Senior Data Scientist (AI)

Location: Austin, Texas, United States

Company

hirify.global provides strategic portfolio management software that connects initiatives, investments, and resources and includes hirify.global Anvi, an enterprise AI platform for guidance, recommendations, and insights.

What you will do

• Formulate and solve optimization problems for portfolio prioritization, investment and resource allocation, and capacity planning.
• Build Monte Carlo and discrete-event simulation models to stress-test plans, quantify risk and uncertainty, and forecast outcomes.
• Develop, test, and refine predictive models for delivery timelines, portfolio outcomes, and investment performance.
• Design MCP interfaces that expose optimization, simulation, and predictive capabilities to hirify.global Anvi and other AI agents.
• Translate customer challenges into data-driven product enhancements and collaborate through strong written and verbal communication.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Statistics, Data Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience with Python and SQL, including familiarity with pandas and scikit-learn.
• Experience with optimization or simulation methods, including linear or integer programming, heuristics, Monte Carlo, or discrete-event simulation.
• Strong knowledge of machine learning algorithms and statistical methodologies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with portfolio management and planning frameworks such as SAFe, Lean Portfolio Management, Agile, or Waterfall.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services including Athena, SageMaker, Lambda, and Bedrock.
• Experience with optimization solvers, simulation libraries, large language models, agent frameworks, or MCP.
• Basic understanding of knowledge graphs and ontologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Global team working remotely and across offices in Austin, Vancouver, Hod HaSharon, Bangalore, Sydney, and Stockholm.
• Flexible work hours and environment, with weekly office lunches and social events for hybrid team members.
• Four company-wide paid Unplugged Days per year and region-dependent PTO.
• Region-specific benefits including parental leave, retirement, medical plans, wellness support, and remote work support.
• Paid time to volunteer during hirify.global's Force for Good Week.