# Senior Data Scientist - Simulation / Optimization at AIR

- Company: AIR
- What the company does: AIR secures your agent fleet and filters every AI add-on before it enters your enterprise. Continuous vetting, governance, and runtime protection for safe AI adoption. Backed by Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.air.security/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Arlington, Virginia, United States; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States; Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-01-30
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/air/jobs/4115004009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/air-senior-data-scientist-simulation-optimization/

## About the role

Air is the leader in Enterprise Readiness. Our mission is to establish readiness as a real-time condition that is continuously achieved. Today, a dangerous Readiness Gap exists between what the front line needs and what is delivered. Our AI-native platform, Air Enterprise Readiness, aligns development, production, delivery, and sustainment into one coordinated execution system for government agencies and industrial suppliers.

## What they're looking for

- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Minimum of 7 years of professional experience working as a Data Scientist in an industry setting
- Oversee the full lifecycle of large-scale AI projects
- Possess deep knowledge and the ability to apply techniques such as Discrete Event Simulation (DES), agent based modeling and Monte Carlo methods to model complex capabilities
- Deep understanding and application of advanced optimization techniques, specifically including stochastic optimization
- Deep understanding and practical experience with Bayesian optimization, causal discovery, and causal modeling

Tags: AI