Senior Data Scientist II

About our Team:

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, serving customers in over 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company is a leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to improve productivity and transform the legal market. We prioritize using the best models from today's top creators for each legal use case.

About the Role:

We are seeking a Senior Data Scientist II to help lead the design and validation of Agentic AI-driven product capabilities within the legal domain.

This role focuses on defining what to build and why—leveraging machine learning, NLP, and large language models (LLMs) to solve complex legal workflows. You will help drive experimentation, modeling, and evaluation, partnering closely with engineers to translate validated approaches into scalable, customer-facing solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement NLP, LLM, and generative AI approaches (e.g., RAG, prompt strategies).

• Define agentic workflows and reasoning strategies for multi-step legal tasks.

• Develop retrieval strategies, including hybrid search (semantic + lexical), and evaluation metrics (e.g., relevance, ranking quality).

• Analyze large-scale legal datasets to extract insights and improve model performance.

• Establish best practices for model evaluation, validation, and benchmarking.

• Translate experimental results into clear product recommendations and business impact.

• Collaborate with product, legal experts, and engineers to align solutions with user needs.

• Mentor team members and provide technical leadership in data science and AI.

Requirements:

• Education: Master’s degree or above in a quantitative or technical field (Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Science, etc.).

• Strong experience in machine learning, NLP, and LLM-based modeling.

• Strong experience designing and running experiments, including model evaluation and iteration.

• Strong coding skills.

• Experience with generative AI techniques (e.g., prompt engineering, RAG).

• Experience designing and evaluating hybrid search (semantic + lexical) using embeddings and vector databases.

• Experience designing agentic workflows and reasoning strategies, with hands-on experience applying agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen) in real-world use cases.

• Proficiency in Python and data analysis tools.

• Strong foundation in statistics, modeling, and large-scale text processing.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous well-being initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

Working for you

We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits

• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan

• Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs

• Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity

• Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption, and surrogacy benefits

• Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts

• Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice

About the Business

LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.

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U.S. National Base Pay Range: $104,900 - $174,700. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates. If performed in Colorado, the base pay range is $104,900 - $174,700.If performed in Illinois, the base pay range is $110,100 - $183,500.If performed in Chicago, IL, the base pay range is $115,400 - $192,200.If performed in Maryland, the base pay range is $110,100 - $183,500.If performed in New York, the base pay range is $115,400 - $192,200.If performed in New York City, the base pay range is $125,900 - $209,700.If performed in Rochester, NY, the base pay range is $104,900 - $174,700.If performed in New Jersey, the base pay range is $118,349 - $189,051.If performed in Ohio, the base pay range is $99,700 - $166,000. This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus. Application deadline is 12/31/2027.

We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.

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