Covenant Consulting · 3 weeks ago
Applied AI Data Scientist
KC Metro Area
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$120K/yr - $170K/yr
5+ years expCovenant Consulting is seeking an Applied AI Data Scientist who specializes in Document Intelligence, NLP, and Analytics. The role involves transforming messy data into structured intelligence, automating document ingestion, and enabling natural-language Q&A over datasets.
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Hiring Manager
Troy Oliver
Responsibilities
Design and build document ingestion and intelligence pipelines (PDFs, Excel, scanned docs, structured + unstructured data)
Implement OCR, document classification, key-value extraction, and layout-aware NLP
Continuously improve accuracy through annotation, evaluation, and feedback loops
Normalize, validate, and enrich large-scale census and enrollment datasets
Build intelligent matching, deduplication, and entity-resolution logic
Handle real-world edge cases (because real data is never clean)
Develop natural-language Q&A over structured and semi-structured performance data
Build embeddings, retrieval pipelines, and semantic search
Translate business questions into analytical insights that actually matter
Move models from notebook → pipeline → production
Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and DevOps to deploy scalable solutions
Monitor model performance, drift, and data quality over time
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in Data Science, Applied ML, or AI-focused roles
Proven track record of deploying real AI systems (not just experiments)
Comfortable operating with autonomy, ownership, and a bias toward action
Prefer a Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field
Strong experience with Python for data science and ML
Hands-on experience with NLP (transformers, embeddings, semantic search, text classification)
Experience with document intelligence / OCR (e.g., Textract, Azure Form Recognizer, Google Document AI, or similar)
Solid understanding of data pipelines, ETL, and orchestration (Airflow or equivalent)
Experience working with SQL-based data stores and data warehouses
Familiarity with ML lifecycle concepts (training, evaluation, versioning, deployment)
Preferred
Any experience with GenAI platforms (ChatGPT, OpenAI APIs, Claude, etc.)
Knowledge of MLOps tools and workflows (SageMaker, MLflow, CI/CD for ML)
Experience with entity resolution, fuzzy matching, or record linkage
Data visualization experience (Power BI, D3, or similar)
Exposure to regulated or complex data domains (insurance, healthcare, finance)
Benefits
Competitive compensation + startup upside
Company
Covenant Consulting
Covenant Consulting is a leadership development, culture transformation company.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Dustin Pittman
Founder
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