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Kelly Services

Senior Data Scientist - Worcester, Ma

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A Natural Language Processing Engineer specializes in developing and implementing algorithms and models tailored for understanding, processing, and generating natural language text. They utilize methodologies such as tokenization, parsing, named entity recognition, part-of-speech tagging, and other NLP techniques to perform tasks including text classification, chatbot development, and other applications where the primary input or output is natural language text.

$134,446 / year median in Massachusetts

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Job Description

$80 - $90
  • Job Opportunity
  • An international developer of professional information products is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for its hybrid Worcester, Massachusetts team.
This role will help define the analytical foundations of AI tools that assist users with research, interpretation, and document-driven decision making. The position calls for a senior practitioner who can connect data, algorithms, and product behavior. You will develop data science approaches for retrieval-grounded generation, intelligent agents, legal document analysis, and scalable language-model applications while establishing evidence that these systems perform consistently in demanding enterprise settings.
  • Required Expertise
  • Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in data science, machine learning, computational linguistics, or applied AI Demonstrated skill applying LLMs and NLP to complex text-based problems Experience developing retrieval, embedding, and ranking components for RAG applications Experience with agentic architectures that plan, retrieve information, and complete structured tasks Understanding of large-scale AI platforms and distributed system considerations Ability to create rigorous offline and online evaluation plans for AI-enabled products •Preferred Profile•Familiarity with legal, policy, regulatory, or business-information datasets Relevant bachelor's degree required; master's-level education is preferred History of leading technically complex data science work in an enterprise product environment •What You Will Accomplish•Responsibilities•Set the analytical direction for AI features from initial discovery through performance review Develop data and retrieval strategies that help generative models remain grounded in trusted materials Apply NLP techniques to classification, synthesis, summarization, and interpretation of long-form documents Build evaluation suites for RAG and agentic systems, including failure analysis and quality monitoring Work with engineers and architects to translate validated methods into scalable product capabilities •Employment Terms•6-month contract-to-hire arrangement •Position overview•Hybrid schedule in Worcester, Massachusetts Senior-level influence over AI research methods, model evaluation, and product experimentation Work on systems serving complex legal and regulatory information needs Partnership with multidisciplinary teams responsible for data, infrastructure, applications, and user experience Compensation and benefit specifics will be reviewed with candidates during the interview process Applicants must be authorized for full-time employment in the United States now and in the future.
Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP's Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.