Remote Lead AI Scientist: Gen AI & Knowledge Graphs

Pearson; Springfield (IL); À distance; USD 150 000 - 190 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Pearson is seeking a strategic and hands-on Lead Specialist- AI Scientist to design, build, deploy, and scale production AI/ML capabilities that power learner intelligence, knowledge graphs, recommendations, personalized learning experiences, and next-generation AI products. This role bridges AI research, data science, software engineering, and product delivery.

The successful candidate will lead the development of machine learning, Generative AI, LLM, agentic AI, and knowledge graph solutions,

Qualifications

• 5+ years building and deploying production AI/ML systems with cloud-native apps and MLOps.
• Hands-on with Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, or agentic AI solutions.
• Proficient in Python and modern software engineering practices, APIs, testing, CI/CD.
• Experience designing scalable AI platforms and deployment architectures in AWS or similar.
• Familiarity with OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, LangGraph, LangChain, or similar.
• Strong collaboration with product, engineering, and business stakeholders.

Responsabilités

• Lead design, development, deployment, and operation of production AI capabilities.
• Deliver Generative AI, LLM, RAG, and agentic AI solutions with measurable impact.
• Build reusable AI platforms, services, APIs, and workflows for Pearson products.
• Own end-to-end AI delivery lifecycle from experimentation to production.
• Establish scalable MLOps/AIOps practices for training, deployment, observability and governance.
• Mentor engineers and data scientists to elevate AI engineering capabilities.

Connaissances

Python

MLOps

Cloud-native

APIs

CI/CD

Production AI

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, AI/ML, or equivalent

Master's or PhD in CS/AI/ML or related

Outils

AWS

LangGraph

LangChain

Semantic Kernel

LLM platforms

Vector databases

Description du poste

Pearson is seeking a strategic and hands-on Lead Specialist- AI Scientist to design, build, deploy, and scale production AI/ML capabilities that power learner intelligence, knowledge graphs, recommendations, personalized learning experiences, and next-generation AI products. This role bridges AI research, data science, software engineering, and product delivery.

The successful candidate will lead the development of machine learning, Generative AI, LLM, agentic AI, and knowledge graph solutions,