Senior AI Scientist & Data Analytics Engineer

New Jersey Institute of Technology; Center (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ seeks a Senior Data Scientist & AI Engineer to advance statistical modeling, ML, and AI-driven analytics across admissions, enrollment, and student success. You will design end-to-end workflows in Python, R, and DataRobot, integrate Snowflake via REST APIs, build LLM-powered agents for governance, and deploy production-grade analytics solutions.

The role mentors graduate students and collaborates with governance, dashboards with MicroStrategy, and

Qualifications

• PhD in Mathematics or related field is required.
• 1 year of experience in the related occupation or offered role is required.

Responsibilities

• Apply advanced statistical modeling, ML, and analytics to institutional data.
• Design and operationalize automated ML workflows using Python, R, and DataRobot.
• Build AI agent–based decision-support using LLMs and RAG with Snowflake and enterprise data sources.
• Write and optimize SQL queries and Snowpark Python scripts for large-scale datasets.
• Mentor graduate students and junior data scientists, guiding AI development and analysis.

Skills

Statistical modeling

Machine learning

Predictive analytics

Time-series forecasting

SQL

Education

PhD in Mathematics or related

Tools

DataRobot

Snowflake

Python

R

Streamlit

MicroStrategy

Snowpark

Job description

New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ seeks a Senior Data Scientist & AI Engineer to advance statistical modeling, ML, and AI-driven analytics across admissions, enrollment, and student success. You will design end-to-end workflows in Python, R, and DataRobot, integrate Snowflake via REST APIs, build LLM-powered agents for governance, and deploy production-grade analytics solutions.

The role mentors graduate students and collaborates with governance, dashboards with MicroStrategy, and