# AI Data Scientist

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Chantilly, VA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $131,300.00 - $237,350.00
**Category**: Data Science
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Leidos is seeking a hands-on AI Data Scientist to support the development of modern training, education, and mission-support applications for national security programs.

This role combines applied data science, AI/ML integration, and modern software engineering to build scalable, interactive learning and training systems within classified environments.

The ideal candidate brings strong TypeScript and modern front-end development experience alongside practical AI/ML and data science skills that can be applied to operational training and education environments.

**Primary Responsibilities**

- Design, develop, and maintain modern web-based training and learning applications.

- Build responsive, scalable, and accessible front-end applications using TypeScript and modern frameworks.

- Develop and integrate AI/ML-enabled capabilities into training and operational support systems.

- Apply data science and analytics techniques to support adaptive learning, user insights, performance analysis, and mission workflows.

- Collaborate with instructional designers and subject matter experts to translate learning objectives into interactive digital experiences.

- Integrate front-end systems with APIs, backend services, AI/ML pipelines, and enterprise platforms.

- Develop reusable UI components, visualizations, and workflows supporting scalable training ecosystems.

- Work with structured and unstructured data sources across enterprise and classified environments.

- Participate in the full software development lifecycle including architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and sustainment.

- Support deployment and operationalization of AI/ML capabilities within production systems.

- Utilize modern AI-assisted development workflows and coding agents to accelerate software delivery, prototyping, testing, refactoring, and documentation.

- Apply contemporary engineering practices using AI-powered development tools while maintaining strong standards for code quality, security, maintainability, and testing.

- Evaluate and integrate emerging developer tooling and agentic engineering capabilities into team workflows and application development practices.

- Troubleshoot application, integration, and data-related issues across distributed environments.

- Contribute to software engineering standards, reusable frameworks, and development best practices.

- Stay current with emerging front-end, AI/ML, and learning technology trends.

**Basic Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Engineering, or related technical field with 12+ years of relevant experience or a Master's degree with 10+ years experience.

- Strong hands-on software engineering experience with TypeScript and modern front-end development.

- Experience with modern front-end frameworks such as React, Next.js, Angular, or Vue.

- Practical experience applying data science, analytics, or AI/ML techniques to real-world applications.

- Proficiency in Python and familiarity with common data science and machine learning libraries.

- Experience integrating applications with APIs, backend systems, and data services.

- Familiarity with AI/ML workflows including data preparation, model integration, inference pipelines, or analytics processing.

- Experience using modern AI-assisted software development tools and coding agents within professional engineering workflows.

- Familiarity with contemporary AI coding ecosystems and developer productivity tools.

- Demonstrated ability to effectively leverage AI-assisted development while maintaining sound software engineering fundamentals, debugging practices, testing discipline, and secure coding standards.

- Strong understanding of modern software development practices including Git, CI/CD, automated testing, and agile methodologies.

- Demonstrated ability to independently design and implement production-ready technical solutions.

- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills.

- Must hold an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.

**Benefits**

- Pay Range: $131,300.00 - $237,350.00

## Skills

### Required
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- Angular
- Vue
- Python
- AI/ML
- data science
- analytics
- Git
- CI/CD

### Nice to have
- intelligent tutoring systems
- adaptive learning platforms
- analytics-driven training applications
- large language models (LLMs)
- generative AI
- NLP
- AI-assisted user experiences
- Hugging Face
- LangChain
- vector databases
- agentic AI frameworks

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