Senior Data Scientist (Census Automation)

Fractal Analytics; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability plans

11 paid holidays

12 weeks of Parental Leave

“free time” PTO policy

Job summary

Fractal Analytics is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead end-to-end development, deployment, and ongoing maintenance of production-grade AI systems for census automation.

This role combines agentic AI design, LLM engineering, and scalable automation built with Python and AWS, supported by CI/CD practices. Location is New York, onsite, with a discretionary bonus potential and comprehensive health benefits.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading production AI solutions.
• Expertise in agentic AI systems and orchestration frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, evaluation, and monitoring.
• Proficiency in Python development.
• Experience with AWS cloud services.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development, deployment, and maintenance of production-grade AI solutions.
• Design and implement agentic AI systems, including tool integrations and multi-step reasoning workflows.
• Develop and optimize solutions using Large Language Models (LLMs), including prompt engineering and observability.
• Build scalable applications and automation workflows using Python and AWS services.
• Establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support reliable deployment and continuous improvement of AI solutions.

Skills

Tech leadership

Agentic AI

LLMs

Python

AWS

CI/CD

Orchestration

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Orchestration frameworks

Job description

Fractal Analytics is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to spearhead the end-to-end development, deployment, and ongoing maintenance of production-grade AI systems for census automation. This role combines agentic AI design, LLM engineering, and scalable automation built with Python and AWS, supported by CI/CD practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development, deployment, and maintenance of production-grade AI solutions.
• Design and implement agentic AI systems, including tool integrations, orchestration frameworks, and multi-step reasoning workflows.
• Develop and optimize solutions using Large Language Models (LLMs), including prompt engineering, evaluation frameworks, and observability or monitoring practices.
• Build scalable applications and automation workflows using Python and AWS services.
• Establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support reliable deployment and continuous improvement of AI solutions.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Tech Lead or primary developer delivering production solutions.
• Strong expertise in Agentic AI systems and orchestration frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, model evaluation, and monitoring.
• Proficiency in Python development.
• Experience with AWS cloud services.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD and DevOps practices.

Technology Stack

• Python
• AWS services
• Large Language Models (LLMs)
• CI/CD pipeline
• DevOps

Location and Work Mode

New York, NY (onsite)

Compensation

The salary range for this role is USD 110,000 - 140,000 per year. The final compensation may vary based on skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus for the current performance period.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability plans
• Eligibility for benefits on the first day of employment
• Participation in the Company 401(k) Plan after 30 days of employment
• 11 paid holidays
• 12 weeks of Parental Leave
• “free time” PTO policy

Additional Benefit Details

As a full-time employee, or as an hourly employee working more than 30 hours per week, you will be eligible to participate in the health, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability plans in accordance with the plan documents, which may be amended from time to time. Benefits are available on the first day of employment. The Company provides 11 paid holidays and 12 weeks of Parental Leave. The “free time” PTO policy is designed to allow flexibility for sick time or vacation.