Job Title: Data Scientist

Location(s): Arlington, VA

Workplace: Arlington, VA - Hybrid (MUST BE LOCATED IN THE WASHINGTON DC AREA DUE TO CUSTOMER NEEDS)

Clearance Required: DUE TO CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS YOU MUST BE A US CITIZEN AND CLEARABLE.

Position Overview:

This position will be part of our Government Team. As a Data Scientist, you will work directly with clients, managers and technical staff to understand business needs, develop technical plans, and deliver data-driven analytical solutions that solve client problems. You will primarily create and deploy predictive models from a wide variety of data sources and types using the latest mathematical and statistical methods.
Essential Functions:

• Exploration, cleaning, and wrangling to understand available data
• Meetings and discussions with clients and co-workers to refine understanding of the business problem at hand
• Trying different predictive modeling approaches to identify the best fit for a given set of business understanding, available data, and project timeline
• Writing re-usable code in Python and SQL, or other languages, and working to refine it through code review and discussion
• Experience with Natural Language Processing (NLP) skills to include using Python for regular expressions, document classification, named entity recognition, and topic modeling and Hugging Face's Transformers library
• Experience implementing LLMs and model guardrails (Pydantic)
• Applying statistics to understand the significance of different attributes
• Preparing presentations, writing reports, and working to communicate technical results to clients with varying levels of analytic sophistication
• Ability to work independently in a collaborative, dynamic, cross-functional environment
• Travel to and work on-site at clients both local and non-local. Number of days at client site vary depending on project requirements.

Position Requirements:

Required Clearance: Public Trust (DUE TO CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS YOU MUST BE A US CITIZEN)

Required Education: Bachelor's Degree

Workplace: Hybrid (Must be located in the Washington DC area as due to onsite customer needs)

Required Skills / Experience:

• Bachelor of Science degree in a technical field
• 1+ years of experience in data science or a related technical field
• Humble and willing to learn, teach, and share ideas
• Comfortable learning new things and working outside of your comfort zone
• Strong computer programming skills in Python and SQL
• Experience using version control (e.g. GitLab) and collaborative programming techniques (e.g. pair programming, code reviews)
• Self-motivated individual with a can do attitude
• Must be able to successfully qualify for and obtain a Public Trust.

Desired Skills:

• Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in a technical field
• 2+ years of experience in data science or a related technical field
• Data exploration and model development in R or Python
• Experience with one or more technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Dash, HTML
• Understanding of the analytics lifecycle (e.g. CRISP-DM)

About Elder Research, Inc

People Centered. Data Driven

Elder Research is a fast growing consulting firm specializing in predictive analytics. Being in the data mining business almost 30 years, we pride ourselves in our ability to find creative, cutting edge solutions to real-world problems. We work hard to provide the best value to our clients and allow each person to contribute their ideas and put their skills to use immediately.

Our team members are passionate, curious, life-long learners. We value humility, servant-leadership, teamwork, and integrity. We seek to serve our clients and our teammates to the best of our abilities. In keeping with our entrepreneurial spirit, we want candidates who are self-motivated with an innate curiosity and strong team work.

Elder Research believes in continuous learning and community - each week the entire company attends a “Tech Talk” and each office location provides lunch. Elder Research provides a supportive work environment with established parental, bereavement, and PTO policies. By prioritizing a healthy work-life balance - with reasonable hours, solid pay, low travel, and extremely flexible time off - Elder Research enables and encourages its employees to serve others and enjoy their lives.

Elder Research, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Elder Research is a Government contractor and many of our positions require US Citizenship.