Senior Data Scientist

Brightspeed

Senior Data Scientist responsible for AI and ML solutions to enhance business efficiency. Join Brightspeed to drive fiber optic technology advancements across underserved rural markets.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeRemote • Charlotte • North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudGoogle Cloud PlatformNumpyPandasPythonScikit-LearnSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop AI and ML solutions to drive improved business performance and efficiency across domains
Lead end-to-end AI/ML projects from understanding business needs to data preparation, model development, solution deployment, and post-production monitoring
Dissect and solve complex business problems using analytical and quantitative approaches to identify patterns and correlations in large complex data sets
Integrate and curate data from a wide range of internal and external sources to develop rich datasets for predictive & prescriptive modeling as well as machine learning
Define and implement best practices to generate accurate reports, visualizations & dashboards to explain results simply and succinctly to technical and non-technical users
Create models for visual recognition, processing of natural language that analyze complex data to make predictions or decisions, mimicking human intelligence
Identify the most effective model architecture and parameters to drive accuracy and performance
Liaise with stakeholders to understand their needs and concerns and develop concise analytics to provide actionable insights to influence strategy and performance
Build partnerships, share knowledge, and deliver valuable predictive insights to inform strategic decisions, while highlighting potential risks and opportunities

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience of building AI and/or machine learning models for business application
3+ years of hands-on experience with training, fine tuning, evaluating, and deploying models in production
3+ years of experience with data lake and cloud services, preferably GCP
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Operations Research, Statistics, Mathematics or related field.
Master’s degree strongly preferred.
Data Science or AI certifications
Deep expertise in machine learning, neural networks, computer vision, large language models, natural language processing or similar discipline
Demonstrated experience in algorithm selection, model training, feature engineering, fine-tuning performance and implementation
Proficiency in Python and key data science libraries, including Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, Matplotlib and/or Seaborn
Strong capabilities in SQL and experience working with SQL query engines
Experience with Data Visualization tools such as Power BI
Expertise in Agile methodology for product and software development
Excellent quantitative skills and data-driven decision-making capabilities

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation
Comprehensive benefits
Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
Employee assistance program
401K plan with company match
Paid time off

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Hard Skills & Tools

Machine LearningNeural NetworksComputer VisionNatural Language ProcessingSQLFeature EngineeringModel Fine-TuningPredictive ModelingData PreparationQuantitative Analysis

Soft Skills

Analytical Problem SolvingStakeholder LiaisonData-Driven Decision MakingCollaborationCommunication

Certifications

Data Science CertificationsAI Certifications