Principal Data Scientist - Gen AI

The role

You will lead the generative AI team's technical direction, owning an 18-24 month technical roadmap. You will develop and deploy generative AI and LLM models for multimodal document processing and structured data extraction, and serve as technical architect for the Siemens DFM AI + IQE integration.

What you will do

• Own and drive an 18-24 month technical roadmap for generative AI initiatives.
• Develop and deploy generative AI models and LLMs for multimodal document processing and structured data extraction from technical drawings and purchase orders.
• Provide technical leadership to the Generative AI team, setting direction and best practices.
• Influence roadmaps and priorities of engineering, product and business teams.
• Serve as technical architect for integrating Xometry's AI into the Siemens Designcenter and Teamcenter ecosystem.
• Design workflows for data preparation, cleaning and augmentation to train generative AI models.
• Use cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services for large-scale data processing, training and deployment.
• Mentor scientists and engineers across the organization on advanced machine learning techniques.

Required qualifications

• Typically 10-plus years of experience with applied ML and data science work, or a PhD with 6-plus years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python and advanced scientific computing.
• Proficiency in PyTorch, TensorFlow, pandas and numpy.
• Expertise in large-scale language and vision models such as Transformers, GPT and VLMs.
• Experience with multimodal data processing combining text, image and 3D data.
• Strong background in probability, statistics and optimization relevant to generative modeling.
• Demonstrated ability to drive 18-24 month technical initiatives.
• Familiarity with cloud model training and deployment tools such as AWS SageMaker.
• Familiarity with software engineering principles including version control, reproducibility and continuous integration.
• Exceptional influence and communication skills with executives and cross-functional partners.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree (M.S. or PhD) in computer science, machine learning, AI or a related field.
• Experience in the manufacturing, supply chain or similar industries.

Benefits

• 401(k) match.
• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Generous paid time off including vacation, sick leave, floating and fixed holidays.
• Maternity and bonding leave.
• Employee assistance program and other wellbeing resources.

Before you apply

• For US-based roles, Xometry participates in E-Verify and requires a Form I-9 after an offer is accepted to confirm work authorization.

About the company

Xometry (NASDAQ: XMTR) runs a digital marketplace connecting manufacturers with buyers, including Fortune 1000 companies, to access global manufacturing capacity.