Guild
SeniorAppliedScientist
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“Senior Applied Scientist at Guild. Skills: AI/ML, production AI systems, reinforcement learning, foundation models, agentic AI architectures. Deliver production AI/ML models that augment Guild's program and career data. Launch production agentic data solutions through Databricks”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver production AI/ML models that augment Guild's program and career data, empowering downstream product and analytics capabilities; Launch production agentic data solutions through Databricks that improve information retrieval and synthesis while reducing operational costs; Contribute to Guild's Apollo platform by developing AI/ML components including our reinforcement learning process and AI memory layer; drive measurable improvements in member outcomes and business performance; assess model performance and business impact
Industry & Context.
Translate ambiguous business problems into well-scoped ML solutions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Shipped AI/ML models to production that drove measurable business or product outcomes, Built and maintained evaluation frameworks that included both offline experimentation and live A testing, Developed data pipelines or ML infrastructure that scaled to support large datasets and multiple downstream consumers, Translated ambiguous business problems into well-scoped ML solutions—and knew when not to use ML, Worked cross-functionally with engineering, product, and business teams to operationalize technical solutions, proficiency in Python and SQL for data manipulation and model development, Hands-on experience with modern ML/data platforms (Databricks, MLFlow, Snowflake, dbt or similar), Deep understanding of the full ML lifecycle: from experimentation through deployment, monitoring, and iteration, Familiarity with reinforcement learning, foundation models, or agentic AI architectures, Ability to design rigorous experiments and interpret results to inform product decisions, communication skills to partner effectively with non-technical stakeholders, Sound judgment in balancing technical complexity with practical business constraints
Nice to Have
Translate cutting-edge research (reinforcement learning, foundation models) into pragmatic, scalable solutions while exercising judgment about when ML is the right tool
What You'll Do.
Deliver production AI/ML models that augment Guild's program and career data
Launch production agentic data solutions through Databricks
Contribute to Guild's Apollo platform by developing AI/ML components
and deploy production-ready AI/ML models
Build robust evaluation frameworks
Own the end-to-end model lifecycle
Manipulate and analyze large
Translate strategic challenges into concrete
lasting AI/ML solutions
Influence the technical roadmap and architecture of Guild's AI platform
Translate cutting-edge research into pragmatic
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with business stakeholders; Collaborate with engineering, innovation architects, and technical experts; Worked cross-functionally with engineering, product, and business teams
Communication Scope
communication skills to partner effectively with non-technical stakeholders
Full Job Description
At Guild, we believe talent is everywhere and that opportunity should be too. We continue to have our home and headquarters in Denver, but we have embraced a distributed model of working to reach the best talent in the United States. While some roles may require proximity to our Denver office, roles based outside of our Denver office can sit in any of the following 32 states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI and Washington D. C. Please only apply if you are able to live and work full-time in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift. If you are an Internal Candidate, please apply via our Internal Job Board. ---- To thrive as a company and meet our impact goals, we must cultivate a culture of high-performance. We know managers are often the single-largest driver of employee satisfaction and growth, and our talent is our biggest asset. Because of that, we’ve identified consistent expectations for all of Guild’s people managers — helping you know what to expect from your experience here. ---- Guild is hiring a Senior Applied Scientist. The Opportunity Join Guild at a pivotal moment as we build the AI/ML foundation that will transform how working adults navigate their education and career journeys. As a Senior Applied Scientist, you'll move beyond theoretical models to deliver production AI systems that directly improve member experiences—from augmenting our program and career data to developing agentic solutions and contributing to our Apollo platform's reinforcement learning capabilities. This is a high-impact role where your work ships to production and drives measurable outcomes for the millions of members we serve. Here are the outcomes you will be expected to achieve: Deliver production AI/ML models that augment Guild's program and career data, empowering downstream product and analytics capabiliti
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