Staff AI Data Scientist

Kohl's

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Kohl’s is a leading American omnichannel retailer operating over 1,100 department stores in 49 states and a strong e-commerce site (Kohls.com).

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TL;DR · Staff AI Data Scientist

As a Staff AI Data Scientist, you will join a data science team to solve complex business challenges through advanced machine learning and data-driven decision-making. You will lead end-to-end projects from problem formulation to model deployment, overseeing experiment designs and mentoring junior staff. Your core responsibilities include developing prescriptive AI/ML solutions, including foundation models and predictive systems, and building quantitative evaluation harnesses to benchmark reasoning quality and hallucination rates. You will implement responsible-AI practices, including bias detection and model-risk controls, while integrating enterprise knowledge graphs for RAG pipelines and vector search. Required expertise includes Python, R, Spark, SQL, and GCP. You must possess deep knowledge of LLMs, optimization methods, and causal methods to deliver high-fidelity retrieval and monitor production inference data for concept drift.

What you'll do

  • Lead end-to-end data science projects from initial problem formulation to final model deployment.
  • Develop prescriptive AI/ML solutions by converting complex business constraints into mathematical objective functions.
  • Build and enforce quantitative evaluation harnesses to benchmark reasoning quality and hallucination rates for LLMs and multi-agent swarms.
  • Implement responsible-AI practices including proactive bias detection, fairness constraints, and model-risk controls.
  • Integrate enterprise knowledge graphs and semantic layers to ensure high-fidelity retrieval for RAG pipelines.
  • Monitor production inference data to proactively detect concept drift, data degradation, and model decay.
  • Mentor junior data scientists by providing technical expertise and fostering a culture of continuous learning.
  • Translate data science outputs into measurable business outcomes and identify levers to achieve team objectives.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or equivalent quantitative field.
  • 6+ years of experience developing, evaluating, or applying modern AI/ML solutions, including LLMs, RAG, optimization, or causal methods.
  • 6+ years of demonstrated understanding of AI evaluation, responsible-AI practices, and bias/risk mitigation.
  • 6+ years of experience evaluating production GenAI and agentic systems using golden datasets, LLM-as-a-judge, and guardrail analysis.
  • 6+ years of progressively complex data science experience (or 3+ years with a Master’s degree).
  • Expertise in developing and deploying state-of-the-art algorithms using machine learning, statistical, and optimization methods.
  • Expertise in modern analytics tools, programming languages, and cloud platforms including Python, R, Spark, SQL, and GCP.
  • Master's degree and/or Ph.D. (preferred); Retail, Logistics, Merchandising, Supply Chain, or Marketing experience (preferred).

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