Emergence AI
Staff Applied Data Scientist, Agentic AI
$180K–$300K
Irvine, CA +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 16, 2026
- Location
- Irvine, CA
Irvine, California, United States - Experience
- Significant experience; no number of years specified.
About the job
Build production-ready statistical and machine learning capabilities for AI agents that analyze enterprise data, explain evidence, and support business decisions.
What you'll do
- Develop models for anomaly detection, forecasting, optimization, root-cause analysis, and decision support.
- Own customer problems from discovery through production deployment and build reusable platform capabilities.
- Partner with AI teams and customers; establish practices for experimentation, evaluation, governance, and reliability, and mentor colleagues.
What they ask for
- Strong Python skills and experience with modern machine learning and data science libraries.
- Deep expertise in statistical modeling, machine learning, experimentation, and model evaluation.
- Experience building production machine learning or applied data science systems and working with large, complex enterprise or operational datasets.
- Track record of taking ambiguous technical problems from discovery through production deployment.
Nice to have
- Experience building AI agents, LLM-powered applications, or RAG and tool-calling workflows.
- Experience with agent frameworks such as LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, ADK, or similar technologies.
Pay
$180K - $300K (base salary; currency not stated)
Tools
Python, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, ADK, AWS, GCP, Azure
AI focus
Build statistical and machine learning systems and LLM-powered agentic workflows that investigate enterprise data, evaluate evidence, generate insights, and support decisions.
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