Top Data Science Jobs in Richmond, VA

Leads alternative data strategy for credit decisioning by evaluating vendors and datasets, engineering features, building and validating machine learning models, and developing scalable processing and monitoring systems. Partners with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers while translating complex analyses into business outcomes. The role requires expertise in large-scale data analysis, statistical modeling, machine learning, and relational databases, with hybrid office attendance.

The Data Scientist will partner with Sales, Revenue Operations, and Finance to analyze GTM performance, build and productionize machine learning models, conduct experiments, forecast outcomes, and identify growth opportunities. Responsibilities include statistical analysis, causal inference, Python and SQL development, MLOps, agentic workflow automation, semantic-layer contributions, executive reporting, and communicating insights to nontechnical stakeholders in a fully remote environment.

Build and deploy statistical and machine learning models for the Toast platform. Collaborate with product, engineering, and business teams to identify opportunities, develop data-driven solutions, evaluate models, and communicate insights to stakeholders. Work in a fast-paced environment and contribute to production ML systems and experimentation.

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.

Own the reliability and quality of an AI copilot for trading platforms. Build evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, quality gates, monitoring, incident response, and model improvement loops. Partner with engineering and product on safe tool interactions, auditability, and user trust. Develop trading-domain expertise and measurement systems covering correctness, safety, latency, regression risk, and workflow performance.

Leads the design, development, and deployment of scalable AI, generative AI, and machine learning solutions. Oversees data infrastructure, integration, data quality, and advanced analytics while managing client engagements and executive relationships. Drives business development, strategic direction, innovation, and AI-driven automation. Mentors teams, develops future leaders, and fosters collaboration, integrity, and client satisfaction across complex projects.

Build and implement machine learning models for personal loan acquisition, including customer selection, campaign optimization, underwriting, pricing, and verification. Partner with data scientists, engineers, and product managers; analyze large-scale numeric and textual datasets using Python, Spark, AWS, and related tools; validate and backtest models; and translate statistical insights into customer-focused business outcomes.

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.

Analyze complex datasets to deliver actionable insights for production, resource allocation, and personnel decisions. Develop Tableau dashboards and visualizations, preprocess and clean structured and unstructured data using Python or R, and analyze time-series data. Collaborate with stakeholders, ensure data quality, document methodologies, and provide recommendations. The role requires an active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance and is onsite in Northern Virginia.

Leads advanced data science and AI initiatives supporting global workplace rankings and research. Develops and maintains statistical models, algorithms, data workflows, benchmarks, and automation for complex survey and organizational data. Translates business methodology into technical requirements, improves production processes, ensures data quality and solution reliability, and manages analytical products through their lifecycle. Collaborates with technical and business stakeholders, modernizes legacy processes, documents controls, and communicates risks, tradeoffs, and technical concepts clearly.

Applied data scientist responsible for solving data-quality and machine-learning problems, evaluating model performance in production, detecting drift, building ground truth, and prototyping data products. The role uses classification, entity resolution, anomaly detection, embeddings, semantic search, feature engineering, statistical analysis, dashboards, and large-scale production data. The scientist works independently within product or data teams and partners with engineers, analysts, product managers, and subject-matter experts.

Own the product modeling roadmap and end-to-end lifecycle of production machine learning models, including recommenders, routing, and agent assignment. Engineer features, design experiments, deploy iterative improvements, and define real-time model integration with engineering and product teams. Apply Bayesian methods, causal inference, and marketing measurement while translating uncertainty into business recommendations. Mentor teammates and raise data science standards through code review and documentation.

Experienced Data Scientist supporting federal data-driven initiatives through statistical analysis, predictive modeling, machine learning, data preparation, visualization, dashboards, and actionable insights. The role collaborates with technical, business, and program stakeholders, advises on analytical methodologies, improves data quality, and contributes to modernization, automation, and emerging technology efforts.

Build and maintain AgencyBloc’s revenue data platform in Databricks, including pipelines, automated reporting, dashboards, data models, quality checks, and reconciliation across GTM systems. Support forecasting, commissions, and predictive analytics while documenting metric definitions and governance standards. Partner with sales, client success, finance, and executives to explain findings, align revenue metrics, and deliver a governed source of truth.

Develop and deploy statistical and machine learning models, conduct exploratory analysis, forecasting, segmentation, experimentation, and AI initiatives. Translate business needs into analytical frameworks, KPIs, predictive insights, and recommendations. Collaborate with data engineering, BI, QA, and business teams to ensure data readiness, model integration, quality, governance, and auditability. Support revenue, marketing, financial, and operational decision-making through scalable analytical solutions.

Develop and deploy statistical and machine learning models for credit risk, delinquency, defaults, loan losses, underwriting, and risk-based pricing. Analyze credit bureau, alternative, and loan performance data; build production-ready analytical pipelines; monitor model performance; and address data anomalies. Lead complex initiatives, mentor colleagues, document methodologies, and incorporate model governance, fair lending, privacy, and responsible AI considerations while partnering with Credit Risk, Product, Engineering, and Finance.

Create reproducible data science and machine learning tasks with reference solutions, robust tests, and evaluation criteria. Investigate coding-agent failures, identify errors, data leakage, and flawed assumptions, then refine tasks accordingly. Document requirements, solution reasoning, and verification steps. The role requires competitive data science experience, mathematical reasoning, programming ability, and practical knowledge of machine learning and quantitative modeling.

Develop and deploy machine learning solutions for enterprise risk and anti-money-laundering innovation. Partner with data scientists, engineers, and product managers to build models using structured and textual data, including NLP, graph modeling, deep learning, and Generative AI. Lead projects through design, training, validation, evaluation, and implementation while translating technical findings into business outcomes.

Leads data science and advanced analytics initiatives for Auto Claims by developing machine learning and predictive modeling algorithms, integrating structured and unstructured data, and creating tools to support business decisions. Communicates modeling results to stakeholders, researches emerging techniques, manages moderately complex projects, and provides mentorship to junior data scientists. The role is remote with up to 10% travel to regional offices.

Designs, builds, evaluates, and deploys machine learning, LLM, and agentic AI capabilities for cybersecurity detection, investigation, and response. Analyzes complex security data, develops models and evaluation frameworks, creates RAG and retrieval workflows, and partners with engineering teams to productionize and monitor AI systems. The role requires addressing adversarial, noisy data and balancing accuracy, explainability, latency, reliability, and operational impact.

Build and deploy statistical and machine-learning models for forecasting, risk prediction, retention, no-show prediction, experimentation, causal inference, and clinical outcomes. Partner with analytics engineering and technology teams to productionize models using monitored data pipelines. Translate ambiguous clinical and operational questions into rigorous analyses, communicate recommendations to cross-functional stakeholders, and establish data science and responsible AI practices.

Leads the organization’s data science function by hiring, managing, and mentoring data scientists; overseeing advanced analytics and machine learning model development, deployment, evaluation, and monitoring; partnering with IT, product, executives, and business stakeholders; and ensuring scalable, high-quality solutions throughout the data science lifecycle.

Leads the organization’s data science function by hiring, managing, and mentoring data scientists; overseeing advanced analytics and machine learning initiatives; guiding solutions from ideation and data sourcing through deployment and monitoring; partnering with IT, executives, product teams, and business stakeholders; and ensuring scalable, high-quality enterprise solutions with measurable business impact.

Develop and evaluate foundational deep learning methods, including transformers, embeddings, and neural networks, for credit modeling and loss prediction. Integrate models into ML pipelines, apply representation learning to financial data, and build specialized AI agents for data science and business workflows. Collaborate with technical and product teams, communicate findings, mentor colleagues, and measure model impact on customer and business outcomes.

Analyze modeled outputs and research data to produce automated reporting, visualizations, statistical insights, and actionable guidance for political strategists and clients. Build analytics pipelines, conduct regression-based analysis, monitor research returns, identify data quality issues, and collaborate with engineers, machine learning scientists, statisticians, and political experts.