Applied AI and data science consultancy for government and enterprise
Elder Research is a Charlottesville-based data science consultancy whose open roles cluster almost entirely in data, staffed at mid and senior levels. Project themes such as audit selection risk models, refund review models and identity theft analytics point to a strong focus on tax compliance and fraud work for public-sector clients. The stack runs across AWS, Azure and GCP, with Databricks, Spark and SageMaker alongside Azure OpenAI, consistent with cloud-agnostic client delivery.
Notable leadership hires: AI/ML Lead
Elder Research, founded in 1995 and headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, provides applied AI, machine learning and analytics services. It operates as a MANTECH company and serves large organizations and government agencies. Its services cover data science, data engineering, data strategy and analytics training. Areas of specialty include predictive analytics, text mining, sentiment analysis, fraud detection and customer segmentation. The firm employs 51–200 people and hires in the United States.
Elder Research works with Python, Databricks, Apache Spark, PostgreSQL and Java across AWS, Azure and GCP, plus SageMaker, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, and BI tools like Tableau, Power BI, Qlik and Looker.
Job posts point to audit selection predictive risk models, refund review models, identity theft analytics, fraud detection infrastructure, production ML and NLP models, and model lifecycle management.
Yes, open roles are concentrated almost entirely in data, at mid and senior levels, including an AI/ML Lead position, all based in the United States. Recent posting velocity is minimal.
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