Senior Data Scientist - Charlotte Nc

Job Description

A global information-services organization is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for a hybrid position in Charlotte, North Carolina. This individual will help create AI-driven research and decision-support products used in complex legal and regulatory settings.

The work will center on designing and validating retrieval-augmented generation solutions, agent-based AI systems, and natural language processing capabilities. You will translate large, specialized document collections into dependable product features that support research, summarization, interpretation, and workflow automation.

Required Skills & Experience

8+ years of professional experience in data science, applied machine learning, or a closely related discipline

Deep knowledge of natural language processing, large language models, and modern generative AI methods

Hands-on experience building and evaluating retrieval-augmented generation systems

Experience developing agentic AI solutions or multi-step model-driven workflows

Ability to work with distributed AI architectures and enterprise-scale data environments

Strong analytical programming skills and a track record of moving experimental work into production

Preferred Skills & Experience

Familiarity with legal, regulatory, compliance, or other document-intensive data domains

Master's degree preferred; bachelor's degree required in data science, computer science, statistics, engineering, or a related field

Experience creating AI products for high-stakes professional users

What You Will Be Doing

Daily Responsibilities

Lead hands-on data science work from problem definition through production validation

Design RAG pipelines that improve the relevance and accuracy of answers generated from specialized content

Develop models and evaluation methods for legal research, document understanding, and summarization use cases

Create agent-based workflows that coordinate retrieval, reasoning, and task completion

Partner with engineering and product teams to deliver scalable, secure, and measurable AI capabilities

The Offer

6-month contract-to-hire opportunity

Position Details Include

Hybrid work arrangement in Charlotte, North Carolina

Opportunity to shape enterprise AI products used in professional research workflows

Highly collaborative work across data science, engineering, and product teams

Focus on next-generation NLP, LLM, RAG, and agentic AI systems

Additional compensation and benefit information will be provided during the interview process

Applicants must be authorized to work full-time in the United States now and in the future.