Data Scientist/AI Engineer (Remote)

YouGov•New York, NY

47d•Remote

About The Position

THE TEAM & THE JOB We are seeking a talented and self-motivated Data Scientist/AI Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will design, build, and deploy next generation AI-driven tools for market research. You will work at the intersection of data science and AI engineering. We develop models and predictions using a combination of surveys, voter databases, census microdata, behavioral tracking and other sources. We handle the most difficult data problems at our company, including massive datasets, missing data, self-selection, measurement error, fraud detection, attrition, and many more. This is a hands-on role that requires both analytical and programming skills.

Requirements

Master’s or PhD in data science or related field.
Hands-on experience in data science roles.
Proficiency in Python and/or R for data analysis, modelling, and visualization.
Experience working with LLM APIs and building LLM-based applications and frameworks.
Experience with natural language processing, including topic modelling, text classification, and summarization.
Ability to write clean, maintainable, well-documented code.

Responsibilities

Design and build AI-powered applications to analyze, summarize, and generate insights from survey data.
Develop and optimize prompts and chains.
Build applications to simplify analytics and improve the efficiency of data processing.
Work with structured and unstructured data
Collaborate with data analysts, product managers, UI designers, and software developers to create great products.
Contribute to model evaluation and performance tracking using both qualitative and quantitative metrics.
Stay up to date with recent developments in AI and machine learning, including LLMs, embeddings, and RAG pipelines.