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Allison Worldwide · 1 day ago

Senior Data Scientist - NLP/LLM Specialist

San Diego, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$155K/yr - $240K/yr

5+ years exp

Allison Worldwide is a creative company that fosters an inclusive and collaborative environment. They are seeking a Senior Data Scientist with expertise in Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models to work with Fortune 500 clients, solving complex business challenges using advanced AI technologies.

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Responsibilities

Lead client workshops and discovery sessions to identify NLP opportunities

Develop and present technical proposals to C-level executives

Manage multiple client projects simultaneously while maintaining quality and timelines

Design and implement novel NLP solutions for complex business problems

Architect scalable solutions for processing and analyzing large text corpora

Build custom language models tailored to each client's unique industry challenges

Automate repetitive analytical tasks and develop reusable algorithmic frameworks

Mentor junior data scientists and provide technical guidance on NLP projects

Develop automated content analysis, document processing, and customer insight systems

Create scalable text analytics platforms that drive measurable business outcomes

Work across retail, finance, healthcare, and media sectors

Translate complex AI capabilities into clear business value propositions

Qualification

PythonNatural Language ProcessingLarge Language ModelsMachine LearningMLOpsPyTorchTensorFlowCloud PlatformsStatistical AnalysisClient CommunicationProject Management

Required

PhD in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Econometrics, or related quantitative field

Minimum 5 years of professional experience in data science, machine learning, or related roles

Advanced NLP expertise: Deep understanding of transformer architectures, attention mechanisms, and modern NLP techniques

Large Language Model proficiency: Hands-on experience with LLM fine-tuning, prompt engineering, RLHF, and deployment at scale

Programming mastery: Expert-level Python, with strong knowledge of PyTorch/TensorFlow, Hugging Face ecosystem

MLOps & Infrastructure: Experience with model deployment, monitoring, and scaling in production environments

Experience writing production code and ensuring well-managed software delivery

Experience with foundation models (GPT, BERT, T5, LLaMA, etc.)

Knowledge of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems

Understanding of model compression techniques (quantization, distillation, pruning)

Experience with evaluation metrics and benchmarking for language models

Preferred

Experience in consulting or client-facing technical roles

Knowledge of specialized domains (healthcare NLP, legal AI, financial text analysis)

Cloud platform expertise (AWS SageMaker, Google Cloud AI, Azure ML)

Open-source contributions to major ML/NLP libraries

Benefits

Hybrid work environment with home and office schedule (2+ days in office per week) and work from anywhere weeks

Comprehensive health benefits (healthcare, vision, dental, pet, home, and auto insurance)

Generous time off policies (unlimited paid time off, wellness days, national holidays, summer Fridays)

Four-week sabbatical every five consecutive years of employment

Exceptional parental leave benefits

Global mentorship and networking programs

Monthly cell phone reimbursement

401k savings and employee stock purchase plan

Volunteer hours (20 hours annually) for designated non-profit partner and personal choice

Globally driven inclusive initiatives (Employee Advocacy Groups, equity committee)

Career growth opportunities, such as Allison University (multi-day customized trainings for each level)

Company

Allison Worldwide

Glassdoor3.7

We’re a global integrated marketing and communications consultancy dedicated to driving growth, innovation and positive change for clients, colleagues and communities.

Founded in 2001

San Francisco, California, USA

501-1000 employees