Senior Gen AI & Causal ML Scientist

LeadStack Inc.; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

LeadStack Inc. is seeking a senior Data Scientist to shape the future of AI and analytics capabilities in a fast‑growing environment.

You will lead end‑to‑end data science initiatives, including Gen AI, causal ML, and scalable measurement across personalization and loyalty domains. The role requires collaboration with product and cross‑functional teams, driving vision, roadmap, and techn stack decisions while mentoring peers.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of applied data science experience with increasing scope.
• Hands‑on Generative AI experience: LLM fine‑tuning, prompts, RAG, or agentic workflows.
• Familiar with causal ML methods (CATE, DiD, matching).
• Strong Python, SQL, and Git skills.
• Experience with Azure and Databricks or comparable platforms.
• Experience shipping production ML systems with software engineering practices.
• Ability to translate business needs into science roadmaps.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable with ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Advance Gen AI capabilities: design, develop, and deploy Gen AI solutions and integrations.
• Lead end‑to‑end data science development from research to production.
• Partner with product managers to shape vision, roadmap, and priorities.
• Contribute to a holistic, scalable science framework across capabilities.
• Apply causal ML and econometrics to measurement and personalization at scale.
• Build and maintain production ML and experimentation pipelines with MLOps.
• Evaluate new AI/ML approaches for production readiness.
• Provide mentorship and know‑how to peers and junior team members.
• Communicate complex results clearly to technical and business stakeholders.

Skills

Data science

Generative AI

LLM fine‑tuning

Prompt engineering

RAG pipelines

Causal ML

Python

SQL

Git

Azure

Databricks

MLOps

Production ML

Stakeholder collaboration

Communication

Ambiguity tolerance

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Statistics/Data Science/CS/Applied Math/Economics

Tools

Azure

Databricks

Job description

LeadStack Inc. is seeking a senior Data Scientist to shape the future of AI and analytics capabilities in a fast‑growing environment.

You will lead end‑to‑end data science initiatives, including Gen AI, causal ML, and scalable measurement across personalization and loyalty domains. The role requires collaboration with product and cross‑functional teams, driving vision, roadmap, and techn stack decisions while mentoring peers.