Data Scientist II

Company: The Fountain Group
Location: Chicago
Posted on: June 1, 2025

Job Description:

PAY: $59-64/hour W2. Our company offers our consultants a suite of benefits after a qualification period including health, vision, dental, life and disability insurance.Remote role, no expectation of onsite work. Must be available to work ET hours.W2 Candidates onlyManager Updates

• Project as a whole - supporting AI tool that handles administrative tasks, that's looking to be deployed through the firm.
• GenAi solution relying on function calling, there are individual functions, some degree of ML and optimization of algorithms.
• Experience with GenAi (understanding how to make calls to OpenAI, best practices, how to make function calls, structured outputs, should be aware of language chaining, should know agentic frameworks).
• NLP ranging to transformers, deep learning approaches would be helpful.
• Python - Scikit-Learn is a necessity, ideally experience with deep learning PyTorch, TensorFlow, Jax, Keras.Description
  • This role will be a part of a cross-functional team of data scientists, engineers, designers, and product managers working on a high-priority initiative.
  • Leveraging cutting-edge technology, we aim to revolutionize how we conduct and synthesize knowledge research, enabling Firm members to deliver impactful stories effortlessly.
  • Work hands-on with the latest multimodal LLMs, conducting experiments and deploying production pipelines that utilize generative models (such as GPT-like models) for automating knowledge search, curation, and synthesis processes.
  • This includes model training, fine-tuning, evaluation, and iteration, enhancing creativity and content generation.
  • Collaborate with data scientists, data engineers, machine learning engineers, designers, and project managers on interdisciplinary projects.
  • Utilize mathematics, statistics, machine learning, and generative AI to extract structure and insights from raw data across diverse industry sectors.Skills:
    • Advanced degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, or a related field.
    • 3 years of experience in AI or Machine Learning.
    • Deep theoretical and practical knowledge of NLP, Transformers, LLMs, and Generative AI.
    • Required experience with OpenAI's GPT suite, including previous experience with their multimodal LLMs: GPT4V, GPT4o.
    • Theoretical understanding of how LLMs can be leveraged to build classification models, re-rankers, and recommendation systems.
    • Strong programming skills: well-versed with building end-to-end data models and pipelines in Python according to the best engineering practices.
    • Experience managing a Git repository - maintaining effective version control with organized & clean branching strategies.
    • Ability to effectively collaborate across multiple product teams and profiles - data scientists, software engineers, tech leads, product managers, designers.
    • Strong problem-solving skills to work collaboratively towards an outcome.
    • Strong communication skills.Nice to haves:
      • Experience with conversational agents.
      • Understanding of Semantic Search, specifically with Transformers, and familiarity with the relevant Python Libraries (e.g., SentenceTransformers, BERT).
      • Experience with product development and working in software engineering / Agile teams.Who We Are:The Fountain Group is a nationwide staffing firm with over 80 Fortune 100-500 clients. Since 2001, TFG has maintained a consistent standard of excellence, and our work is broadly recognized every year through numerous industry performance awards. Our success is a team effort.Browse our website below for additional information on our company.3407 W Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Tampa, FL 33607"We work in Life Sciences, Clinical, Engineering, IT, and more. Above all, we specialize in people."
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