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$65-70 C2C
Verizon Communications
Basking Ridge
New Jersey
Pending Approval
3/31 Spotlight Call Notes
 

Data Scientist - IV- VZGTJP00057593
Reports to an Associate director
AI for marketing & GenAI across several areas (marketing, networking services, and sales)
Focus on B2B

Backfill: someone is hitting 30 month tenure
Location: Irvine, CA, Irving, TX(preferred!), Basking Ridge, NJ
Hybrid: Tues & TH

Skills:
Proficient in Python and SQL
7+ years of Data Science experience (this could include masters & PhD)
Hands-on experience in database technology (Postgres, Redis, ElasticSearch)
Familiarity with transformer architectures (SLM, LLM, VLM, Embedding Models)
Ability to pick up new technologies quickly
Independent worker, accountable/takes initiative
Cloud experience- they use GCP, but will take Azure or AWS; if they do not have any cloud that will be an issue

D2D:
Data engineering team will be setting up the in data lake
Data Scientist will pull that in training or testing in existing models and updating in a loop
building and testing models for language understanding on the generative AI side (pulling marketing information and feeding it back to the folks so they can design and set up marketing campaigns based on the data they have)
General Machine Learning skills alongside the LLMs
Coding
Interacting with databases
Agile
Working with product managers and the business
Opensource LLM work, mostly on GCP with is Gemini

Interview
Next week he would like to start interviews
1st round: 30-minute phone screen with Andrew + 1 lead
2nd: Two 90 minute technical on coding and data science
3rd round: panel with the team

Education: Bachelors degree (minimum)
If they do not have a master’s degree, they must have 7- 10 years of Data Science experience. If they have graduate work, we can count that into the years of experience. Sounds like the manager would prefer someone with a Master’s degree.


PENDING- Spotlight Call 3/31 @1pm CST




Locations: - Irvine, CA. Other locations: Irving Tx / Basking Ridge, NJ 

Responsibilities:

Independently work on data science projects and deliver innovative technical solutions to solve problems and improve business outcomes
Be involved in the design and development of machine learning/statistical models and ensure best performance
Work closely with machine learning engineers to deploy models in production both in real-time and in batch process and systematically track model performance
Assist engagement with key business stakeholders in discussion on business strategies and opportunities
Build strong working relationships and develop deep partnerships with the business
Become a subject matter expert on machine learning and predictive modeling
Actively research new theories, techniques, and technologies

Must Have Skills:
Proficient in Python and SQL
Hands-on experience in database technology (Postgres, Redis, ElasticSearch)
Familiarity with transformer architectures (SLM, LLM, VLM, Embedding Models)

Desired Skills
Expertise in API development and container technology (Docker, Podman)
Experience with cloud platform (GCP) and services (BigQuery, google cloud storage, CloudSQL, VectorSearch and so on)
Working knowledge of software development tools and practices (Git, branching model, agile development, Test-driven-development)
Hands-on experience building llm-based solutions such as retrieval augmented generation systems, chatbots, agentic ai tools, and so on.


Education: MS/ PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Math, Economics, Engineering, Business Analytics, Data Science or a related field