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Come join the Consumer Group (CG) AI Team as a Staff AI Scientist. You will lead the application of AI science across the organization, driving end-to-end model architecture and collaborating with product managers, engineers, and designers to align model metrics with business goals. This is a hands-on technical leadership role — you'll design solutions, lead scrum teams, and directly shape the customer experience through data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with stakeholders to define success criteria and align model metrics with business goals

Lead scrum teams, design model solutions, and drive end-to-end architecture

Perform hands-on data analysis, ETL, and feature engineering with large datasets

Apply data mining, NLP, and machine learning paradigms (classification, regression, deep learning, recommender systems) to real-world problems

Design and run A/B tests; communicate impact and recommendations to leadership

Stay current with ML advancements and evaluate new techniques for customer-facing applications

Mentor and provide technical direction to other AI Scientists on the team

Qualifications

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Operations Research, or a related quantitative field

4+ years of industry experience in AI Science, Machine Learning, or a related field (e.g. Masters + 5 years industry, or PhD + 3 years industry)

Strong experience with optimization techniques (combinatorial, gradient-based, Bayesian), NLP, and Explainable AI

Proficiency in Python, Scala, Java, and/or R

Strong SQL, Hive, SparkSQL skills; comfort working in Linux environments

Demonstrated ability to build reusable, end-to-end ML pipelines

Tech lead scope with strong end-to-end model experience, including scalability

Strong communication skills — able to translate complex technical work for both technical and non-technical audiences

Independent, adaptable, fast learner who can operate with technical lead scope

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits ). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender. The expected base pay range for this position is: Mountain View $209,500 - $283,500