Senior Data Scientist

Motion Recruitment; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment in Charlotte, North Carolina is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead hands-on data science efforts across the lifecycle, from problem definition to production validation, with a focus on designing retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines and agent-based workflows for legal and regulatory research and decision-support products.

The role requires deep NLP expertise, experience with large language models and production-scale data environments, and collaboration with

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience in data science, ML, or related field.
• Deep knowledge of NLP, LLMs, and modern generative AI methods.
• Hands-on experience building and evaluating RAG systems.
• Experience developing agentic AI solutions or multi-step model-driven workflows.
• Ability to work with distributed AI architectures and enterprise-scale data environments.
• Strong analytical programming skills and a track record of moving experimental work into production.
• Familiarity with legal/regulatory or document-intensive domains.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead hands-on data science work from problem definition through production validation
• Design RAG pipelines that improve relevance and accuracy of generated answers
• Develop models and evaluation methods for legal research, document understanding, and summarization
• Create agent-based workflows coordinating retrieval, reasoning, and task execution
• Partner with engineering and product teams to deliver scalable, secure, and measurable AI capabilities

Skills

Data science

Machine learning

NLP

LLMs

RAG pipelines

Agent-based AI

Production deployment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

This hybrid Senior Data Scientist role is based in Charlotte, North Carolina and focuses on building and validating next-generation AI capabilities for legal and regulatory research and decision-support products. The work includes retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agent-based AI systems, and natural language processing solutions.

Role Overview

In this contract position, you will lead hands-on data science efforts across the lifecycle, from defining problems to production validation. The focus areas include designing RAG pipelines, developing evaluation methods for document understanding and summarization, and creating agent-based workflows that combine retrieval, reasoning, and task execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead hands-on data science work from problem definition through production validation
• Design RAG pipelines that improve the relevance and accuracy of generated answers based on specialized content
• Develop models and evaluation methods for legal research, document understanding, and summarization use cases
• Create agent-based workflows that coordinate retrieval, reasoning, and task completion
• Partner with engineering and product teams to deliver scalable, secure, and measurable AI capabilities

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience in data science, applied machine learning, or a closely related discipline
• Deep knowledge of natural language processing, large language models, and modern generative AI methods
• Hands-on experience building and evaluating retrieval-augmented generation systems
• Experience developing agentic AI solutions or multi-step model-driven workflows
• Ability to work with distributed AI architectures and enterprise-scale data environments
• Strong analytical programming skills and a track record of moving experimental work into production
• Familiarity with legal, regulatory, compliance, or other document-intensive data domains
• Experience creating AI products for high-stakes professional users
• Bachelor’s degree required in data science, computer science, statistics, engineering, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred

Contract Details

• 6-month contract-to-hire opportunity
• Hybrid work arrangement in Charlotte, North Carolina

Benefits

Additional compensation and benefit information will be provided during the interview process.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be authorized to work full-time in the United States now and in the future.