Lead Data Scientist

About the role

About the Role

Grade Level (for internal use):

12

Company Name: Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC

Job Title: Lead Data Scientist

Location: 55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041 (Telecommuting permitted from anywhere within the U.S.)

Job Duties: Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC seeks a Lead Data Scientist responsible for leading the design and development of custom machine learning, Generative AI (GAI), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Large Language Models (LLMs) for both batch and streaming AI/ML pipelines. Architect solutions covering data ingestion, preprocessing, search and retrieval, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), fine-tuning, and prompt engineering. Utilize industry-standard tools and frameworks including Python, PyTorch, and Hugging Face Transformers for model development & finetuning. Work closely with cross functional teams including data science, MLOps, and technology groups to align solutions with technical and business requirements. Collaborate with data science teams to design and

implement robust evaluation frameworks that measure model performance, accuracy, consistency, and reliability during both development and UAT stages. Monitor and apply model optimizations to enhance system efficiency and ensure continuous improvement. Partner with engineering teams to deploy models into production environments, ensuring high reliability, scalability, and performance of deployed systems. Deploy and manage AI applications on cloud platforms, such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure. Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation of all ML modeling processes and procedures, ensuring reproducibility and effective knowledge sharing across teams. Ensure all models are developed in adherence to established standards, governance frameworks, and best practices as defined by senior Data Science and MLOps leadership. Lead efforts to troubleshoot complex issues in ML model development and data pipelines, devising innovative solutions to enhance system robustness and performance.

***Telecommuting permitted from anywhere within the U.S.

Job Requirements: Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related IT field, plus 3 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation. 3 years of experience must include: Python programming, machine learning frameworks and statistical libraries, including PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers, and LangChain. Large Language Model (LLM) architectures including transformer-based models, such as GPT, BERT, or T5. Training, fine-tuning, and adapting large-scale LLMs for domain-specific applications. Developing Natural Language Processing (NLP) solutions using traditional and transformer-based architectures. Text generation, summarization, classification, question answering, and entity extraction as part of implementing scalable information retrieval systems. Traditional keyword-based search and semantic search approaches using vector embeddings and approximate nearest neighbor techniques. Open Source and research contributions related to machine learning or Artificial Intelligence. Scoping, formulating, and executing complex machine learning projects, including stakeholder management.

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $189,532 to $206,350. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses & certifications. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan. Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC is part of S&P Global and this role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, please see: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries/us.

About S&P Global Ratings
At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions.

S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI).  S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.
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