GenAI Lead Data Scientist

HORNE is a professional services firm founded on a cornerstone of public accounting. As a top 25 business advisory firm, our 2,000 team members serve clients from offices and project locations across the nation and Puerto Rico. Our Government Services practice is at the forefront of economic recovery programs nationwide with one of the most experienced and innovative teams anywhere. Our team provides program and project management, compliance, grant management, subject matter expertise and disaster recovery solutions needed to help government agencies affect positive change.

HORNE, one of the largest accounting and consulting firms in the Southeast, is seeking an individual who is energized by helping organizations navigate the next wave of innovation and change. The GenAI Lead Data Scientist utilizing the latest advancements in Generative AI to solve business challenges and address client needs. This pivotal role will be responsible for strategic planning and related innovation to build secure and scalable solutions that help our clients gain a competitive advantage. The person will design and run experiments, research new algorithms and techniques, find new ways to optimize profitability and customer experience while minimizing risk. In collaboration with Product Management, he/she will conduct research of the latest advancement in AI/GenAI, Digital, and Robotics Process Automation to support the recommendation for new solutions that meet our clients’ needs and put the firm in an advantageous position.

Key Responsibilities

The GenAI Lead Data Scientist job duties include, but are not limited to:

• Work with cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, machine learning engineers and product managers to deliver GenAI powered products
• Establish scope, deliverables and roadmap for GenAI.
• Conduct GenAI assessments and develop rapid prototypes to showcase business process improvements, industry benefits, and market viability.
• Works with stakeholders inside HORNE as well as with our customers to identify opportunities for leveraging meaningful data to drive GenAI output.
• Assesses the quality of new data sources and data gathering techniques.
• Develops custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets. Uses predictive modeling to increase and optimize customer experiences.
• Creates new, experimental frameworks and utilizes ML technology
• Deploy programmatic solutions into VMs, Cloud computing tools for automation.
• Use various data visualization and UX techniques to materialize GenAI output
• Handle tasks for multiple projects simultaneously
• Leverage a broad stack of technologies — Azure, Data Lake, Data Streaming, Supervised and Unsupervised Machine Learning — to reveal the insights hidden within large volumes of numeric and textual data
• Be the expert in NLP to harness the power of Large Language Models (LLMs), adapt and finetune them for customer facing applications and features
• Build machine learning models through all phases of development, from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation
• Leverage strong interpersonal skills to translate the complexity of your work into tangible business goals

Required Qualifications

• Required 7 years of experience in relevant data scientist roles.
• Bachelor’s Degree plus 5 years of experience in data science, or Master’s Degree plus 3 years or PhD plus 2 years of hands-on experience
• 5 years of experience with Python and SQL in machine learning
• 5 years of experience with natural language processing and large language models (LLMs)
• 5 years of experience with statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.)
• 5 years of experience with algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing, neural deep learning methods
• 1 years of experience deploying models into production environments
• Experience/proficiency with Pandas Libraries (Python-based)
• Experience/proficiency in relational databases such as: SQL
• Experience with one or more data viz tools: Tableau, Power BI, R Shiny, Seaborn
• Cloud Computing using AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud
• Experience deploying models in a production environment
• Ability to learn and use new tools as required in the field of data.
• BI tools (such as Tableau, PowerBI)
• Distributed computing with DataBricks
• ETL tools such as Informatica
• Machine learning tools/packages
• API calls and tools such as Postman
• Use of version control tools such as GitHub
• Web scrapping using selenium, Beautiful Soup, or similar

This position is remote, with occasional travel to meet organizational or client needs.

HORNE Values…

• A forward thinking, anticipatory professional driven by a passion to pursue your full potential and dreams.
• A work environment that promotes collaboration, consistency, and community service to empower people.
• An inclusive culture that promotes career/life integration and invests in developing people in areas of focused expertise.

HORNE Offers…

• An unrivaled distinctive, special culture that values collaboration, innovation, and positive energy which HORNE calls “Deliver with Care.”
• A team of professionals grounded in strong, personal relationships and a sense of belonging to a common purpose for adding value and making a difference.
• A dedicated team of individuals from diverse backgrounds working together to leave our clients better than we found them.

The firm you’ll be joining is a decidedly different business advisory firm. HORNE goes beyond traditional accounting to collaborate, advise, and align with clients to transform rapid change and uncertainties into opportunities for growth and profitability.

We are a team that focuses on reaching our full potential, rewards high performance, and prioritizes leadership development for every team member. HORNE emphasizes health and personal development through our multiple wellness programs. Despite our size, HORNE takes time to recognize, support, and celebrate one another's successes, working together for the highest good. Come join us at team HORNE!

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