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Research Data Scientist

🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $85,000–$120,000🗓 2026-09-07 → 2026-09-24

Core

Develop and improve machine learning models describing how individuals move through the economy to identify hidden talent and match them to jobs and training.

Role type

Research Data Scientist

Builds

Production ML models for talent matching and workforce analysis

Domain

Labor economics and workforce development

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

machine learning techniques, Python, dimensionality reduction, time series analysis, scalable data tools (PySpark/Spark), API development frameworks (Flask), cloud ML platforms (SageMaker)

Preferred skills

experience in algorithmic bias, talent/education sectors

Technologies

Python, PySpark, Spark, Flask, SageMaker, PCA, SVD, t-SNE, UMAP

Responsibilities

Improve existing models and develop new models describing economic mobility, manage and run experiments with public and private data sources, produce rigorous documentation including white papers and peer-reviewed publications, form new research questions and train models to address them

Seniority

Individual Contributor, early-stage startup

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