Lead Data Scientist

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Job Description # Lead Data Scientist
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* Location:

** Columbus, Ohio (Onsite)  
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* Employment Type:

** Contract to Perm
* Collaborate with the Product Owner to manage the end-to-end AI development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, data sourcing, model development, proof-of-concept demonstrations, risk governance reviews, and production deployment across both on-premises and AWS environments.
* Demonstrate professional ownership in managing project activities, maintaining transparent communication with leadership, and proactively surfacing risks or resource needs.
* Apply automation techniques to streamline manual processes, enhance productivity, and develop reusable, scalable self-service tools and assets.
* Stay current with emerging machine learning, cloud, and AI technologies, driving innovation by evaluating and integrating new capabilities into existing workflows.
* Willingness to step outside traditional modeling tasks to solve broader technical or business challenges.
* Hands-on experience with LLM fine-tuning.
* Practical understanding of advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) methods such as MMR, multi-vector retrieval, RAG-fusion, and retrieval evaluation frameworks.
* Knowledge and practical experience with Agentic AI and agentic workflows, including task orchestration, multi-agent collaboration, and tool-use agents.
* Hands-on experience with advanced AWS AI/ML services such as Bedrock, Jump Start, Textract, and related ML orchestration capabilities.
* Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including Clearly Rated's Best of Staffing(R) in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work(R) in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click
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