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Senior Data Scientist

First American

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: CaliforniaFloridaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $135,600 - $151,300 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Identifies business trends and problems through complex data analysis
  • Interprets results from multiple sources using a variety of techniques
  • Designs, develops, and implements high-impact, scalable business solutions
  • Partners cross-functionally to translate business needs into analytical frameworks and actionable insights
  • Leverage expertise in handling large, complex datasets to perform exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, and statistically sound sample design
  • Build, validate, deploy, and enhance complex predictive and machine learning models
  • Design, build, deploy, and monitor machine learning models in production environments
  • Implement model lifecycle management best practices
  • Automate feedback loops for algorithms and models in production
  • Design and execute experiments to evaluate model performance and business impact
  • Act as a technical subject matter expert and mentor junior data scientists

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, or related discipline
  • Master’s or PhD preferred
  • 5–7+ years of professional experience building, validating, deploying, and monitoring predictive and machine learning models in production environments
  • Strong programming expertise in Python with hands-on experience building end-to-end ML solutions
  • Experience with MLflow (or similar model lifecycle tools) for experiment tracking, model versioning, and deployment management
  • Experience working with SQL and large-scale data processing frameworks such as Apache Spark
  • Experience designing scalable data solutions in modern data platforms; experience with Microsoft Fabric is a plus
  • Proven experience applying machine learning techniques (e.g., regression, classification, clustering, ensemble methods, NLP, etc.)
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex analytical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Paid sick leave
  • Employee stock purchase plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
data analysisexploratory data analysisfeature engineeringpredictive modelingmachine learningmodel lifecycle managementstatistical analysisregressionclassificationclustering
Soft Skills
communicationmentoringcross-functional collaborationproblem-solvinganalytical thinking