Vanguard
DataScientist,Specialist
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“Data Scientist, Specialist at Vanguard. Skills: Agentic AI, Large Language Models, Natural Language Processing, AI/ML solutions. Identify business problems. Frame business problems”
What You'll Achieve.
Focus on business outcomes
Industry & Context.
Solve business problems
Visa sponsorship
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3 + years delivering AI/ML solutions, 5 + years of hands-on Python experience, MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related quantitative field, Agentic AI experience, Large Language Models (LLMs) hands-on experience, Natural Language Processing (NLP) experience
Nice to Have
Python experience with distributed data processing is a plus, PhD preferred
What You'll Do.
Identify business problems
Frame business problems
Prioritize business problems
Translate business needs into use cases
Define success metrics
Create delivery plans
Focus on business outcomes
Architect agentic AI systems
Develop agentic AI systems
Design multi-agent LLM solutions
Design tool-augmented LLM solutions
Automate complex processes
Automate multi-step processes
Ensure solutions are reliable
Ensure solutions are explainable
Ensure solutions are governed
Collaborate with engineering teams
Align solutions with risk management
Align solutions with compliance
Align solutions with responsible AI standards
Help teams understand AI value
Contribute to AI best practices
Contribute to reusable patterns
Contribute to strategic direction
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional enterprise environments; Engineering teams
Communication Scope
Explain complex concepts
Full Job Description
**Responsibilities:** **Solve Business Problems with AI** * **Partner with business stakeholders to identify, frame, and prioritize high‑value problems that can be addressed using Agentic AI, LLMs, and NLP.** * **Translate business needs into clear AI use cases, success metrics, and delivery plans.** * **Focus on business outcomes, not just model performance.** **Design & Build Agentic AI Solutions** * **Architect and develop agentic AI systems that can reason, plan, and take actions across tools, workflows, and data sources.** * **Design multi‑agent and tool‑augmented LLM solutions to automate complex, multi‑step processes.** * **Ensure solutions are reliable, explainable, and governed for enterprise use.** **Scalable & Responsible AI** * **Collaborate with engineering teams to deploy AI solutions with scalability, security, and performance in mind.** * **Implement evaluation, monitoring, and guardrails for LLM and agentic systems, including bias, drift, and failure modes.** * **Align solutions with enterprise risk management, compliance, and responsible AI standards.** **Thought Leadership & Collaboration** * **Act as a trusted AI advisor, helping teams understand where Agentic AI and LLMs add value—and where they do not.** * **Contribute to AI best practices, reusable patterns, and strategic direction.** * **Mentor peers and teammates on applied AI and business‑driven problem solving.** **Qualifications:** * **Agentic AI: Experience designing AI agents that reason, plan, and act across systems.** * **Large Language Models (LLMs): Hands‑on experience building enterprise LLM applications (e.g., RAG, tool use, orchestration, evaluation).** * **Natural Language Processing (NLP): Strong experience working with unstructured text and language‑driven workflows.** * **MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related quantitative field.** * **3 + years delivering AI/ML solutions in production environments.** * **5 + years of hands‑on Python exper
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