Senior Data Specialist — LLM & NLP Solutions

Altak Group Inc.; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 75,768 - 89,544; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT services firm in Virginia seeks a Mid-Senior level Data Specialist to design and deploy AI-powered solutions. The role requires a Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science and 5+ years of experience. Candidates should be proficient in Python and ML frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow, with hands-on skills in LLMs and RAG architectures. This contract position offers competitive pay ranging from $55 to $65 per hour and involves collaboration with cross-functional teams to implement cutting-edge AI solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in data science or machine learning roles.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, RAG architectures, and vectorization techniques.
• Strong understanding of NLP and AI-driven knowledge management systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy LLM-based solutions.
• Implement and optimize Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) frameworks.
• Analyze large, unstructured datasets and translate findings.

Skills

LLMs

RAG architectures

Embeddings

Data Science

Machine Learning

Python

NLP

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Hugging Face Transformers

Job description

A leading IT services firm in Virginia seeks a Mid-Senior level Data Specialist to design and deploy AI-powered solutions. The role requires a Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science and 5+ years of experience. Candidates should be proficient in Python and ML frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow, with hands-on skills in LLMs and RAG architectures. This contract position offers competitive pay ranging from $55 to $65 per hour and involves collaboration with cross-functional teams to implement cutting-edge AI solutions.