--- title: 'Data Scientist at AI Squared' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/data-scientist-ai-squared-washington-ar37zecqg5qa' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-11' --- # Data Scientist at AI Squared - **Company:** AI Squared - **Location:** Washington, DC - **Posted:** 2025-09-24 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/aisquared/jobs/4604009006 ## Job description Data Scientist Washington, DC (Hybrid) About the Role: We are looking for a highly motivated Data Scientist with a strong background in applied machine learning and AI to join our growing team. In this role, you will be a key contributor to the development of core AI/ML solutions that power our platform. You will collaborate closely with product and engineering teams, applying state-of-the-art techniques to solve complex challenges, advance our use of large language models (LLMs), and ensure scalable, production-ready solutions. Key Responsibilities: - Leverage 5+ years of experience in data science to design, implement, and optimize machine learning models and pipelines. - Develop, fine-tune, and evaluate large language models (LLMs) for a variety of applications, ensuring accuracy, performance, and robustness. - Collaborate with engineering and product teams to integrate AI/ML solutions into our platform in a scalable and maintainable way. - Conduct applied research, staying current on advances in LLMs, generative AI, and data science methodologies, and translate them into practical solutions. - Build end-to-end workflows, from data exploration and feature engineering to training, validation, deployment, and monitoring in production. - Apply modern containerization and orchestration techniques (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) to support reproducible experimentation and deployment. - Work with cloud platforms (e.g., Databricks, AWS, GCP, Azure) to manage data pipelines, large-scale training jobs, and distributed systems. - Collaborate across teams to ensure our AI capabilities align with platform goals and business needs. Qualifications: - 5+ years of experience as a Data Scientist or Machine Learning Engineer, with proven success in deploying models to production. - Hands-on experience with large language models (LLMs); fine-tuning experience strongly preferred. - Strong background in Python and ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow. - Proficiency in containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes). - Experience with cloud platforms and ML ecosystems (Databricks, AWS, GCP, Azure). - Familiarity with MLOps best practices, including model deployment, monitoring, and CI/CD for ML. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate research into production-ready solutions. - Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across product, engineering, and leadership teams. - A proactive, self-starter mindset with a passion for applied research and innovation. ## About AI Squared ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: AISquared provides a secure, low-code platform to operationalize AI by embedding insights directly into enterprise business applications and workflows. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) - **Headquarters**: Mountain View, California, United States - **Founded**: 2021 - **Founders**: Napoleon Paxton, Ph.D. (Co-Founder & Chief Data Scientist); Jacob Renn, Ph.D. (Co-Founder & Chief Data Scientist) ## Core Business - Primary industry/industries: Enterprise AI Infrastructure, Software Development - Target customers: B2B, Enterprise, Federal/GovCon, Mid-Market, Growth Teams - Mission or purpose statement: "Shaping the Future of AI" by bridging the gap between cutting-edge AI and real-world impact, ensuring organizations don’t just adopt AI, but thrive with it. ## Products & Services - **UNIFI**: Enterprise-grade platform for scaling AI beyond pilots. Connects data sources and AI models, orchestrates workflows, secures deployments with defense-grade controls, and embeds AI insights directly into systems like Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Slack. - **Sparx**: Agentic AI solution for growing businesses, designed for teams that need to operationalize AI without a major infrastructure overhaul. - **100+ Pre-built Connectors**: Library of connectors across data sources and LLMs, enabling one-click integration to existing data and AI infrastructure. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $19.8M; Annual Revenue of $2.5M (per LinkedIn) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Ansa Capital (led Series A), New Enterprise Associates (NEA) (led Seed Round); Board includes Greg Papadopoulos, Ph.D. (Venture Partner at NEA), Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. (Former President & CEO at TIAA), and Allan Jean-Baptiste (Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Ansa Capital). - **Growth Signals**: Acquired Multiwoven in May 2024; trusted by leading financial institutions, complex supply chain organizations, and the United States Department of Defense; LinkedIn followers grew 50.2% year-over-year to 8,193; operates in 5 countries. ## Competitive Advantages - **Zero Trust Security for Enterprise AI**: Role-based access, audit trails, and encrypted data flows ensure AI operates only within defined boundaries, making it suitable for federal and highly regulated environments. - **The "Last Mile" Solution**: Directly addresses the common failure point of AI deployment by embedding insights into the business applications where work actually happens, without requiring large engineering lifts. - **Measurable ROI**: Provides leaders with visibility into adoption, performance, and business impact, claiming 5x faster time-to-value. ## Strategic Focus - **Scaling AI Adoption**: Moving organizations from stalled pilots to real operational impact. - **Federal & Enterprise Expansion**: Specifically targeting secure, mission-critical environments with dedicated Federal sales and engineering teams. - **Platform Ecosystem**: Building out a comprehensive platform (UNIFI + Sparx) that covers the full lifecycle of AI integration, from connection to continuous improvement via user feedback. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Mission-driven, innovation-first, with a focus on "impact over hype." Values include relentless curiosity and security & trust. - **Hybrid Work Policy**: Flexible model empowering employees to work from home or in offices, with in-person collaboration for key moments of innovation. - **Offices**: Two vibrant hubs — Mountain View, CA (West Coast HQ for engineering, product, and AI research) and Bangalore, India (cutting-edge AI infrastructure development). Also has a Washington, DC office for federal work. - **Benefits**: Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision), equity & competitive compensation, 401(k) matching, generous unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, wellness reimbursements, and employee assistance programs. - **Engineering Culture**: Focus on building the infrastructure for agentic enterprise AI with a small, fast-growing team (52 employees). Open roles include Backend Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, Data Scientist, and QA Engineer. ## Sources 1. [aisquared.ai](https://aisquared.ai/) 2. [aisquared.ai/careers](https://aisquared.ai/careers/) 3. [aisquared.ai/about](https://aisquared.ai/about/) 4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/aisquared](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/aisquared) 5. 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