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Senior Data Scientist, Special Projects
Location
United States
Posted
64 days ago
Salary
$170K - $190K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Data Scientist, Special Projects
WattTime.org
• Rapidly stitch together estimates of relevant variables from data you can rapidly obtain (e.g. health harm caused by different Climate TRACE assets) • Iteratively improve estimates by continuously improving algorithms with new input data using Bayesian updating or similar methods • Pull, clean, format, and organize relevant data from the web, satellites, our databases, and partners • Write clear methodologies, API documentation, and papers for technical audiences • Write brief punchlines or blog posts for team members, policymakers, nonprofits, and corporate decision makers • Estimate the causal impact of various interventions (like building solar) • Quantify opportunities to increase impact by adjusting control variables (e.g. moving air quality sensors to where it will minimize GHGs) • Conduct formal analysis of the comparative shadow value of relaxing different control variable constraints across many complex causal chains • Apply this to inform the team’s data assimilation work: where would improving our data or methods cause the most impact?
Job Requirements
- Minimum of a BA in economics, operations research, quantitative finance, physics, or other quantitative field involving optimal decision making under constraints
- Minimum 2 years in economics, finance, astrophysics, data science, or other highly quantitative field that involves making estimates
- Minimum 2 years working in Python in a git, code-reviewed environment
- Mathematical Modeling skills
- A deep understanding of a variety of modeling techniques which must include supervised learning, Bayesian approaches, and regression analyses
- Experience selecting modeling approaches based on impact and explainability
- Comfortable choosing and defending simple models, like averages within groups, when a complex model is unnecessary
- Economics or Business
- Experience predicting changes in demand (economics, finance, or similar)
- Experience with causal inference techniques (triple differences, regression discontinuity, etc.)
- Experience with optimization techniques (using Lagrangians/shadow values for maximization under constraint, etc.)
- Experience predicting changes in outcomes based on changes in incomplete information (game theory, Lean start up, or other)
- Software Engineering
- Experience scoping work into tasks that can be completed in short sprints
- Exemplified good code hygiene and software practices
- Highly collaborative code reviewer, experienced authoring PRs that are single purpose, well described, and reviewable
- Experience maintaining code that has been released, including bug fixes, error handling, refactoring, and scaling
- Can work effectively from a remote environment on fairly regular U.S. work hours through tools like Slack, Zoom, GSuite, and several other systems
- Required soft skills
- Energetic, positive, proactive person who is excited to move at a speed far faster than normal jobs. This is not an easy job!
- Iterative thinker who thrives making 0th, 1st, and nth order estimates, always despite imperfect data (perfectionists, this role is not the one for you)
- Excellent problem-solving skills, particularly in breaking problems into component parts
- Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, often verbal, environment where many important concepts are not documented anywhere
- Exemplify ownership and leadership through proactive, clear communication centered around outcomes and needs
- Clear, precise, frank communicator who cuts to the chase and can succinctly and honestly summarize what they currently do and don’t know
- Strong flexibility (things change very fast around here)
- Ruthless prioritization: able to constantly prioritize work based on impact and organizational strategy. Must be able to resist getting distracted by shiny objects!
- Collaborative, respectful, and kind
- Willingness to travel to team collaborative sessions a few times a year
- Above all, a deep-seated commitment to stopping climate change and a willingness to place that above all other goals, even when it’s messy and hard
Benefits
- Full medical, dental, vision, life insurance packages for employees and 80% coverage for dependents
- Paid parental leave
- Flexible time off
- Professional development support
- Home office support and employee choice technology
- 403b with up to 5% matching contribution
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