Hiring: Expert Data Scientist (AI) Company: Nestlé IT & Digital Americas Location: Arlington, VA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 13:57:03 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords: AI, GenAI, LLMs, Agentic Workflows, AI Agents, Machine Learning, MLOps, Databricks, Snowflake, Python, Cloud Platforms, Data Science, Prompt Engineering, Tool/Function Calling, Retrieval, Non-Determinism Handling, Enterprise Scale Deployment, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Stakeholder Management, Evaluation Frameworks, Monitoring, Data Quality, Pipeline Management Experience: • 7+ years of experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions and drive adoption • 5+ years with a demonstrated track record of building and shipping AI/ML solutions that real users adopted • 3+ years of experience deploying and scaling solutions at enterprise scale, including MLOps and cloud platforms such as Databricks and Snowflake • 3+ years of experience delivering production solutions with emerging technologies, advanced data and automation capabilities, or machine learning, with a recent focus on AI, GenAI, LLMs, agentic workflows Required Skills: • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, or a related field • Strong ability to frame ambiguous business problems and own AI solutions end-to-end, from problem definition through adoption • Experience serving as a thought leader on emerging AI, GenAI, and agentic technologies • Ability to translate ambiguous business needs into clear, precise specifications, surfacing data requirements, tradeoffs, and failure modes • Experience orchestrating AI agents across parallel streams of work and turning repeated tasks into reusable workflows • Proficiency in designing evaluation frameworks, conformance checks, and monitoring to validate AI output, including detection of silent errors • Experience sustaining solutions in production through agent-assisted diagnosis of data-quality and pipeline issues • Ability to document decisions, learnings, and incidents in shared resources and coach business users and teammates • Experience partnering across global and regional IT & Digital teams to co-create and scale AI solutions • Strong understanding of security and resilience in AI solutions, protecting sensitive data and anticipating failure and misuse Qualifications: • Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, or a related discipline is preferred • Experience directing AI agents or agentic workflows to do substantive work, not just single-prompt usage, is preferred • Experience driving AI concepts from idea to enterprise-scale adoption, ideally in consumer products, CPG, Supply Chain, or Commercial environments is preferred • Strong hands-on engineering fluency in Python (or similar) for building, deploying, and integrating AI solutions, including modern LLM and agent patterns such as prompt interaction, tool/function calling, retrieval, and handling non-determinism, is preferred • This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship Compensation: • Approximate pay range: $140,000 to $196,000 per year • Performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, including a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage, and a broad range of other benefits Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don’t miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!