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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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