Forward Deployed Data Scientist - Oil & Gas, Houston
Fundamental · Houston, Texas, United States
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At a glance
Highlights
- Deploy NEXUS tabular AI into live production for Houston Oil & Gas customers.
- Turn science experiments into production use cases with definitive ROI.
- Bridge customer pain points directly into the Fundamental product roadmap.
What they offer
- Salary and equity compensation
- Medical, dental and vision coverage for you and dependents
- 401K
- Paid parental leave inclusive of adoptive and surrogate journeys
- Relocation support to join team in office location
Ideal candidate
A customer-obsessed data scientist with deep statistical intuition who thrives in complex industrial settings. You love taking messy operational problems from proof-of-value to production ROI and translating technical nuance into clear business impact.
Requirements
- PhD or Master's in CS, Math, Stats or equivalent deep statistical literacy
- 3+ years as technical individual contributor in Data Science, Machine Learning, Applied Science or ML Engineering
- Strong experience working directly with customers or business stakeholders in complex enterprise or industrial environments
- Experience with containerization, orchestration and performant APIs
- Mastery of end-to-end pipeline from framing and preprocessing to validation
- Deep understanding of data handling and memory optimization
- Demonstrated experience optimizing models for specific business problems
- Strong communication skills translating technical nuance into business value
Lab profile
About Fundamental
AI research lab building NEXUS, a large tabular model for enterprise decision-making and prediction.
What they build
- NEXUS Large Tabular Model (LTM)
Known for
- Enterprise decision-making AI
- Large Tabular Models for structured records
- Trusted by Fortune 100 companies
Key facts
- $275m in funding from leading investors
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