Remote AI Scientist — Build Production-Ready AI

Lumen Technologies, Inc.; Northern (KY); Remote; USD 106,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumen Technologies, Inc. is actively seeking an Applied AI Scientist to design, develop, deploy, and optimize AI-powered solutions for real business challenges.

You will partner with product, engineering, and technology teams to identify opportunities, prototype quickly, and deliver production-ready AI capabilities. You will combine expertise in machine learning, generative AI, and experimentation to build scalable AI systems that improve customer experiences and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in applied AI, machine learning, data science, or a related field.
• Experience deploying production AI or machine learning solutions.
• Experience with LLMs, RAG architectures, vector databases, and modern AI frameworks.
• Experience working in cross-functional agile teams.

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

Applied AI

Machine learning

Python programming

LLMs & RAG

Cloud platforms

Agile collaboration

Education

Master's degree in CS/AI

PhD in related field

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Hugging Face

LangChain

MLflow

Vector databases

Job description

Lumen Technologies, Inc. is actively seeking an Applied AI Scientist to design, develop, deploy, and optimize AI-powered solutions for real business challenges.

You will partner with product, engineering, and technology teams to identify opportunities, prototype quickly, and deliver production-ready AI capabilities. You will combine expertise in machine learning, generative AI, and experimentation to build scalable AI systems that improve customer experiences and operational efficiency.