Senior Data Scientist + Gen AI

Artificial Intelligence Technologies LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 83,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Artifintech is seeking a Senior Data Scientist with Gen AI expertise to build production-grade Generative AI systems in Houston, TX. The role emphasizes prompt engineering, evaluation, observability, and robust tool orchestration within secure, scalable pipelines.

The candidate should have strong Python production experience, hands-on work with LLMs, and familiarity with AWS Bedrock and workflow tools like Airflow. This is a hands-on, high-impact role in a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• Experience with large language models and production-grade Gen AI systems.
• Strong Python development skills in production environments.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering, evaluation, and observability.

Responsibilities

• Build production-grade Generative AI systems with emphasis on prompt engineering and tool orchestration.
• Develop evaluation and observability for LLM outputs, including ground truth setup and confusion metrics.
• Implement RBAC, security, and privacy controls for Gen AI workflows.
• Design context management, grounding, and agent-based workflows with multi-step reasoning.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and ensure scalable, reliable MLOps pipelines.
• Utilize AWS Bedrock, Airflow, and related tooling to orchestrate workflows.

Skills

Large Language Models

AWS

Prompt Engineering

Python

Machine Learning

Gen AI

Tools

Airflow

Confluence

Jira

AWS Bedrock

Job description

US Citizen, Green Card, H-1B, OPT-EAD, CPT, Other

• Job Title: Senior Data Scientist + Gen AI
• Location: Houston, TX
• Duration: 6 Months
• Bill Rate: $73/hour (C2C)
• Job Type: W-2, 1099, C2C
• Client: To Be Discussed Later
• Work Authorization: US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, Other

Build production-grade Generative AI systems with emphasis on:

• Prompt engineering (system prompts, tool prompts, function calling, versioning with evaluations)
• Evaluation & observability , including:
• Ground truth setup
• Confusion metrics
• Hallucination rate measurement
• LLM-as-judge with human review
• Context management
• Faithfulness & grounding validation
• Agentic workflows
• Multi-step reasoning
• Tool orchestration
• Agent success rate measurement
• AWS Bedrock
• Workflow orchestration
• Airflow
• Security & privacy
• RBAC
• Strong Python expertise with real production experience

Success Criteria:

• Measurable quality lift (accuracy, faithfulness, confusion metrics)
• Reduced hallucinations

Skills:

Large Language Models, AWS, Prompt Engineering, Python, Machine Learning, Gen AI, Confluence, Jira

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.