
Senior Data Scientist, Responsible AI
Empower
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $105,700 - $149,275 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead evaluation and validation of AI and GenAI systems, including assessment of hallucination, fairness, robustness, explainability, and other model behavior risks.
- Design and implement repeatable evaluation workflows, benchmark datasets, and structured model behavior tests.
- Serve as the Responsible AI data science partner for assigned AI delivery teams, guiding the integration of RAI metrics, guardrails, and evaluation practices.
- Translate research findings and experimental methods into scalable, platform-ready evaluation capabilities.
- Collaborate with AI/ML engineers and QA analysts to align evaluation logic with testing pipelines and deployment workflows.
- Support the creation of model cards, evaluation documentation, and transparency artifacts required for governance and review.
- Provide Responsible AI consultation to product, engineering, risk, legal, and governance stakeholders.
- Mentor junior and mid-level data scientists on evaluation design, experimental rigor, and Responsible AI practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 6+ years of professional data science experience.
- Demonstrated experience developing or evaluating AI/ML systems in production or pre-production environments.
- Strong grounding in experimental design, statistical analysis, and model evaluation methodology.
- Experience collaborating with engineering and product teams in an agile, iterative delivery environment.
- Proficiency in Python and SQL for data analysis and evaluation workflows.
- Experience working with modern cloud platforms such as AWS.
- Strong communication skills and ability to operate effectively in a matrixed team model.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
- Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
- Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
- Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
- Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
- Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
strong communication skillsmentoringcollaborationguidanceoperating in a matrixed team model