Associate Data Scientist

Job Description Summary

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

Position Responsibilities

• 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
• Monitor LLM application performance, cost, latency, and output quality in production
• Develop guardrails, safety checks, and structured output validation for deployed AI systems
• 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

• Education & 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)
• 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.

Pay and Benefits

• Base Pay Range: $85,680.00 - 117,810.00
• Starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience.
• Please visit https://www.sunbeltrentals.com/careers/ for more information on our benefits and to join our Talent Network.
• Sunbelt Rentals is an Equal Opportunity Employer — Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran and any other protected ground.