Nokia · 23 hours ago
Senior Data Science & AI Specialist
3201 Olympus Boulevard, Dallas, Texas, 75019-4520, US
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$129K/yr - $240K/yr
12+ years expNokia is a leading telecommunications company, and they are seeking a Senior Data Science & AI Specialist to closely work with the AI Lead on AI adoption and integration. The role involves evaluating business needs, developing machine learning models, and collaborating with various experts to translate business requirements into AI solutions.
ElectronicsEnterprise SoftwareInternet of ThingsMobile DevicesTelecommunications
Responsibilities
Closely work with the AI Lead to define organizations and customers vision, roadmap, and priorities for AI adoption and integration
Evaluate business needs and identify high-value AI opportunities across functions
Explore new AI tools, technologies, and industry trends to ensure the organization stays ahead
Develop, train, and optimize machine learning models using state-of-the-art algorithms and techniques
Process and analyze large datasets to extract meaningful features and insights
Build scalable ML pipelines and deploy models into production environments
Collaborate with data scientists, telco engineers, automation experts and product managers to understand business requirements and translate them into AI solutions
Monitor model performance and continuously improve accuracy, efficiency, and robustness
Stay updated on emerging AI/ML trends and tools to apply best practices
Document experiments, processes, and results clearly for knowledge sharing and reproducibility
Use traditional automation languages like python combined with ML models to create a final product beneficial for Network Planning and Optimization practices
Interprets internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, platforms, tools, processes and services using AI & Automation initiatives
Has in-depth organisational and relevant market knowledge and uses understanding on how relevant areas can be integrated to achieve objectives
Solves complex problems based on sophisticated analytical thought and complex judgment
Contributes to development of concepts to determine professional direction of own organisational unit
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or master's degree in data science, Computer Science or related fields
A minimum of 12+ years of industry standard experience, 6-7 years work experience in software development/engineering projects, with minimum 2-3 years of AI/ML & Data Engineering experience
Strong programming skills in Python and familiarity with ML libraries
Experience with data manipulation and transformation, big data queries and handling larger datasets
Understanding of ML algorithms including supervised, unsupervised, and deep learning methods
Experience in interfacing python tools with relational databases – Atleast 1-2 of these (Clickhouse, Presto, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, Postgress)
Solid foundation in statistics and data analysis
Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently and collaboratively
Excellent Communication skills – English
Preferred
Spanish and Portuguese is a plus
Good knowledge of 5G & LTE network architecture, and network optimization is a plus
Company
Nokia
Nokia manufactures mobile devices, network infrastructure, and location-based technology for businesses. It is a sub-organization of Enscryb.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.45BKey Investors
European Investment BankNVIDIANational Telecommunications and Information Administration
2025-12-16Post Ipo Debt· $511.84M
2025-10-28Post Ipo Equity· $1B
2025-06-30Post Ipo Debt· $1.76B
Leadership Team
Justin Hotard
President and CEO
Victoria Hanrahan
Chief of Staff to the CEO
Recent News
Dallas Morning News
2026-01-25
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