Senior AI Scientist — Lead ML & NLP with Equity

Intuit; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 274,000 - 370,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit invites a distinguished AI scientist or ML leader to join a collaborative team. You will build and deploy ML models using analytical and deep learning approaches to affect hundreds of thousands of customers.

The role emphasizes leadership, rigorous design, and cross-functional collaboration with executives to shape strategic ML initiatives and a robust AI practice within a dynamic product-focused environment.

Qualifications

• PhD/MS in Engineering Mathematics, Statistics, Theoretical/Computational Physics, or related field.
• Solid knowledge of statistical techniques.
• 3+ years as either a lead in a AI science role or in a management position in AI science.
• Strong communication skills and proven experience as an influencer at the executive level.
• Hands-on programming experience and expert knowledge in one or more of: ML, NLP, Statistics, or Optimization.
• 6+ years’ experience manipulating large datasets and using databases (e.g. R, SQL, S-Plus, etc.)
• 6+ years’ experience with a general-purpose programming language (e.g. Python, Scala, etc.)
• Expert knowledge and hands-on experience with ML pipelines, processes, and design patterns
• Proven track record of influencing business leaders to shape mission critical projects
• Proven track record of leading team to successful delivery of ML solutions
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills in order to effectively contribute to technical teams and make presentations to a variety of technical and business personnel

Responsibilities

• Leads team and evangelizes AI across the organization.
• Leads work in ML, NLP, Statistics, or Optimization with hands-on contribution.
• Weighs ROI considerations for general and tailored capabilities.
• Creates new capabilities solving critical business problems.
• Pushes ML boundaries with foundational methods and novel applications.
• Influences business leaders to shape mission critical projects.
• Creates multi-year vision linking product and technology strategy.
• Drives architecture decisions and ML platform strategy.
• Leads team and partners to deliver ML solutions.
• Conducts design reviews and maintains technical rigor.
• Mentors colleagues to build a vibrant AI practice community.

Skills

Leadership

Executive influence

Communication

AI team leadership

Data handling

Education

PhD/MS in Engineering Mathematics, Statistics, Theoretical/Computational Physics

Tools

Python

Scala

R

SQL

S-Plus

Job description

Intuit invites a distinguished AI scientist or ML leader to join a collaborative team. You will build and deploy ML models using analytical and deep learning approaches to affect hundreds of thousands of customers.

The role emphasizes leadership, rigorous design, and cross-functional collaboration with executives to shape strategic ML initiatives and a robust AI practice within a dynamic product-focused environment.