Principal AI Data Scientist

Deltek, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 109,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Vacation time

Paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

401(k)

Job summary

Deltek, Inc. seeks an experienced AI Data Scientist to design, build, and optimize enterprise AI solutions using LLMs, RAG, and multimodal models. You will innovate AI copilots, agents, and governance frameworks to enable scalable business outcomes.

The role focuses on AI innovation, evaluation, and deployment rather than traditional analytics, reporting, or BI. Collaboration with Platform and Engineering teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/AI/ML/Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience developing AI/ML solutions.
• 3+ years with Agentic AI, Generative AI and LLMs.
• Proficiency in Python and modern AI frameworks.
• Experience integrating AI solutions into enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, evaluate, and optimize enterprise AI solutions.
• Develop AI copilots, assistants, and RAG architectures.
• Implement agentic workflows and task-driven AI systems.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to deploy AI in production.
• Establish evaluation and governance for responsible AI.

Skills

Python

AI/ML frameworks

Agentic AI

Prompt engineering

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, or related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Azure AI Foundry

Azure OpenAI

OpenAI APIs

Semantic Kernel / LangChain

Job description

life insurance, vacation time, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, 401(k)

United States

Oct 13, 2026

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced AI Data Scientist to join Deltek's growing AI Center of Excellence team to design, build, evaluate, and optimize enterprise AI solutions leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs), AI Agents, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), multimodal AI, Opensource AI Models, and emerging foundation model technologies.

This role is focused exclusively on AI innovation and implementation rather than traditional analytics or reporting. The ideal candidate will develop intelligent AI systems, evaluate model performance, architect agentic workflows, and drive adoption of AI-powered business solutions.

The successful candidate combines deep expertise in Generative AI, machine learning, prompt engineering, and AI evaluation with a passion for translating cutting-edge AI capabilities into scalable business outcomes. This role reports to the Senior Director, AI Solutions.

Generative AI Solution Development

• Design, develop, and deploy enterprise-grade Generative AI solutions
• Build AI applications leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) & SLMs
• Develop Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures
• Implement conversational AI, AI copilots, and intelligent assistants
• Design and optimize advanced prompt engineering strategies
• Develop multimodal AI solutions involving text, image, audio, and document understanding

Agentic AI & Autonomous Systems

• Design and develop AI Agents capable of complex reasoning and task execution
• Build multi-agent frameworks and agent orchestration solutions
• Develop autonomous workflows integrating enterprise systems and business processes
• Implement tool-calling, function-calling, and agent memory architectures
• Optimize agent planning, reasoning, and decision-making capabilities
• Establish evaluation frameworks for AI solutions
• Design benchmarks for quality, accuracy, groundedness, hallucination detection, and safety
• Evaluate and compare foundation models for business use cases
• Improve AI system performance through prompt tuning, fine-tuning, and model optimization
• Monitor AI solution effectiveness and recommend enhancements
• Collaborate with engineering teams to deploy AI solutions into production environments
• Build scalable AI pipelines and inference architectures
• Support integration of AI services with enterprise applications and workflows
• Partner with platform teams to optimize AI costs, latency, scalability, and performance
• Implement AI observability, monitoring, and governance controls

Responsible AI & Governance

• Ensure Responsible AI principles are embedded throughout the AI lifecycle
• Evaluate solutions for bias, fairness, explainability, security, and compliance
• Support AI governance policies, risk assessments, and model validation processes
• Develop safeguards and guardrails for enterprise AI applications
• Stay current with advancements in Generative AI, foundation models, open-source AI, and agentic systems
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and recommend adoption opportunities
• Create proof-of-concepts and pilot solutions using next-generation AI capabilities
• Contribute to enterprise AI strategy and AI capability development

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years of experience developing AI/ML solutions
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Agentic AI, Generative AI and Large Language Models
• Strong experience building AI copilots, AI Assistants, RAG solutions, or AI Agents
• Proficiency in Python and modern AI frameworks
• Experience integrating AI solutions into enterprise environments
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

US Citizenship or Green Card Required

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in AI, Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related discipline
• Experience with Microsoft Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, OpenAI APIs, Anthropic Claude, Gemini, or similar platforms
• Experience with fine-tuning, model adaptation, embeddings, and vector databases
• Knowledge of Agentic AI frameworks such as Semantic Kernel, LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, A2A, MCP or similar technologies
• Experience deploying AI solutions in regulated enterprise environments
• AI-related certifications from Microsoft, OpenAI, AWS, or Google Cloud

The U.S. salary range for this position is $109,000.00-$192,750.00. This range is subject to change as Deltek takes a number of factors into consideration when determining individual base pay, such as location, job-related knowledge, skills and experience. Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including incentive compensation and equity.

Benefits and perks listed here may vary depending on the nature of employment with Deltek. Employees have access to healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan and company match, paid vacation time and holidays, well-living programs, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and tuition reimbursement.