{"id":92370,"date":"2026-09-23T22:31:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T22:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/job\/junior-data-scientist%ef%bc%88ai-modeling%ef%bc%89\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T20:24:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T00:24:51","slug":"junior-data-scientist%ef%bc%88ai-modeling%ef%bc%89","status":"publish","type":"ch_job","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/job\/junior-data-scientist%ef%bc%88ai-modeling%ef%bc%89\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Data Scientist\uff08AI modeling\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Job Summary<\/h2>\n<p>We are looking for a motivated <strong>Junior Data Scientist \u2013 AI Modeling<\/strong> to join our data and AI team. This role will support the development, evaluation, and deployment of machine learning and AI models using structured and unstructured data.<\/p>\n<p>The ideal candidate has a solid foundation in Python, statistics, machine learning, and data analysis, with hands-on experience through academic projects, internships, research, or personal projects. This is a great opportunity for candidates looking to build practical experience in <strong>Data Science, Machine Learning, and Applied AI<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Responsibilities<\/h2>\n<p>Collect, clean, preprocess, and analyze structured and unstructured datasets.<\/p>\n<p>Perform exploratory data analysis (EDA) and identify meaningful patterns and trends.<\/p>\n<p>Develop and evaluate machine learning models for classification, regression, clustering, forecasting, and other business use cases.<\/p>\n<p>Assist with feature engineering, feature selection, and model optimization.<\/p>\n<p>Train and evaluate AI\/ML models using Python-based machine learning frameworks.<\/p>\n<p>Compare model performance using appropriate evaluation metrics.<\/p>\n<p>Support the development of predictive modeling and AI-driven solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Participate in experiments involving traditional machine learning and modern AI\/LLM technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Work with data stored in SQL databases and other data 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