Senior Data Scientist - Providence

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; Providence (RI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC in Providence, RI is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to influence AI application in legal/regulatory intelligence products. The role expands beyond model training to the full analytic system, including data sources, retrieval, model reasoning, and user outcomes.

The candidate will drive research strategy, build LLM-based summarization and QA solutions, and prototype agentic workflows across complex text corpora while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years delivering data science, NLP, or applied AI solutions.
• Strong command of language modeling, text analytics, and generative AI concepts.
• Experience creating production-oriented RAG architectures and semantic search solutions.
• Practical knowledge of agent frameworks and goal-driven AI workflows.
• Understanding of distributed computation and large-scale AI system design.
• Ability to evaluate model performance using quantitative analysis and structured experimentation.

Responsibilities

• Drive data science strategy for new research, document intelligence, and workflow-automation features.
• Create methods for chunking, indexing, retrieving, and ranking long-form professional content.
• Develop and assess LLM-based approaches for summarization, question answering, and interpretation.
• Prototype agentic systems capable of carrying out multi-stage research and analysis tasks.
• Present findings and recommendations to technical partners and help move successful concepts into enterprise products.

Skills

Data science leadership

NLP / AI

Language modeling

RAG architectures

Semantic search

Agent frameworks

Distributed computing

Model evaluation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Opportunity Overview

A provider of digital research and analytics products is hiring a Senior Data Scientist for a hybrid role in Providence, Rhode Island. This position will influence how advanced AI is applied to legal and regulatory intelligence products used by professional customers.

Rather than focusing only on model training, this role will examine the entire analytical system: the source data, retrieval behavior, model reasoning, evaluation criteria, and user outcome. Major initiatives include LLM-powered research experiences, agentic automation, semantic retrieval, and intelligent processing of complex documents.

What You Bring

• 8+ years of experience delivering data science, NLP, or applied AI solutions
• Strong command of language modeling, text analytics, and generative AI concepts
• Experience creating production-oriented RAG architectures and semantic search solutions
• Practical knowledge of agent frameworks and goal-driven AI workflows
• Understanding of distributed computation and large-scale AI system design
• Ability to evaluate model performance using quantitative analysis and structured experimentation

Valued Experience

• Exposure to case law, statutes, regulatory materials, compliance data, or comparable specialized content
• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline is required, with a master’s degree preferred
• Experience balancing research innovation with reliability and product constraints

The Work

Primary Areas of Focus

• Drive data science strategy for new research, document intelligence, and workflow-automation features
• Create methods for chunking, indexing, retrieving, and ranking long-form professional content
• Develop and assess LLM-based approaches for summarization, question answering, and interpretation
• Prototype agentic systems capable of carrying out multi-stage research and analysis tasks
• Present findings and recommendations to technical partners and help move successful concepts into enterprise products

Contract Information

6-month contract-to-hire engagement

Role highlights

• Hybrid position located in Providence, Rhode Island
• Direct impact on the design of next-generation AI-enabled research tools
• Work involving complex text corpora and high-value professional use cases
• Collaborative environment spanning data, software, architecture, and product disciplines
• Pay and benefit details will be shared as part of the hiring process
• Full-time United States work authorization is required both presently and on an ongoing basis.