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Senior Data Scientist with AI/LLM

Nexwave
Mc Lean, VA Contractor
POSTED ON 4/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/21/2026

Role: Senior Data Scientist with AI/LLM

Location: McLean, VA – fully onsite


***Need only Locals & on W2 with F2F/Face 2 Face Interview availability if client requests


Must Have Qualifications : 5–7 years of relevant experience, strong Python programming skills, and an analytical mindset with a solid technical background. They must have hands-on experience designing, testing, and refining prompts for large language models (LLMs). Experience building end to-end AI solutions is a plus.


Key Responsibilities

• Partner with business teams to understand complex problem statements and translate

them into AI‑enabled solutions

• Extract, clean, and structure data from raw and heterogeneous sources to enable analytics

and GenAI use cases

• Develop Python‑based prototypes and tools that leverage advanced analytics and

generative AI

• Design and refine prompts to deliver reliable, explainable, and decision‑ready AI outputs

• Collaborate with data, technology, and engineering partners to align prototypes with

production standards

• Contribute reusable code, patterns, documentation, and demos to shared repositories to

enable scaling and reuse

• Support testing, validation, and iteration of AI solutions prior to broader deployment

What Success Looks Like

• Quickly grasps new problem domains and identifies practical paths forward

• Produces high‑quality, well‑reasoned prototypes that solve real business needs

• Elevates the quality and usability of data for multiple downstream use cases

• Acts as a multiplier by enabling others to reuse and build on their work


Regards,

Stephen

Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist

Email : stephen@nexwaveinc.com

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