Data Scientist (Remote)

About the role

As a remote Data Scientist at Zenlaw you will partner with the engineering team to develop NLP models and data‑abstraction solutions for legal documents, research new techniques, design experiments, collaborate with lawyers on model accuracy, run data analysis, improve data‑modeling architecture, and own end‑to‑end projects.

About the company

Zenlaw is an early‑stage AI software startup founded in 2021 that builds tools to organize and monitor legal documents, aiming to modernize contracts and long documents using artificial intelligence. The company has 2‑10 employees, is based in New York and operates remotely.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field (graduate degree in Data Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics or similar preferred)
• 2+ years of industry experience as an analyst, data scientist or equivalent
• Experience training and deploying NLP deep learning models
• Strong Python and SQL skills and proficiency in other data analysis/visualization languages
• Excellent written and oral English communication with ability to evangelize data‑driven decisions
• Experience with reporting systems and data pipeline architecture
• Proven problem‑solving ability to translate complex, unstructured problems into layman’s terms
• Provide an online sample of analytical or data‑visualization work (preferred)
• Preferred: experience with Golang and/or Git
• Preferred: experience with SpaCy, Transformers, PyTorch or similar NLP frameworks
• Preferred: experience with ontologies and knowledge graphs
• Preferred: MLOps experience
• Preferred: Master’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics or related quantitative field