Junior Data Scientist

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Job summary

Expect messy, real data and a fair amount of time on feature engineering and validation. We're hiring another Junior Data Scientist to build models and run analyses that change decisions on pricing, retention and demand. Remote position. Most of the team is in New York City, but nobody is required to come in. Weekday working hours, with room to shift your day when needed.

Duties

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

You'll need

• 1+ years of applied data science experience.
• MS or PhD in statistics, economics, computer science, physics or another quantitative field, or a BS plus equivalent experience.
• Solid grasp of statistical inference, regression and experimental design.
• Comfort with Jupyter, VS Code or Databricks notebooks.

Preferred

• MLflow or another experiment tracking tool.
• Causal inference beyond A/B testing.

Compensation and benefits

Pay range: $122,000 - $151,000 per year. Final offer will depend on experience.

• Health, dental and vision coverage starting on day one.
• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%.
• Paid holidays.
• Employee assistance program.

EOE. We participate in E-Verify.

Start: Flexible.

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