Guild · 12 hours ago
Senior Applied Scientist
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$150K/yr - $170K/yrGuild is a company that believes talent is everywhere and that opportunity should be too. They are seeking a Senior Applied Scientist to build the AI/ML foundation that will transform how working adults navigate their education and career journeys by delivering production AI systems that improve member experiences.
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Responsibilities
Deliver production AI/ML models that augment Guild's program and career data, empowering downstream product and analytics capabilities
Launch production agentic data solutions through Databricks that improve information retrieval and synthesis while reducing operational costs
Contribute to Guild's Apollo platform by developing AI/ML components including our reinforcement learning process and AI memory layer
Design, develop, and deploy production-ready AI/ML models that integrate into the product experience and drive measurable improvements in member outcomes and business performance
Build robust evaluation frameworks including offline metrics, A/B testing, and monitoring strategies to assess model performance and business impact
Own the end-to-end model lifecycle: deployment, monitoring, drift detection, retraining, and incident response using Guild's MLOps best practices
Manipulate and analyze large, complex datasets using Python, SQL, Databricks, MLFlow, dbt, and Snowflake
Partner with business stakeholders to translate strategic challenges into concrete, lasting AI/ML solutions
Collaborate with engineering, innovation architects, and technical experts to operationalize models and stay current on emerging AI capabilities
Influence the technical roadmap and architecture of Guild's AI platform by making principled tradeoffs across model complexity, scalability, latency, and cost
Translate cutting-edge research (reinforcement learning, foundation models) into pragmatic, scalable solutions while exercising judgment about when ML is the right tool
Qualification
Required
Shipped AI/ML models to production that drove measurable business or product outcomes (not just research or POCs)
Built and maintained evaluation frameworks that included both offline experimentation and live A/B testing
Developed data pipelines or ML infrastructure that scaled to support large datasets and multiple downstream consumers
Translated ambiguous business problems into well-scoped ML solutions—and knew when not to use ML
Worked cross-functionally with engineering, product, and business teams to operationalize technical solutions
Strong proficiency in Python and SQL for data manipulation and model development
Hands-on experience with modern ML/data platforms (Databricks, MLFlow, Snowflake, dbt or similar)
Deep understanding of the full ML lifecycle: from experimentation through deployment, monitoring, and iteration
Familiarity with reinforcement learning, foundation models, or agentic AI architectures
Ability to design rigorous experiments and interpret results to inform product decisions
Strong communication skills to partner effectively with non-technical stakeholders
Sound judgment in balancing technical complexity with practical business constraints
Benefits
Access to low-cost, high-quality health care options through Collective Health and Kaiser (due to coverage limitations, Kaiser is currently only available in CA & CO)
Access to a 401k to help save for the future
Vacation policy to rest and recharge
8 days of fully-paid sick leave, to take the time to heal and or recover
Family-friendly benefits, including 12 weeks of parental leave for non-birthing parents and 18-20 weeks for birthing parents; 4-week ramp-up period for when employees return from a leave of 6 weeks or more; as well as employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-sponsored life insurance, fertility and caregiving benefits.
Well-rounded wellness benefits including free and low cost mental health resources and financial wellbeing support services
Education benefits and tuition assistance to help your future development and growth
Company
Guild
Guild is a learning platform that offers classes, programs, and degrees for working adults.
Founded in 2015
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2020 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$643.17MKey Investors
Wellington ManagementGeneral CatalystFelicis
2022-06-02Series F· $264.67M
2021-06-02Series E· $150M
2019-11-13Series D· $157M
Leadership Team
Bijal Shah
Chief Executive Officer
Jessica Rusin
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
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2025-12-30
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