Lead Data Scientist - Generative AI

Position Purpose:

The Lead Data Scientist is responsible for leading data science initiatives that drive business profitability, increased efficiencies and improved customer experience. This role assists in the development of the Home Depot advanced analytics infrastructure that informs decision making by applying expertise of both business and Advanced Analytics Modeling techniques. Lead Data Scientists focus on seeking out business opportunities to leverage data science as a competitive advantage. Based on the specific data science team, this role has expertise in one or more data science specializations, such as optimization, computer vision, recommendation, search or NLP.

Responsibilities:

Design and implement LLM fine-tuning techniques for specific tasks and applications.

Develop and maintain production-grade LLM inference pipelines.

Develop domain specific knowledge base for LLM (Vector Store, Knowledge Graph, structured data, multi-modal data)

Monitor and analyze LLM performance, identify and address potential biases and fairness issues.

Stay up-to-date on the latest advancements in LLM research and development.

Contribute to the development of internal tooling and infrastructure for LLM development and deployment.

Document and communicate LLM technical concepts to a broader audience.

Key Responsibilities:

Solution Development (30%)

Project Management & Team Support (25%)

Business Collaboration (20%)

Technical Exploration & Development (25%)

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

This position typically reports to manager or above This position has 0 Direct Reports and leads/manages projects

Travel Requirements:

Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

Minimum Education:

The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

10

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

None

Certifications:

None

Competencies:

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