
Data Scientist
Best Friends Animal Society
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $85,000 - $95,000 per year
About the role
- Use shelter and community data to aide in lifesaving by identifying deficits and opportunities
- Create timely and meaningful reports, analyses, forecasts, etc. to fulfill organizational planning, strategy, and measurement needs
- Work with leadership to identify gaps in data collection, inconsistencies, and imperfections across various internal programs and propose solutions to best measure and improve lifesaving efficiency
- Collaborate with the data engineering team to help build our data ecosystem necessary for the innovations that will reach our lifesaving goals
- Partner with data visualization specialists to make relevant data and insights accessible via dashboards and other visualization modalities
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in statistics, mathematics, computer science, a related field, or equivalent experience
- 2+ years of professional experience in quantitative analysis, predictive modeling, data science, and machine learning
- Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to turn analysis into directly actionable insights and explain using simple language to diverse audiences
- Proficiency with languages such as Python, R, or SQL, Snowflake, data visualization tools, and Microsoft Office suite preferred
- Experience with the animal welfare movement and understanding of animal sheltering data is a plus
Benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
quantitative analysispredictive modelingdata sciencemachine learningdata visualizationPythonRSQLSnowflakeMicrosoft Office
Soft Skills
analytical skillsconceptual skillsproblem-solving skillscommunication skillscollaborationability to explain complex conceptsactionable insights
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in statisticsBachelor's degree in mathematicsBachelor's degree in computer science