated with latest NLP, LLM, and AI research.
• Lead and contribute to R&D projects related to language understanding and generation.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Master's or Ph.D. in Data Science / CS / NLP

Tools

Python

NLTK

spaCy

Transformers

Job description

As a Senior NLP and LLM Data Scientist, you will be a key player in designing, implementing, and optimizing solutions that analyze and understand human language at scale. Your work will involve utilizing state-of-the-art NLP models and LLMs to extract valuable information, generate insights, and enable decision-making from vast and complex textual datasets. Additionally, you will lead and mentor a team of data scientists and contribute to cutting-edge research and development projects in the field of language understanding and generation.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Lead and oversee the development and implementation of NLP models and algorithms for text data analysis.


2. Utilize Large Language Models (LLMs) such as GPT-3, BERT, or similar, for various NLP tasks.


3. Conduct data preprocessing, cleaning, and feature engineering to prepare text data for analysis.


4. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project objectives and requirements.


5. Utilize NLP and LLM techniques to extract insights, sentiment analysis, entity recognition, and more.


6. Mentor and provide guidance to junior data scientists within the team.


7. Stay updated with the latest advancements in NLP, LLMs, and AI research.


8. Lead and contribute to research and development projects related to language understanding and generation.

Requirements:

• Master's or Ph.D. in Data Science, Computer Science, Natural Language Processing, or a related field.


• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in NLP and LLMs, with a strong track record of successful projects.


• Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python.


• Familiarity with NLP libraries and frameworks (e.g., NLTK, spaCy, Transformers).


• Experience in working with Large Language Models is highly desirable.


• Solid understanding of machine learning and deep learning techniques.


• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.


• Strong communication, leadership, and teamwork abilities.


• A passion for staying at the forefront of NLP and LLM advancements.