Shift5 - Applied Data Scientist
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Requirements
• Technical Skills: Fluency in a generic analytics coding language (Python, SQL, R, or Matlab) and strong data needs analysis skills (identifying data and technical tests required to validate hypotheses). • Communication & Mindset: Excellent communication skills with a track record of translating highly technical information for non-technical audiences. A humble, receptive attitude toward feedback. • Communication & Mindset: • Logistics: Ability and willingness to travel up to 40% of the time (US only). • Logistics: • Preferred Experience: Experience with time-series data, and a background/education blend (ideally a Master's or Doctorate program) in Data Science. Industry experience in defense, aerospace, or cybersecurity is a major plus.
Responsibilities
• End-to-End Project Scoping: Take ownership of data science projects from initial problem definition and hypothesis building to final, actionable deliverable. • End-to-End Project Scoping: • Product Generalization: Take one-off customer insights and solutions and build them back into the broader, deployable suite of Shift5 core products. • Product Generalization: • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with embedded analysts, deployment strategists, and forward-deployed engineers to translate complex analyses into immediate customer value. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: • Advanced Data Analysis: Perform complex statistical analyses to push the envelope, interpret trends, and break new ground in leveraging operational data for diagnosis and prediction. • Advanced Data Analysis: • System Optimization: Work closely with programmers, engineers, and leadership to identify process improvements, propose system modifications, and devise long-term data strategies. • System Optimization: • What Success Looks Like • You are proactive at identifying critical open questions and customer needs - often far ahead of the customer’s own articulation of them. • You maintain a "no task too small" mindset, successfully managing multiple engagements simultaneously while staying focused on scalable solutions. • You efficiently break down unstructured, highly ambiguous problems into smaller, manageable parts and execute them independently.
Benefits
• Bonus program and equity in a fast-growing startup • Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their families • Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions • Employer-paid Life and Disability Insurance • Uncapped paid time off policy • Flexible work & remote work policy • Tax-deferred public transit benefits with Metro SmartBenefits (DC/MD/VA) • We are committed to building an inclusive culture of belonging that embraces the diversity of our people and represents the communities in which we work and the customers we serve. We know the happiest and highest performing teams include people with diverse perspectives and ways of solving problems. We strive to attract and retain talent from all backgrounds and create workplaces where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work.
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