Lead Data Scientist - Applied AI (P4656)

84.51° • Cincinnati, OH

3d • $125,000 - $207,000 • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Lead Data Scientist to serve as an AI Engineer for our Applied AI team. The Applied AI team is a group of data scientists and engineers that drive co-development and integration of AI solutions throughout the Kroger and 84.51 businesses. We work with a variety of teams to build AI Agents, implement Embeddings-based solutions, and apply proprietary language models to enhance business processes.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in Data Science, ML, Computer Science, or related field; 5+ years data science experience with 2+ years in senior role
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, embeddings, and AI Agents in a variety of Agent Harnesses.
• Strong understanding of AI Agent Tools, Skills, and Prompting
• Understanding of how to apply Embeddings to different AI projects
• Strong programming in Python
• Exceptional communication skills with ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Experience in stakeholder management, technical documentation creation, and cross-functional collaboration
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• High level of independence to develop and own toolkits, pipelines, and dashboards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to work with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative environment
• Strong ability to quickly adapt to new business problems and technologies
• Desire to lead project work and mentor junior members of the team

Nice To Haves

• Experience deploying solutions for quick proof-of-concept work
• Experience building AI Agent Evaluations and Trace

Responsibilities

• Work with business teams to co-develop AI solutions, including AI Agents, for their business
• Mentor and lead work for junior members of the team
• Quickly upskill on stakeholder domains, technologies, and ways of working
• Proactively identify and evaluate business use cases that can be solved with AI
• Design and execute rapid proof of concepts to demonstrate business value and feasibility for specific business problems to gain buy-in
• Democratize learnings from projects across the business via creation of cookbooks, trainings, and informal presentations
• Provide technical guidance for production implementations and troubleshoot integration challenges.
• Work cross-functionally with engineering partners and business teams to ensure solutions that are flexible and modular
• Stay up to date on changes in the Generative AI, Agents, and Embeddings spaces

Benefits

• Medical: with competitive plan designs and support for self-care, wellness and mental health.
• Dental: with in-network and out-of-network benefit.
• Vision: with in-network and out-of-network benefit.
• 401(k) with Roth option and matching contribution.
• Health Savings Account with matching contribution (requires participation in qualifying medical plan).
• AD&D and supplemental insurance options to help ensure additional protection for you.
• Paid time off with flexibility to meet your life needs, including 5 weeks of vacation time, 7 health and wellness days, 3 floating holidays, as well as 6 company-paid holidays per year.
• Paid leave for maternity, paternity and family care instances.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior