Lead Specialist AI Scientist

Lead Specialist AI Scientist

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$ 90 - $ 98 / Hour

location_onDurham, North Carolina

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Akkodis is seeking a Lead Specialist AI Scientist for a Contract with a client in Durham, NC. The ideal candidate must have hands-on experience training, fine-tuning, and optimizing foundation models using techniques such as LoRA, QLoRA, RLHF, or DPO to drive AI innovation on a scale. Lead model development, evaluation, and deployment efforts while setting technical standards and mentoring teams to deliver production-ready AI solutions.

Rate Range: $90/Hour to $98/Hour; The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

Lead Specialist AI Scientist Job Responsibilities include:

• Lead the training, fine-tuning, and optimization of foundation models using techniques such as LoRA, QLoRA, RLHF, DPO, and model distillation.

• Design and execute rigorous experiments, data curation strategies, and evaluation frameworks to continuously improve model performance and reliability.

• Develop scalable AI/ML solutions using Python and deep learning frameworks, leveraging distributed and multi-GPU training environments.

• Drive the deployment and operationalization of AI models in production environments across cloud platforms and enterprise applications.

• Establish technical standards, best practices, and governance for model development while mentoring engineers and data scientists.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related technical field.

• 8-10 years of experience in AI/ML development, model training, and deploying production-grade AI solutions.

• Proven hands-on experience fine-tuning and optimizing foundation models using techniques such as LoRA, QLoRA, RLHF, DPO, or model distillation.

• Strong expertise in Python, deep learning frameworks, distributed training, and leading AI initiatives from experimentation through production deployment.

If you are interested in this role, then please click APPLY NOW. For other opportunities available at Akkodis, or any questions, feel free to contact me at Shashank.Tewari@akkodisgroup.com

Pay Details: $90.00 to $98.00 per hour

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Military connected talent encouraged to apply

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Massachusetts Candidates Only: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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