Data Scientist

Data ScientistLocation: Remote with required travel to Plano, TX *1X Per quarter - 4x per year*Duration: 12 month contract with extensions/permanent placement possible (W2)Required Skills & Experience:Strong coding skills in Python (pandas, numpy, scikit-learn) and SQL.Experience with regression, elasticity estimation, clustering, and experimental validation.Comfort working with optimization outputs and constraints.Ability to wrangle data from cloud-based sources and iterate quickly with stakeholders.Ability to speak directly with stakeholders to bring in complex questions, work with existing models, and be able to begin exploratory analysisNice to Have Skills & Experience:Logistics simulation experience, API-driven optimization tools, and basic MLOps hygiene.Job Description:A retail client is hiring Applied Data Scientists to join their Profit to Serve (PTS) initiative—a priority program driving scenario modeling and last-mile routing optimization to improve profitability and service. PTS is a foundational enabler in our AI strategy, connecting precision costing with automated insights and routing simulations.***This group is a financially focused group, looking at cost impacts for logistics and routing. This individual will have to be able to look at things from a cost perspective, and the goal is to improve the existing models to overall improve the accuracy of financial decisions.***