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Data Scientist (Full-Time) Jobs
Company | Skylight |
Address | United States |
Employment type | FULL_TIME |
Salary | |
Expires | 2024-03-03 |
Posted at | 8 months ago |
- AD&D insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Disability insurance
- 401(k)
- Flexible spending account
- Dental insurance
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Skylight is a digital consultancy using design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services.
We're at the forefront of a civic movement to reinvent how all levels of government serve families, patients, and many others in today's digital world.
If you want to play a part in driving this critical movement forward, we'd love for you to join our growing team of public interest technologists.
The work we do matters.
About the jobAt Skylight, data scientists organize, synthesize, and analyze data to help government stakeholders and product teams make informed decisions. They apply a variety of analytical models to find meaningful insights in both structured and unstructured data, and they communicate these insights in an easily digestible format.
What you'll do- Present information using data visualization techniques
- Combine models through ensemble modeling
- Undertake preprocessing of structured and unstructured data
- Build predictive models and machine-learning algorithms
- Identify valuable data sources and automate collection processes
- Collaborate with others as part of a cross-functional team that includes user experience researchers and designers, product managers, engineers, and other functional specialists
- Analyze large amounts of information to discover trends and patterns
- Propose solutions and strategies for business challenges
- Select and use the right tools, frameworks, languages, and technologies for the job, with a preference for open-source solutions
- A mindset and work approach that aligns with our core values
- Champion leading practices within data science to your team and others
- Familiar with modern data engineering, including techniques for cleaning and preprocessing data from a variety of sources
- Ability to preserve privacy and security when performing data analysis
- Ability to analyze a data set using the appropriate analytical method and can design, prototype, and build statistical models that are credible, effective, and accessible
- Ability to travel for work from time to time
- Ability to work successfully within a professional services environment (e.g., can communicate effectively with clients)
- Passionate about creating better public outcomes through great government services
- Can articulately communicate your data, models, and findings to technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to use the appropriate visualization tools to highlight actionable insights, trends, and recommendations from data
- Can think about and use data strategically to identify the right questions to ask, communicate ideas, surface opportunities to create business value and drive decisions
- Prior experience working in the civic tech space
- Experience working in a remote-team environment
Don't meet 100% of the criteria but think you can do the job? We'd love to chat anyway! We're on a mission to build diverse teams, and studies have shown that women and marginalized folks are less likely to apply to jobs if they don't check every box.
Other requirements- Some of our available roles are on federal contracts that require a degree or additional years of experience as a substitute.
- You must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without sponsorship.
- As a government contractor, you may be required to obtain a public trust or security clearance.
- All work must be conducted within the U.S., excluding U.S. territories. Some federal contracts require U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment.
This is a full-time, exempt position.
LocationThis is a fully remote position.
Care packageSalaryWe want to give you the most competitive salary possible. After all, you deserve it! To that end, we use the results of our interview process to determine what salary is most appropriate given your current level of seniority. For a Data Scientist at Skylight, the current salary ranges are as follows:
- Data Scientist II: $135,000–$160,000
- Staff Data Scientist: $170,000–$203,000
- Principal Data Scientist: $180,000–$230,000
- Data Scientist I: $120,000–$140,000
- Associate Data Scientist: $90,000–$125,000
- Senior Data Scientist: $150,000–$185,000
Your well-being is important to us, so we focus on supporting you in a variety of ways:
- Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of your salary with no vesting period
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases
- Up to 12 weeks paid time off for all eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents
- Flexible, remote-friendly work environment
- An environment that empowers you to unleash your superpowers for public good
- Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance
- Business development / sales bonuses
- Dollar-for-dollar charity donation matching, up to $500 per year
- Annual $2,000 allowance for professional development
- Referral bonuses
- Access up to $1,000 before payday to cover emergency expenses
- Paid time off, including 20 vacation days, 11 federal holidays, and flexible sick leave
- Performance rewards, including annual salary increase, annual performance bonus, spot bonuses, and stock options
- Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account
- Annual swag budget of $100 to display your Skylight pride with some merchandise (hoodies, hats, and more)
We want you to have a great interview experience with us! Here are some tips to help you prepare for a successful interview:
- Check out our Career Pathways framework to learn more about the different roles within Skylight and the skills needed to do them.
- Visit our join page to learn more about how our interview process works.
- If you'd like to request reasonable accommodations during the application or interviewing process, please contact our recruiting team at [email protected].
We participate in E-Verify and upon hire, will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you're authorized to work in the U.S.
We're an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.
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