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Senior AI/ML Scientist

Vanguard
Posted a month ago, valid for 10 days
Location

Charlotte, NC, US

Salary

Competitive

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Vanguard is seeking an AI Solutions Architect with at least 3 years of experience delivering AI/ML solutions in production environments and 5 years of hands-on Python experience.
  • The role involves designing and building advanced machine learning models and enterprise knowledge systems that integrate structured and unstructured data to solve business problems.
  • Candidates must have experience with Agentic AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and Natural Language Processing (NLP), along with a strong ability to align AI solutions with business outcomes.
  • The position offers a collaborative work environment with a hybrid model, emphasizing the importance of communication and mentoring within cross-functional teams.
  • Salary details are not specified, and Vanguard does not offer visa sponsorship for this position.

Responsibilities: 

Solve Business Problems with AI 

  • Design and build advanced ML models that integrate multi-dimensional data into insights and signals that drive critical business decisions. 

  • Design and build enterprise knowledge systems that integrate structured and unstructured data across multiple business platforms, enabling AI agents to retrieve, reason over, and operationalize trusted organizational knowledge. 

  • Partner with business stakeholders to identify, frame, and prioritize high‑value problems that can be addressed using Agentic AI, LLMs, and ML. 

  • Define and implement business-centric evaluation frameworks that measure coverage, relevance, trustworthiness, explainability, and user adoption in addition to technical model performance. 

  • Focus on business outcomes, not just model performance. 

Design & Build Agentic AI Solutions 

  • Architect and develop agentic AI systems that can reason, plan, and take actions across tools, workflows, and data sources. 

  • Design multi‑agent and tool‑augmented LLM solutions to automate complex, multi‑step processes. 

  • Ensure solutions are reliable, explainable, and governed for enterprise use. 

Scalable & Responsible AI 

  • Collaborate with engineering teams to deploy AI solutions with scalability, security, and performance in mind. 

  • Implement evaluation, monitoring, and guardrails for LLM and agentic systems, including bias, drift, and failure modes. 

  • Align solutions with enterprise risk management, compliance, and responsible AI standards. 

Thought Leadership & Collaboration 

  • Act as a trusted AI advisor, helping teams understand where Agentic AI and LLMs add value—and where they do not. 

  • Contribute to AI best practices, reusable patterns, and strategic direction. 

  • Mentor peers and teammates on applied AI and business‑driven problem solving. 

 

Qualifications: 

  • Agentic AI: Experience designing AI agents that reason, plan, and act across systems. 

  • Large Language Models (LLMs): Hands‑on experience building enterprise LLM applications (e.g., RAG, tool use, orchestration, evaluation). 

  • Natural Language Processing (NLP): Strong experience working with unstructured text and language‑driven workflows. 

  • ML: Hands on experience with Gradient Boosting methods, familiar with preeminent hyper-parameter tuning and interpretability options. 

  • MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related quantitative field. 

  • 3+ years delivering AI/ML solutions in production environments. 

  • 5+ years of hands‑on Python experience; experience with distributed data processing is a plus. 

  • 0Strong ability to solve business problems using AI, not just build models. 

  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences. 

  • Experience working in cross‑functional, enterprise environments. 

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.




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