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Associate Data Scientist

Sunbelt Rentals - Atlantic Canada · Fort Mill, SC · 2 days ago
Engineering$86k–$118k/yrFull-time

Job Description

Position Objective: Associate Data Science to work with the existing Data Science team to develop model and analyze data.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Production LLM Tools & Agentic Workflows:
    • Build and maintain LLM-powered tools and applications in production environments
    • Design, develop, and iterate on agentic workflows that orchestrate multi-step reasoning, tool use, and decision-making
    • Implement and maintain RAG pipelines, prompt management systems, and evaluation frameworks
    • Maintain LLM application performance, cost, latency, and output quality in production
    • Create guardrails, safety checks, and structured output validation for deployed AI systems
  • Model Production & MLOps:
    • Deploy, monitor, and maintain ML models in production using CI/CD pipelines
    • Track data drift, model degradation, and trigger retraining workflows as needed
    • Build and maintain feature pipelines, model registries, and experiment tracking infrastructure
    • Optimize model inference for cost and performance (batching, caching, model selection)
    • Write tests and documentation for production ML systems
  • Data Science & Analysis:
    • Analyze usage patterns, model performance metrics, and business impact of deployed AI tools
    • Run experiments to evaluate new models, prompts, and agent architectures
    • Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into data-driven AI solutions

Requirements

  • Educational & Experience: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field; 1–3 years of experience in data science, ML engineering, or a related role (including internships)
  • Skills: Proficiency in Python and SQL; Hands-on experience with LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, open-source models) and prompt engineering; Familiarity with at least one agentic AI framework (LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, Semantic Kernel, or similar); Experience deploying models or applications to production (cloud platforms, Docker, APIs); Understanding of core ML concepts: model training, evaluation, versioning, and monitoring

Physical Demands

  • Must be able to bend, squat, crouch and/or reach and lift up to 25 pounds or more, as required by the job.
  • Some Sunbelt jobs may require driving for long periods of time, loading and unloading heavy equipment, performing work in extreme weather conditions including rain, wind, or excessive temperatures and/or night and weekend work.

Benefits

  • Health, Dental and Vision plans
  • 401(k) Match
  • Volunteer time off
  • Short-term and long-term disability
  • Accident, Life and Travel insurance, as well as flexible spending
  • Tuition Reimbursement Options
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Pay Range

$85,680.00 - 117,810.00

Application

To apply, please visit Sunbelt Rentals Careers Page.

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