Data Scientist - Artificial Intelligence Specialist - Or Senior Level Depending On Qualifications

As a Data Scientist focused on AI, your role will be to drive innovation and insights through the development of fit-for-purpose algorithms, conducting insightful analytics, identifying data architecture and modeling, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and conducting research to identify new AI applications and techniques. Your purpose is to utilize your expertise in statistics, machine learning, data visualization, and programming languages such as Python or R to analyze and interpret complex data sets and provide insights to support business decisions and improve product offerings. With your excellent communication and collaboration skills, you will work closely with stakeholders from different teams and departments to integrate AI systems into products or services, identify requirements, and provide technical consultation on data science-related issues. Join our team and leverage your passion for innovation and data-driven insights to make a meaningful impact in our organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Data Analysis: Conduct insightful analytics to analyze data, identify trends and patterns, and communicate the findings to business stakeholders in easily interpretable and visually-appealing formats.
• Algorithm Development: Develop fit-for-purpose algorithms to serve end-user and product needs, including prediction and personalization.
• Data Architecture and Modeling: Identify data architecture and data content required to provide data-science-driven insights, creating plans for acquiring missing data or constructing it into usable structures, and developing and documenting data science models.
• Integration and Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI systems into products or services, interface with product owners to identify requirements, and consult with internal and external customers to provide expert technical consultation on models and data to solve complex data science-related issues.
• Innovation and Research: Conduct research to identify new AI applications and techniques, developing and testing AI algorithms and models, and identifying and utilizing available data sources from outside the organization as needed and appropriate.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's in data analytics, computer science, or related field
• 2+ years' relevant work experience in a technical data analytics role (or 5+ years for Senior level)
• Experience conducting insightful analyses on large, messy data
• Experience with data extraction, transfer, and load processes
• Experience with data querying languages such as SQL
• Excellent programming skills with experience in statistical programming languages such as R or similar
• Data visualization
• Familiarity developing high-quality reports (written and visual)
• Familiarity in developing self-serve reporting solutions using Shiny R or similar
• Attention to detail, ability to self-check the accuracy of work and create necessary quality control gates
• Ability to work collaboratively and support multiple teams and meet milestones
• Willingness to function in problem-solving spaces and find practical and creative solutions to address business reporting needs
• Driven to solve technical challenges, document and explain alternatives and set a path forward

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience presenting data and output across internal and external organizations and evangelizing AI solutions

Location within commuting distance of Austin office

Annual Salary Range: $80,000 - $100,000

For Senior level: $100,000 - $120,000

Physical Requirements:

This role requires long periods of close concentration and multitasking in a noisy/busy environment, travel up to 5% of the time, and working more than 40 hours per week as needed.

The position is eligible for remote employment, but preference will be given to applicants located in or willing to relocate to Austin and willing to work from our 10900 Stonelake Blvd, Austin, TX office at least one day per week. Remote employment excludes the following locations: Alaska, Arkansas, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wyoming. Relocation assistance is not provided.

Benefits:

Regular full-time and qualifying part-time employees and their dependents are eligible for Macmillan benefits, effective on the employee’s date of hire. Macmillan also offers health benefits coverage to qualifying same-sex and opposite-sex domestic partners (may require additional documentation) of active employees.

• Competitive pay and bonus plan
• Generous Health Benefits (Medical insurance (PPO & EPO through BlueCross BlueShield, HSA through Health Equity), Vision insurance (Blue View Vision), Dental insurance (Cigna))
• Contributions to your 401k retirement account through Fidelity
• Generous paid time off, sick time, discretionary days. and paid holidays (International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Juneteenth, Indigenous People's Day, and more!)
• Employee Assistance Program, Education Assistance Program
• 100% employer-paid life and AD&D insurance
• And much more! 

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The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, LLC d/b/a Macmillan Learning. Bedford Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, LLC has developed an affirmative action program in compliance with the NY Department of Education’s guidance.  Portions of the affirmative action program are available for review by applicants and employees by contacting Human Resources at Macmillan Learning.