Top Senior Data Science Jobs in Richmond, VA

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 development of interactive safety visualizations, dashboards, analytical applications, data marts, and automated reporting for autonomous-driving safety. Build trusted, performant data products with quality monitoring, frequent refreshes, metric definitions, lineage, and statistical interpretation. Partner with safety engineers, data engineers, program teams, and executives to translate complex safety information into clear decision-support tools and continuous improvement insights.

Review and audit machine learning models and model risk practices across the enterprise. Partner with cross-functional teams to design, train, evaluate, validate, and implement ML and NLP solutions, using tools like Python, Spark, H2O, and AWS. Translate technical findings into business recommendations and assurance for stakeholders and the Audit Committee, while researching and applying emerging Generative AI and state-of-the-art methods.

As a Data Scientist, you'll leverage data to drive corporate strategy by building machine learning models and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

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.

Lead development of machine learning and NLP solutions for operational risk analytics: partner with cross-functional teams, build end-to-end models (design, training, evaluation, validation, implementation), analyze large numeric and text datasets, deliver insights and reporting to senior leaders, and experiment with emerging generative AI techniques to improve risk management.

The Senior Associate, Data Scientist will partner with cross-functional teams to identify risks associated with models and validate machine learning models across the enterprise, enhancing decision-making while ensuring model governance and risk management.

Manage a team to assess model risks, build and validate machine learning models while leveraging advanced technologies and cross-functional collaboration.

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.

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.

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.

Build and productionize traditional machine learning models, owning feature engineering, validation, deployment, monitoring, drift detection, and retraining. Develop LLM-powered agentic tools, dashboards, self-serve analytics products, and automated insight pipelines. Partner with engineering and business stakeholders, write production-grade Python and SQL, drive adoption, improve data quality, and establish responsible AI workflows for a regulated industry.

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.

Own the design and build of a data-quality and assurance function for a large-scale pricing intelligence data lake. Responsibilities include architecting observability, defining quality standards, building anomaly detection and health scoring, instrumenting pipelines, answering customer data-quality questions, and tracing issues to root causes across collection, processing, and source changes.

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.