Top Data Science Jobs in Houston, TX

Develop, validate, and improve machine learning models (regression, classification, forecasting, optimization). Prepare data, perform feature engineering, train and evaluate models, and support deployment with Data/ML Engineering. Communicate results, document methods, and collaborate on experiments and cross-functional initiatives.

Lead end-to-end development of fraud and risk ML systems: define problems, engineer features, build and evaluate models, collaborate with product and engineering, deploy with ML engineers, and monitor production performance to detect drift and trigger retraining.

Design, build, and validate agentic AI systems and multi-agent workflows for financial use cases. Lead cross-functional teams to productionize models, create evaluation frameworks and gold-standard datasets, develop reusable agent patterns and prompts, integrate AI into services, and implement systematic testing to meet compliance and reliability standards.

Design, build, evaluate, and deploy predictive ML models across regression, classification, NLP, computer vision, and time-series problems. Perform data cleaning, feature engineering, EDA, model selection, tuning, explanation (SHAP, feature importance), and collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to operationalize and monitor models in production.

As a Staff Data Scientist, you will lead initiatives to build and optimize machine learning models, collaborate across departments, and solve complex business problems using data.

As a Data Scientist, you will build predictive models, develop software tools, and analyze geoscientific data to support mineral exploration and discovery.

The Data Scientist will develop predictive models, analyze geophysical data, and collaborate with geoscientists to enhance exploration programs, focusing on mineral deposits.

As a Data Scientist, you will develop predictive models, analyze geoscientific data, and collaborate with geoscientists to improve mineral exploration efforts.

Develop autonomous AI agents capable of goal setting, decomposition, planning, tool use, memory, and long-horizon execution. Build evaluation frameworks for alignment, reliability, and safety; identify goal misalignment and undesirable behaviors; and integrate agent systems with APIs, databases, search engines, and other tools. Responsibilities include designing production-ready machine learning systems, collaborating across teams, and advancing agent autonomy through planning, causal reasoning, model-based reinforcement learning, and language modeling.

Owns the end-to-end development of cybersecurity vulnerability and exploit prediction models, including problem framing, feature engineering, training, evaluation, deployment, calibration, monitoring, and drift detection. The role addresses extreme class imbalance, hierarchical modeling, cold-start customers, and uncertainty quantification. It also requires explaining model outputs to security executives, publishing methodologies and benchmarks, and partnering with engineering to deploy reliable production systems.

Own end-to-end data science for a priority vertical (starting with Insurance): frame business problems, build and validate models, partner with ML engineering for deployment, monitor live ROAS performance, and drive measurable revenue and lead quality improvements.

Lead end-to-end data science projects including predictive modeling, algorithm design, and data pipelines. Build campaign-focused models (turnout, partisanship), perform exploration and visualization, translate insights into memos/presentations, collaborate with engineering to productionize models, mentor junior data scientists, and prototype emerging AI solutions for product impact.

Design, build, and own large-scale data pipelines and ML data curation for multimodal (text, image, audio, video) model training. Partner with research teams to ingest, label, filter, augment, store, and ensure dataset quality, compliance, and scalability. Optimize distributed data processing for training, prototype dataset tools, and integrate research advances into production systems.

The Senior Data Scientist will lead innovative data science efforts, leveraging advanced analytics, visualization, and insights from complex datasets to boost productivity.

Build marketing data science models and decision systems for spend allocation, channel measurement, forecasting, experimentation, and growth optimization. Unify marketing, retail, revenue, and product data; develop dashboards and analytical products; apply AI/ML and causal inference; and translate complex analysis into actionable recommendations for executives and cross-functional teams. The role also includes improving data quality, mentoring, documentation, and technical leadership.

Lead end-to-end data science initiatives for commercial property or homeowners insurance: acquire and prepare data, build and validate predictive models, deploy and monitor production models, ensure governance and documentation, advise teams, and evaluate emerging ML/AI techniques to improve pricing, risk selection, and underwriting outcomes.

Design and implement advanced ML models for real-time forecasting and decision support, ensure data provenance and lineage, integrate federated geospatial and multi-format data, produce ROM and quarterly cost/resource reports, and apply Agile sprint practices to deliver mission-aligned analytics for DoD/IC customers.

Lead design and production deployment of advanced analytics for utility-scale battery energy storage (BESS). Build physics-informed ML and statistical models for SoC/SoH estimation, degradation forecasting, anomaly detection, dispatch optimization, and lifecycle management using large-scale operational data. Collaborate with product, engineering, and customers to translate operational challenges into scalable, interpretable solutions integrated into the Power Factors platform.

Lead a data science team to build scalable analytics and predictive models for pricing decisions. Partner with business and engineering to analyze large datasets, prioritize work, ensure model quality, and present data-driven optimization recommendations.

Build, ship, and own end-to-end ML models for vendor matching, order routing, and supply-chain optimization. Partner with data engineering to productionize models, quantify impact, document work, and implement decision logic components toward agentic AI in a fast-moving healthcare startup environment.

Lead development of time-series and econometric models (ARIMA, VAR, state-space, WLS, panel data) and Bayesian probabilistic frameworks. Use causal inference and stochastic processes to produce actionable insights, work with large datasets on Databricks, communicate results to stakeholders, and mentor junior team members.

Lead advanced analytics and ML projects: perform EDA, feature engineering, statistical modeling, and build/optimize production ML and Generative AI solutions (LLMs, embeddings, RAG). Collaborate with engineering and MLOps to deploy and monitor models, create visualizations and dashboards, translate insights for stakeholders, and mentor junior team members.

Design, build, and deploy production-grade generative AI applications: orchestrate multi-agent systems, implement advanced RAG with vector DBs, fine-tune and host LLMs, optimize GenAI workflows, and deliver scalable FastAPI-based backend services with Docker and monitoring.

Design, build, and deploy production-grade generative AI systems: multi-agent orchestration, advanced RAG with vector databases, integrate/swap LLMs, fine-tune models, optimize prompts and latency, and containerize services with monitoring and CI/CD.

Design, build, and scale production Generative AI systems: multi-agent orchestration, advanced RAG with vector databases, LLM integration and fine-tuning, scalable FastAPI backends, Dockerized deployment, monitoring, and GenAI optimization for latency, cost, and reliability.