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Senior Associate, Data Scientist

at Discover Financial Services

📍 McLean, VA Unknown 💰 $135K – $154K USD / year Posted April 17, 2026
Salary $135K – $154K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience senior
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category AI & Machine Learning

As a Senior Associate, Data Scientist, you will support end-to-end development of NLP and machine learning models, including LLM-based solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products and translate complex modeling work into business outcomes.

  • Support development of natural language processing and machine learning models through design, training, evaluation, validation, and implementation
  • Apply open source large language models (LLMs) using prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and evaluation metric frameworks
  • Partner with cross-functional teams (data scientists, software engineers, business analysts, product managers) to deliver AI-powered HR tools
  • Leverage Python, SQL, AWS, LangChain, Hugging Face Transformers, VectorDBs, Pytorch/TensorFlow to extract insights from large numeric and textual datasets
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to translate complex data science work into business outcomes

The role focuses on developing and operationalizing NLP/ML models through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation. You will work with open source large language models (LLMs) using prompt engineering and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) while using frameworks and stacks such as Python, SQL, AWS, LangChain, Hugging Face Transformers, VectorDBs, Pytorch, and TensorFlow.

The ideal candidate is a senior data scientist experienced in developing and deploying NLP and machine learning models across the full lifecycle from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation. They have hands-on experience with LLMs using open-source tooling, including prompt engineering and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and strong proficiency in Python, SQL, AWS, and modern LLM stacks like LangChain, Hugging Face Transformers, VectorDBs, Pytorch, and TensorFlow.

Natural Language Processing (NLP)machine learning modelsprompt engineeringretrieval-augmented generation (RAG)evaluation metric frameworksPythonSQLAmazon Web ServicesLangChainHugging Face TransformersVectorDBsPytorchTensorFlow
PythonSQLAmazon Web ServicesLangChainHugging Face TransformersVectorDBsPytorchTensorFlowopen source large language models (LLMs)
Natural Language Processing (NLP)machine learning modelsprompt engineeringretrieval-augmented generation (RAG)evaluation metric frameworksPythonSQLAmazon Web ServicesLangChainHugging Face TransformersVectorDBsPytorchTensorFlow
Natural Language Processing (NLP)machine learning modelsprompt engineeringretrieval-augmented generation (RAG)evaluation metric frameworksPythonSQLAmazon Web ServicesLangChainHugging Face TransformersVectorDBsPytorchTensorFlowdata validationdata evaluationdata trainingmodel implementationlarge language models (LLMs)large-scale data orchestrationtextual data analysisnumeric data analysisbusiness-specific applications
interpersonal skillscollaborationcross-functional communicationtranslating complex data science work into business outcomesstakeholder managementteamworkinnovative thinkingcontinuous learningresearch and evaluation of emerging technologies
Industry Banking
Job Function Develop and implement NLP and LLM-driven machine learning solutions for business-impacting products.
Role Subtype Data Scientist
Tech Domains Python, SQL / PostgreSQL, Amazon Web Services, AI & Machine Learning, Prompt Engineering, Natural Language Processing
Senior AssociateData Scientistnatural language processingNLPmachine learningprompt engineeringretrieval-augmented generation (RAG)RAGevaluation metric frameworksPythonSQLAWSAmazon Web ServicesLangChainHugging Face TransformersVectorDBsPytorchTensorFlowLLMslarge language models (LLMs)data validationmodel implementationNatural Language Processing (NLP)

Hands-on experience with prompt engineering and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), Proficiency with Python and SQL, Experience using AWS (Amazon Web Services) for ML/LLM solutions, Experience with LangChain and Hugging Face Transformers

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