Staff AI Scientist - Consumer Group AI

Intuit; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Equity rewards

Job summary

Intuit in Mountain View, CA, is seeking a Staff AI Scientist to lead AI initiatives within the CG AI Team. You will design end-to-end model architectures, collaborate with product managers, engineers, and designers, and align model metrics with business goals to improve customer experiences.

This hands-on technical leadership role requires strong ML expertise, collaboration, and the ability to mentor other AI scientists while driving experiments, A/B tests, and scalable, data-driven decisions in

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Operations Research, or related quantitative field.
• 4+ years of industry experience in AI Science, Machine Learning, or related field.
• Strong experience with optimization techniques (combinatorial, gradient-based, Bayesian), NLP, and Explainable AI.
• Proficiency in Python, Scala, Java, and/or R.
• Strong SQL, Hive, SparkSQL skills; comfort working in Linux environments.
• Demonstrated ability to build reusable, end-to-end ML pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define success criteria and align model metrics with business goals.
• Lead scrum teams, design model solutions, and drive end-to-end architecture.
• Perform hands-on data analysis, ETL, and feature engineering with large datasets.
• Apply data mining, NLP, and machine learning paradigms to real-world problems.
• Design and run A/B tests; communicate impact and recommendations to leadership.
• Stay current with ML advancements and evaluate new techniques for customer-facing applications.
• Mentor and provide technical direction to other AI Scientists on the team.

Job description

Overview

Come join the Consumer Group (CG) AI Team as a Staff AI Scientist. You will lead the application of AI science across the organization, driving end-to-end model architecture and collaborating with product managers, engineers, and designers to align model metrics with business goals. This is a hands-on technical leadership role - you'll design solutions, lead scrum teams, and directly shape the customer experience through data-driven decision making.

Overview

Come join the Consumer Group (CG) AI Team as a Staff AI Scientist. You will lead the application of AI science across the organization, driving end-to-end model architecture and collaborating with product managers, engineers, and designers to align model metrics with business goals. This is a hands-on technical leadership role - you'll design solutions, lead scrum teams, and directly shape the customer experience through data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define success criteria and align model metrics with business goals


• Lead scrum teams, design model solutions, and drive end-to-end architecture


• Perform hands-on data analysis, ETL, and feature engineering with large datasets


• Apply data mining, NLP, and machine learning paradigms (classification, regression, deep learning, recommender systems) to real-world problems


• Design and run A/B tests; communicate impact and recommendations to leadership


• Stay current with ML advancements and evaluate new techniques for customer-facing applications


• Mentor and provide technical direction to other AI Scientists on the team

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Operations Research, or a related quantitative field


• 4+ years of industry experience in AI Science, Machine Learning, or a related field (e.g. Masters + 5 years industry, or PhD + 3 years industry)


• Strong experience with optimization techniques (combinatorial, gradient-based, Bayesian), NLP, and Explainable AI


• Proficiency in Python, Scala, Java, and/or R


• Strong SQL, Hive, SparkSQL skills; comfort working in Linux environments


• Demonstrated ability to build reusable, end-to-end ML pipelines


• Tech lead scope with strong end-to-end model experience, including scalability


• Strong communication skills - able to translate complex technical work for both technical and non-technical audiences


• Independent, adaptable, fast learner who can operate with technical lead scope

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender.

The Expected Base Pay Range For This Position Is

Mountain View $209,500 - $283,500