Data Scientist
Mastech
Washington, DC · Posted November 3, 2026
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About the job
...ONLY W2, NEED PUBLIC TRUST CLEARANCE Senior Data Scientist Location: Washington, DC 20005
Required Skills ~4+ years of experience in custom AI training (to include supervised and unsupervised) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) expertise focusing on unstructured...