Senior Data Scientist, Generative AI

Luminate•New York, NY

22d•$175,000 - $200,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Are you an entertainment news junkie? Do you thrill your friends with tales torn from famous and obscure sources about artists and performers of every ilk? Are you a bit of a data-head who’s a little obsessed with entertainment charts, ranks, lists and stats? Do you knowingly smile to yourself as you watch a story’s blow-up path, from the feeds to the web to TV, all fueled by the public’s fascination with all things entertainment? And do you have an eye for fact-based stories and an understanding of the role data plays in their telling? If so, we'd like to talk! Luminate is the preeminent entertainment data and insights company, unlocking access to the most essential, objective, and trustworthy data compiled from thousands of verified data sources. The beneficiary of industry consolidation, Luminate now houses what was once Nielsen Music, BDS Radio, SoundScan, Music Connect, Alpha Data and Variety Business Intelligence. The Team: We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist, Generative AI to join our Data team in New York City, NY. Your role will include a combination of developing models and tools to be deployed into production systems and defining frameworks to measure and improve data quality standards. This is an IC position but will require you to collaborate with the Data team as well as with various technical and nontechnical team across our organization. Your work will directly impact the future of our Music and Film & TV products.

Requirements

An advanced degree (MS or Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of professional experience focused on building and shipping production-level AI/ML systems.
Have a deep, foundational knowledge of how LLMs work. Can speak confidently about transformer architecture, attention mechanisms, and the principles behind RAG, fine-tuning, and advanced prompt engineering.
Expert-level proficiency in Python and its ecosystem and deep experience with AI/ML frameworks (such as LangChain, ai, and PyTorch).
Hands-on experience deploying and managing models in a major cloud environment (AWS preferred), coupled with deep familiarity with modern data platforms like Snowflake.
Possess an intuitive feel for writing elegant, efficient, and effective code. You thrive in a fast-paced, experimental environment where you can quickly bring ideas to life.

Nice To Haves

Experience building autonomous AI agents or multi-agent systems.
Contributions to major open-source AI projects.
Knowledge of model optimization techniques like quantization or distillation.
Experience with multi-modal models (text, image, audio).

Responsibilities

Design, build, and deploy robust, scalable machine learning models that power core product features. You will write production-quality code and be responsible for the end-to-end implementation of AI/ML systems.
Take full ownership of the model development process, including data sourcing and feature engineering, model training and validation, testing, and deployment.
You will design and implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure model performance, reliability, and health in a live environment.
Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Design teams to define the art of the possible. You'll stay on the absolute bleeding edge of AI, evaluating new tools, papers, and techniques to keep our products ahead of the curve.
Champion and implement best practices for AI/MLOps, including model versioning, automated training pipelines, and CI/CD for machine learning, to improve the velocity and quality of our AI development.

Benefits

100% paid for Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance, 401K with matching, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Hybrid Work - 4 In-Office Working days (Monday, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays) with flexibility to WFH when needed
Flexible Time Away / Time Off - You are empowered to do the things you enjoy outside of work too
Community! - Participate, create, or develop our employee clubs, affinity groups and 2% Volunteer initiative which allows you to take paid time off to volunteer within your community
Family Planning Assistance and Parental leave for all partners
LGBTQ+ medical benefits and more!

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