Senior AI Data Scientist – Financial Services
Daley and Associates is currently seeking a Senior AI Data Scientist with a leading financial services firm to develop AI solutions that improve how teams analyze information, automate workflows, and make data-driven decisions.
This is a hands-on individual contributor position with involvement across the full development lifecycle, from identifying use cases and prototyping through deployment and ongoing improvement.
This role is a hybrid position onsite 3 days per week and will pay a base salary range of $160-190K.
Responsibilities
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Design and deploy AI and machine-learning solutions for complex business and data challenges.
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Build applications leveraging LLMs, NLP, intelligent retrieval, semantic search, and AI automation.
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Develop methods for evaluating the accuracy, reliability, and effectiveness of AI solutions.
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Partner with business and technical stakeholders to identify and implement high-value AI use cases.
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Transform complex and unstructured data into useful information, tools, and insights.
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Maintain strong standards around testing, data quality, documentation, and responsible AI.
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Evaluate new AI technologies and their potential business applications.
Required Qualifications
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4+ years of experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, AI, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
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2+ years of hands-on experience with NLP, LLMs, information retrieval, or applied AI.
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Experience building and deploying AI/ML solutions beyond the prototype stage.
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Strong Python and SQL skills.
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Experience with modern AI technologies such as RAG, embeddings, vector search, knowledge-based systems, or AI agents.
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Strong understanding of machine learning fundamentals and AI evaluation.
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Experience working with complex or unstructured datasets.
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Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
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Bachelor’s or advanced degree in a quantitative or technical discipline.
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Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
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Must be located in Massachusetts or willing to relocate for a hybrid schedule.
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience with cloud AI platforms, large-scale data processing, scientific or technical datasets, and production data pipelines is preferred.
For immediate consideration, please email your resume to Ryan at [email protected] with the subject line “Sr. AI Data Scientist – Boston”