Lead AI Scientist

The role

You will lead a team building and scaling machine learning and AI solutions. You will guide projects from experimentation to production and shape the technical direction of AI initiatives.

What you will do

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing machine learning and AI team.
• Shape the technical direction of machine learning and AI initiatives.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Data, and platform teams.
• Guide projects from exploration through development, production, monitoring, and iteration.
• Drive standards in experimentation, model evaluation, reliability, maintainability, monitoring, and governance.
• Support the design of scalable machine learning systems and workflows.
• Provide technical guidance on architecture, trade-offs, and implementation strategy.
• Communicate technical concepts, risks, and opportunities to stakeholders.
• Research and guide the practical adoption of new machine learning and AI ideas.
• Build repeatable capabilities and frameworks for machine learning efforts.

Required qualifications

• Experience leading machine learning or AI initiatives from idea to production.
• Experience managing, mentoring, and developing technical team members.
• Strong foundation in machine learning, experimentation, statistical thinking, and software engineering.
• Good programming knowledge and strong hands-on familiarity with Python and SQL.
• Experience developing, deploying, and operating machine learning systems in production.
• Ability to frame business problems and prioritize effectively.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience working with modern machine learning frameworks and tooling.
• Familiarity with modern MLOps tooling and production workflows.
• Experience with cloud platforms and production infrastructure.
• Experience improving engineering standards, governance, and reusable internal capabilities.

Nice to have

• Exposure to natural language processing, search, recommendation systems, or modern GenAI / LLM application patterns

Benefits

• Flexible working options
• Time off
• Competitive pay
• Benefits
• Well-being programs

Before you apply

• Screening Call
• Take Home Assessment
• Hiring Manager Interview
• Stakeholder Chat

About the company

Gen is a global company dedicated to powering Digital Freedom through brands including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, and MoneyLion. They deliver cybersecurity, online privacy, identity protection, and financial wellness solutions to nearly 500 million users.