Data Scientist II

Public sector agencies, utilities and large health systems license our asset management platform under multi-year contracts. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

The role:

We are adding a Data Scientist II to our operations team. This hire will own our demand forecasting models and the process for keeping them accurate as conditions change. The operations team works directly with product and finance. You'll design experiments, build forecasts and explain the results. This is a long-term contractor role, paid monthly in USD. Working hours overlap with UK business hours. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Day to day:

• Work with ML engineers to move models into production and monitor drift
• Validate model performance and document assumptions and limitations
• Translate vague business questions into problems the data can actually answer
• Design and analyze A/B tests, including power calculations and guardrail metrics
• Build predictive models in Python using scikit-learn, XGBoost or LightGBM
• Partner with data engineering on feature tables and data quality

Required qualifications:

• 3-5 years of applied data science experience
• Experience building and validating machine learning models on real business data
• MS or PhD in statistics, economics, computer science, physics or another quantitative field, or a BS plus equivalent experience
• Comfort with Jupyter, VS Code or Databricks notebooks
• Strong Python (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn) and SQL
• Solid grasp of statistical inference, regression and experimental design

The salary range for this role is $132,000 - $168,000 annually. This range reflects base salary only.

What you get:

• Annual rate review
• Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise
• Monthly internet allowance

EOE. We participate in E-Verify.

If this sounds like a fit, apply with a resume. A cover letter is optional.

We are unable to sponsor visas for this position.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at SMR Cloud.