Senior Data Scientist

Nelnet

Senior Data Scientist at Nelnet developing machine learning models to solve complex business problems. Collaborating with teams and mentoring junior data scientists for actionable insights.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $63,000 - $127,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzurePythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Conduct advanced analyses and statistical deep dives, with a focus on producing actionable recommendations and strategic guidance for decision makers
Develop and deploy custom models and algorithms using data and machine learning libraries to solve complex business problems
Mine, clean, process, transform and join data from a variety of sources including SQL servers, AWS environments, Azure, SnowFlake, SalesForce, internal systems, and flat files
Identify, wrangle, scrape, and assemble new data sources from the web, data aggregators, and public sources
Build rich, interactive dashboards and visualizations from the ground up using PowerBI
Compile and present key findings and reports to all levels of the organization, including senior leadership
Continuously seek out opportunities to add value through process automation and programmatic solutions to manual tasks and monitor and improve Data Science model performance
Act as a subject matter expert within the data science field
Continuously learn, grow, and explore new emerging technologies
Problem-solve, generate new ideas, and provide creative solutions
Mentor, model, act as a resource, and provide guidance for more junior analysts and team members
Lead development, testing and implementation of machine-learning models and algorithms using data and machine learning to solve complex business problems

Requirements

What you’ll need

PHD degree required in a Quantitative (heavy in mathematics, statistics or analysis, such as Applied Mathematics, Optimization, Psychology, or Economics) or Programming discipline
2+ years of experience in data analysis
1+ years of programming experience
Significant experience working with large, complex data sets and common data science tools
Experience working with database Python
Experience designing, building, deploying, and validating machine-learning predictive models, ideally within a business framework
Experience training multi model design to structure and train for unstructured data matching
Experience training LLM models for specialized use cases

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
dental
vision
HSA and FSA
generous earned time off
401K/student loan repayment
life insurance & AD&D insurance
employee assistance program
employee stock purchase program
tuition reimbursement
performance-based incentive pay
short- and long-term disability
robust wellness program

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Hard Skills & Tools

data analysismachine learningstatistical analysisdata miningdata cleaningdata transformationmodel developmentpredictive modelingprogrammingdata visualization

Soft Skills

problem-solvingcreativitymentoringcommunicationleadershipstrategic guidancecollaborationadaptabilitycritical thinkingcontinuous learning

Certifications

PhD in Quantitative Discipline