Lead Data Scientist, Context Engineering for AI Agents
Rivian
El Segundo, CA · Posted November 5, 2026
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About the job
...Rivian's AI team within the Analytics function of the Customer organization is seeking a Staff/Lead Data Scientist focused on Context Engineering. You will own ontologies, semantic models, identity resolution, and the retrieval architecture that unifies Marketing, Sales...