Sr. Data Scientist - Agentic AI

Salesloft Salesloft · Enterprise · India · Data Science

This role focuses on building and implementing agentic AI capabilities for enterprise revenue teams. The Sr. Data Scientist will prototype, implement, and own the evaluation of LLM-based inferences, RAG pipelines, and agents, partnering with engineering to deploy solutions into production. The role requires strong Python and SQL skills, experience in core NLP/ML, and a hands-on builder mentality.

What you'd actually do

  1. Prototype fast: Turn a rough problem statement ("can we auto-summarize this deal", "can an agent update this CRM field safely") into a working prototype - RAG pipeline, LLM-based Inferences, or an agent - within days, not weeks.
  2. Implement for real: Take your own prototypes from notebook to production-quality Python code, tested, typed, and reviewable.
  3. Ship with engineering: Partner with the platform engineers who own the harness and infra to get your work live. You don't need to design the harness, but you need to understand it well enough to build within it and debug when something breaks.
  4. Own eval for all AI work: Build and run the evaluation for what you ship - offline eval sets, LLM-as-judge checks, and tracking regressions before and after changes.
  5. Use the right tool for the job: Apply classical NLP/ML where it's the better fit, and LLM-based approaches where they're not. You should have real judgment from having done both.

Skills

Required

  • 6-8 years total experience
  • 2-3 years hands-on in agentic AI
  • 2-3 years in core NLP/DS
  • Strong Python
  • Strong SQL
  • Production-ready code (modular, tested, typed)
  • Git
  • Docker
  • CI/CD
  • Understanding of staged/canary-style promotion
  • Ability to scope work into clear milestones
  • Ability to get unblocked without much oversight

Nice to have

  • Advanced degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Math, or equivalent quantitative field

What the JD emphasized

  • agentic AI
  • LLM-based inference
  • RAG pipeline
  • agent
  • evaluation
  • production-quality Python code
  • core NLP/DS

Other signals

  • building agentic AI capabilities
  • prototyping and implementing LLM-based solutions
  • owning evaluation for AI work
  • partnering with engineering for production deployment