Production AI Scientist & GenAI Solutions Architect

Lumen; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Voluntary lifestyle benefits

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a highly technical Applied AI Scientist to design, develop, deploy, and optimize AI-powered solutions that solve meaningful business challenges. You will partner with business, product, engineering, and technology teams to identify opportunities, rapidly prototype solutions, and deliver production-ready AI capabilities.

You will combine expertise in machine learning, generative AI, software development, and experimentation to create scalable AI systems that improve customer

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in applied AI, machine learning, data science, or a related field.
• Experience developing and deploying production AI or machine learning solutions.
• Strong expertise in machine learning, statistics, predictive modeling, experimentation, and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy AI and machine learning solutions from proof of concept through production.
• Partner with business and product stakeholders to identify use cases, define objectives, and measure impact.
• Build solutions leveraging machine learning, generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), NLP, predictive analytics, and agentic workflows.
• Develop and maintain evaluation frameworks to ensure solution quality, accuracy, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering teams to operationalize AI solutions using MLOps and LLMOps best practices.
• Contribute reusable code, tools, models, and frameworks that accelerate AI adoption across the enterprise.
• Stay current on emerging AI technologies and recommend innovative approaches to business challenges.
• Contribute to technical best practices and knowledge sharing across the team.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Hugging Face

LangChain

MLflow

LLMs

RAG

Vector databases

MLOps

LLMOps

Cloud platforms

Cross-functional

Communication

Education

Master's degree in CS/AI

PhD in related field

Job description

Lumen is seeking a highly technical Applied AI Scientist to design, develop, deploy, and optimize AI-powered solutions that solve meaningful business challenges. You will partner with business, product, engineering, and technology teams to identify opportunities, rapidly prototype solutions, and deliver production-ready AI capabilities.

You will combine expertise in machine learning, generative AI, software development, and experimentation to create scalable AI systems that improve customer