Lead Gen-AI Data Scientist- LLM Applications

Lead GenAI Data Scientist LLM Applications

Lead / Principal | Education / EdTech | 8+ years

About the Role

We are seeking a Lead GenAI Data Scientist to spearhead the development of large language

model-powered products that transform how learners and educators interact with our platform.

You will architect LLM solutions from retrieval-augmented generation to fine-tuning and

define our applied AI strategy in partnership with product leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the design and deployment of LLM-powered features (AI tutoring, content generation,

assessment tools)

Architect RAG pipelines and semantic search solutions at production scale

Evaluate, fine-tune and optimise foundation models for EdTech use cases

Define prompt engineering standards and LLM evaluation frameworks

Drive responsible AI practices bias auditing, safety, and transparency

Work closely with product, engineering, and curriculum teams

Contribute to the broader GenAI roadmap and team capability building What We're Looking

For

8+ years in data science / ML with at least 2-3 years in GenAI / LLM work

Hands-on experience with OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral or open-source LLMs

Strong RAG architecture and vector database experience

Fine-tuning experience (LoRA, PEFT, RLHF) is a strong plus

Proficiency in LangChain, Llama Index or similar orchestration frameworks

Experience deploying LLM applications in production environments

EdTech domain knowledge or experience with personalized learning systems preferred