Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist
BOULDER, CO
DATA & ANALYTICS
FULL-TIME
As a Senior Data Scientist, you'll bring advanced level experience in data modeling to apply to the Insights Platform and Data Science Solutions. You enjoy working with clients, mentoring junior data scientists as well as coding for turnkey analysis. You'll be energized by the multitude of opportunities that clients and peers share. You'll jump into prototype ideas and showcase the value of predictive analytics. In other words, you will make a big impact!

What you'll be doing:

• Meeting with stakeholders to identify ways that we might answer client questions with data.
• Recommending and testing proposed solutions
• Performing the analysis and/or modeling for proposed solutions
• Measuring the effectiveness of proposed solutions
• Determining a path for client-specific analysis to be applied across a broader client base.
• Working with the Data Intake team to maximize the value and efficiency of available data
• Explaining the impact and value of modeling to all interested stakeholders
• Mentoring junior data scientists

What you'll bring with you:

• An advanced degree in Data Science, Analytics or a related discipline
• At least 7 years of modeling experience – extra points for modeling behavioral data, particularly using time series
• A love for talking about the applications of data! You can easily explain a ROC curve, a lift chart, and recommend testing strategies for marketing campaigns.
• Proficiency with query languages such as SQL, Hive or Pig and analysis languages like R or Python – and you rock at scripting!
• Exposure to Amazon's Glue, Athena, and SageMaker services will help you ramp up
• Ability to design and code reports that showcase modeling's value
• The instinctive thought process for determining if modeling outputs are correct
• Experience in standardizing data from varied and multiple data sources for input into modeling algorithms
• Keen interest in assessing model accuracy and projected performance
• Strong critical thinking skills for effective troubleshooting
• Ability to prioritize work based on stakeholder input; can effectively manage a backlog
• Adept at switching between multiple client projects; maintaining detailed notes about project work
• A drive to help others – it feeds your soul

Our team members enjoy:

• Compensation and bonus commensurate with experience
• Plenty of time off to keep you balanced
• Medical with HSA contribution
• A dynamic, talented team, dedicated to changing the world and building an incredible business
• Beautiful office space in downtown Boulder on Pearl Street, steps from coffee shops and blocks from hiking trails
• Company Happy Hour Fridays
• Fresh fruit, snacks, coffee and sodas