Top Senior Data Science Jobs in Houston, TX

Leads teams in designing and deploying scalable AI and machine learning solutions for consulting clients. Responsibilities include data wrangling, complex analysis, data modeling, AI system implementation, data pipeline and infrastructure oversight, deep learning, neural networks, data quality validation, and stakeholder collaboration. The manager coaches team members, manages performance, supports innovation, and applies Python, Java, and cloud technologies to build production-ready AI applications.

Lead teams applying advanced data science and machine learning to large-scale claims, clinical, and member data to generate actionable insights that reduce cost of care and improve population health. Manage client relationships, mentor staff, ensure project delivery and quality, develop payer-focused analytics products, present findings to senior stakeholders, and promote continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.

Lead analytics initiatives to deliver strategic insights for consumer markets. Develop advanced analytics and BI solutions, manage teams, engage stakeholders, implement cloud analytics, and coach diverse teams to improve performance and decision-making.

Lead design and delivery of scalable ML systems across the full lifecycle for recommendations, demand forecasting, targeting, and personalization. Collaborate with engineers, product, and stakeholders to set architecture, metrics, and production best practices; mentor data scientists; lead experimentation and deploy/monitor models using cloud and MLOps tooling.

Lead complex modeling projects combining deep learning, LLMs, and traditional techniques. Prototype, deploy, and monitor production models, mentor data scientists, collaborate with engineering/product, and translate results into business impact for insurance customers.

Lead end-to-end pricing experimentation and strategy for consumer and business products. Design and analyze A/B tests, build pricing models and production-grade data pipelines, partner cross-functionally, and present actionable recommendations to senior leadership.

Analyze billing patterns, healthcare claims, and complex datasets to identify anomalies, audit data integrity, and support Trust and Safety initiatives. Build risk-monitoring pipelines and compliance dashboards using SQL, Python/R, and visualization tools. Translate technical findings into risk assessments for legal, compliance, and executive partners while developing safeguards to protect patients, regulatory standing, and platform operations.

Lead research and engineering of production-grade LLM/GenAI systems for cybersecurity: design models and architectures, drive data labeling and evaluation, collaborate with product and engineering to deploy scalable solutions, mentor data scientists, set technical strategy, and advance AI safety, red-teaming, and applied ML innovations for detection and operational use.

Design, research, and deploy NLP/GenAI surveillance models (LLMs, RAG, knowledge graphs) to detect suspicious financial behavior; build production-ready systems, collaborate with Compliance/Legal/IT, and drive adoption of AI solutions.

As a Staff Data Scientist at SentiLink, you will develop fraud detection models, conduct analyses, collaborate across teams, and drive the development of financial risk products.

Develop AI-enabled applications, intelligent workflows, agent-based solutions, and enterprise automation. Build scalable data pipelines, APIs, integrations, analytics-ready datasets, and structured data models. Apply LLMs, embeddings, vector databases, semantic search, and orchestration frameworks to prototype and deploy practical AI solutions. Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to identify transformation opportunities, support experimentation, and ensure scalable adoption across commercial, operational, product, marketing, and technology functions.

Lead product analytics efforts by designing and evaluating experiments, building dashboards, and producing statistical insights. Partner with product, design, and engineering to measure product success, identify optimization opportunities, and embed ML-driven personalization into the product.

Lead design and delivery of large-scale AI/ML and retrieval systems for cybersecurity. Build end-to-end ML architecture, models (anomaly detection, ranking, RAG/LLM), and production infrastructure. Drive technical strategy, cross-functional initiatives, experimentation, and mentor junior scientists while balancing latency, scalability, reliability, and business impact.

Leads advanced analytics initiatives supporting strategic planning, equity tracking, forecasting, budgeting, staffing, and resource allocation. Builds predictive models, simulations, and decision-support tools using education and enterprise data. Presents insights to executive and board-level audiences, partners with academic, operational, and finance teams, maintains reproducible workflows and data governance compliance, collaborates on data quality, and mentors analysts.

Lead healthcare and pharmaceutical marketing analytics: analyze CRM, media, healthcare and behavioral data; build segmentation, attribution, audience scoring, and predictive models; develop measurement frameworks; use Python, SQL, BI and automation; translate insights for executives; mentor juniors and partner with Strategy, Media, and Client Services.

Develop and optimize machine learning and statistical models for fraud detection and anti-money laundering. Analyze large datasets to identify fraudulent patterns, build scalable data pipelines and features, evaluate model performance, and collaborate with engineering, product, and operations teams. Communicate insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders while maintaining data privacy and security compliance. The role offers significant ownership in building Oscilar’s early machine learning stack within a remote-first startup.

Build and deploy AI/ML solutions from prototype through production for CMS, including generative AI, LLMs, RAG, intelligent classification, knowledge management, agentic frameworks, and enterprise integrations. Evaluate AI coding tools, establish AI/ML roadmaps, scale adoption, mentor data scientists, and translate technical concepts for stakeholders and leadership.

Tune AML and fraud detection models using customers’ live transaction data. Investigate missed cases, alert quality, pattern drift, and false positives; validate changes through backtesting and sample review; document regulatory rationale; and present model performance and business value to compliance, risk, and data science stakeholders. Partner with customer teams on account strategy and relay customer-specific or systemic findings to product and model functions.

Develops and validates machine learning and statistical models for anti-money laundering, transaction monitoring, customer screening, and risk rating. The role evaluates AML data quality, integrates vendor solutions, maintains governance and regulatory documentation, leads model lifecycle quality control, and reports performance through management dashboards. It also supports AML risk assessments, audits, regulatory examinations, and cross-functional stakeholder coordination.

Designs, validates, and operationalizes predictive, machine learning, and AI models using large structured and unstructured datasets. Performs statistical analysis, develops visualizations and dashboards, presents findings to stakeholders, and integrates solutions across teams. Provides clinical-program analytics, evaluates data science tools, mentors junior scientists, leads concurrent projects, and prepares end-to-end model pipelines for business use.

Consult as a fractional data scientist for hedge funds, private equity firms, and family offices. Lead data science initiatives: build infrastructure, develop and deploy models, create portfolio dashboards, monitor post-deployment performance, and partner with investment teams to turn data into actionable investment insights. Advise on vendor selection, data quality, technology stacks, KPIs, and governance.

Lead research projects that develop and improve data science methodologies and algorithms. Analyze existing solutions, build and test data extraction and transformation architectures, and collaborate with Technology and Product Management on deployment. Investigate production and client data issues, provide data analysis support, maintain SQL, Python, and R code, document processes, and present research findings to internal clients.

As a Staff Data Scientist, you will analyze large-scale broadband data, develop and validate ML models, and integrate solutions into Calix Cloud, collaborating with teams for enhanced network intelligence and subscriber experience.

Deploy machine learning solutions for enterprise Oil & Gas customers, benchmarking against existing models and delivering measurable ROI. Responsibilities include data engineering, feature engineering, validation, model optimization, data leakage prevention, and secure last-mile integrations across cloud, on-premises, and air-gapped environments. The role partners with customers, sales, research, product, and solution architecture teams while translating technical insights into business value and product roadmap priorities.

Analyzes structured and unstructured data, performs exploratory and statistical analysis, builds dashboards and predictive machine learning models, and communicates insights to stakeholders. The role uses SQL, Python, BI tools, cloud data platforms, distributed processing, and modern AI/GenAI technologies. Responsibilities also include data quality, governance, pipelines, model deployment and monitoring, stakeholder collaboration, and translating analytical findings into business recommendations.