Govini · 18 hours ago
Forward Deployed Data Scientist
Pittsburgh, PA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior LevelGovini transforms Defense Acquisition from an outdated manual process to a software-driven strategic advantage for the United States. They are seeking a Data Scientist to leverage expertise in AI to develop scalable solutions and insights for government clients, focusing on complex defense challenges.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business IntelligenceDatabaseNational SecuritySoftware
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Developing new AI methods and using existing ones to solve complex defense problems
Developing working AI systems and deploying them
Rapid prototyping of AI models, systems, heuristics, and agentic solutions
Working directly with customers to understand and solve their problems
Translating customer problem definitions into technical requirements for AI-based systems
Translating vague customer needs into concrete AI workflows and Data Science solutions
Evaluating solution effectiveness with customers, tuning, and redefining solutions when needed
Deploying code into production AI systems
Taking end-to-end ownership of client problems
Communicating clearly with both non-technical and technical users
Working with AI platform, agentic AI, and data engineering teams to build end-to-end solutions in production deployments
Collaborating with AI platform and agentic AI teams to generalize capabilities into reusable agentic AI features/skills for other deployments
Wrapping AI/DS solutions into AI agentic/skills frameworks
Create agentic AI systems, using AI orchestrators and particular AI reasoning capabilities as tools
Qualification
Required
U.S. Citizenship is required
Ability to translate customer problems into technical AI requirements, and write down the documentation to be used by multiple teams
Deep ability to embed with clients, understand vague business or national security challenges, and translate these customer problems into concrete, actionable technical requirements and detailed documentation for AI-based systems
Expertise in rapidly prototyping models, heuristics, and agentic solutions. The ability to translate vague needs into concrete AI workflows and Data Science solutions, followed by deploying production-grade code and taking end-to-end ownership of the client's problem
Skill in defining concrete AI workflows from vague requirements
Experience evaluating and tuning AI solutions for effectiveness. Experience in measuring the impact of AI/DS solutions
Competency in deploying code into production AI systems. Competency in building agent/skills solving particular problems
Expertise in integrating AI/DS solutions into agentic frameworks
End-to-end ownership of client problems
Strong communication with non-technical users and technical users
Collaboration with cross-functional teams for production deployment
Strong collaboration and communication skills to work effectively with AI platform and data engineering teams. This includes generalizing unique AI/DS solutions into reusable agentic features/skills and integrating them into agentic frameworks for other production deployments
Preferred
A strong publication record in the top conferences in one of the AI, ML, NLP, or decision science areas
Deep knowledge of LLM and Agentic system evaluation, experience in building evaluation systems
Extensive expertise in specialized domains such as Operations Research, Optimization, and Decision Science
Track record of successfully transitioning AI research prototypes into robust, production-grade enterprise solutions
Company
Govini
Govini is a software company that transforms defense acquisition and national-security decision-making through data, analytics, and AI.
Founded in 2011
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$170MKey Investors
Bain Capital
2025-10-10Private Equity· $150M
2015-05-07Series C· $20M
2012-01-01Series A
Leadership Team
Marc Vogtman
Senior Vice President Product Management
Recent News
2025-11-19
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