Senior/Staff Data Scientist, ACF

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with executive and program stakeholders to frame pertinent questions and proactively seek answers.

• Organize data and develop data pipelines utilizing tools such as Palantir Foundry and PowerBI.

• Create AI agents, integrate them into workflows, and verify outputs.

• Visualize grant and program data with Tableau and PowerBI.

• Analyze extensive structured and unstructured data to uncover trends and patterns.

• Develop lightweight tools, prototypes, and automations using platforms like Credal and Power Apps.

• Propose solutions and strategies addressing business challenges, selecting suitable tools, frameworks, and languages.

• Effectively communicate findings through data visualization that leadership can act upon.

• Construct predictive models and machine-learning algorithms as necessary.

• Collaborate with user experience researchers and designers, product managers, engineers, and other functional specialists.

⛳️ Requirements

• Capable of strategically thinking about and utilizing data to identify the right questions, communicate ideas, highlight opportunities for business value, and inform decisions.

• Familiar with contemporary data engineering practices, including techniques for cleaning and preprocessing data from various sources.

• Proficient in analyzing data sets using appropriate analytical methods; able to design, prototype, and construct credible, effective, and accessible statistical models.

• Committed to maintaining privacy and security during data analysis.

• Able to clearly articulate data, models, and findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Skilled in using relevant visualization tools to emphasize actionable insights, trends, and recommendations derived from data.

• Advocate for best practices in data science within your team and beyond.

• Capable of adapting to lightweight engineering tasks, including building small tools and automations with low-code and AI platforms such as Credal, DataBricks, and Microsoft Power Apps.

• Experience working within cross-functional teams (product, design, engineering, ops) in an iterative delivery environment.

• Possess a mindset and work approach that aligns with our core values.

• All work must be conducted within the U.S., excluding U.S. territories.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without sponsorship.

• An existing clearance isn’t necessary to apply, but any candidate hired into this role must be able to obtain a Tier 2 public trust background investigation.

• Must successfully complete a company background check.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance.

• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.

• Life and AD&D insurance.

• Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account.

• Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of your salary with no vesting period.

• Flexible paid-time-off policy (generally around 25 days per year), along with 11 paid federal holidays.

• Up to 12 weeks of paid-time-off for all eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents.

• Performance rewards, including annual salary increase, annual performance bonus, spot bonuses, and stock options.

• Business development/sales bonuses.

• Referral bonuses.

• Annual $2000 allowance for professional development.

• Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases.

• Annual swag budget of $100 to showcase your Skylight pride with merchandise (hoodies, hats, and more).

• Flexible, remote-friendly work environment.

• An atmosphere that empowers you to harness your superpowers for public good.