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Ecologist II
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At RES, we’re looking for purpose-driven individuals who are passionate about restoration and sustainability, and who want their work to make a lasting environmental impact. Our team members go above and beyond, bringing initiative, integrity, and a strong work ethic to every project. Collaboration is key—we thrive on teamwork, open communication, and diverse perspectives. In a field that constantly changes, we value those who are resilient, adaptable, and resourceful in the face of challenges. If you're intellectually curious, eager to learn, and ready to help restore ecosystems and protect natural resources, you’ll find your place here.
RES is looking for a Scientist II to join our team.
As a Scientist II at RES, you will support the implementation, monitoring, and success of ecological restoration projects across diverse ecosystems. This is a mid-level field and data-focused role that combines fieldwork, technical reporting, and cross-functional coordination to support permitting and compliance documentation. You will collect and manage data, contribute to project reporting, and bring applied knowledge of restoration science to project execution.
Watch the projects our scientists work on here.
Why You’ll Love This Job:
- You’ll get your boots dirty—literally. You’ll spend meaningful time in the field, collecting the data that drives real-world ecological restoration.
- You’ll see the impact of your work. Your efforts support the restoration of wetlands, streams, and habitats that improve ecosystems and communities across the region.
- You’ll learn from the best. With the support of senior scientists and cross-functional project teams, you’ll continue to grow your expertise in restoration science and applied ecology.
What your day-to-day might look like:
You’ll begin your day prepping field gear for a monitoring visit to a stream or wetland mitigation site. Once on-site, you may collect data using GPS, YSI meters, or turbidity sensors, following project-specific protocols and QA/QC standards. You’ll help guide junior team members, ensure field datasheets are accurate, and troubleshoot equipment as needed.
Back at the office, you’ll enter and analyze field data, draft sections of monitoring reports, and interpret site plans or planting palettes. You might meet with design or regulatory teammates to discuss crediting metrics, or help evaluate a site’s feasibility based on regulatory or ecological constraints. You’ll balance independent work with collaborative efforts to move restoration projects forward.
We would like to talk to you if you have many of the following:
- Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, biology, geology, or a related natural/physical science field
- 2+ years of experience in fieldwork, sampling, ecological monitoring, etc.
- Experience in collecting field data independently and following SOPs
- Experience in Wetland delineation and stream assessment
- Experience with vegetation surveys
- Comfortable evaluating site conditions and regulatory constraints
- Familiar with project task tracking and regulatory requirements
- Proficient in GPS/GIS tools
- Skilled in data analysis and technical report writing
What will make you stand out:
- Ability to apply ecological functional protocols
- Certifications (e.g., ArcGIS, drone pilot, YSI/turbidimeter experience) -
You Will Thrive in This Role If You:
- Are comfortable in the field and in the office—and enjoy a balance of both
- Can collect, organize, and interpret scientific data with care and accuracy
- Communicate effectively and take ownership of your tasks
- Can help guide junior field staff and contribute to team learning
Please note that the “Day in the Life” section is not intended to be an exhaustive list of job duties, but rather a representative snapshot of typical responsibilities and work experiences at RES.
RES is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a VEVRAA Federal Contractor. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Forward Deployed Senior Data Scientist
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We are seeking an inquisitive Data Scientist to join our team, leveraging deep expertise in Artificial Intelligence and a keen understanding of complex Defense Acquisition challenges. Your primary focus will be to work with our proprietary and commercial datasets to find critical connections, derive actionable knowledge, and identify potential issues that help our government clients make more informed decisions. Your role will involve designing, developing, and rapidly deploying scalable AI solutions that transform these insights into mission-critical capabilities. You will have the opportunity to expand and grow data-driven research across Govini, leading new areas to apply advanced analytics to drive strategic business and national security results. As part of our team, you must be an AI expert with a strong command of data science fundamentals and a proven ability to bring data-driven solutions to life within the defense ecosystem.
In order to do this job well, you must be a highly organized problem-solver and possess excellent oral and written communication skills, capable of translating complex AI concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences. You are independent, driven, and motivated to jump in and roll up your sleeves to get the job done. You lead by influence and motivation. You have a passion for great work and nothing less than your best will do. You share our intolerance of mediocrity. You’re uber-smart, challenged by figuring things out and producing simple, impactful AI solutions to complex defense problems. Knowing there are always multiple answers to a problem, you know how to engage in a constructive dialogue to find the best path forward. You’re scrappy. We like scrappy. We need a creative, out-of-the-box thinker who shares our passion and obsession with quality and rapid prototyping/deployment.
Scope of Responsibilities
- Develop AI/ML/DS systems to address defense problems.
- Develop new AI-based stack of technologies for particular customer needs.
- Development of evaluation solutions for AI deployments.
- Lead the end-to-end execution of AI projects, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and timely delivery.
- Work closely with partner teams, including AI research, data engineering, and software development, to deliver robust AI systems.
- Collaborate with the AI leadership to clearly define product and applications scope, translating high-level requirements into actionable technical plans and delivering AI platforms and solutions.
- Drive the development of scalable, AI-based platforms designed to support and power solutions for a diverse range of customers within the defense ecosystem.
- Champion the introduction of new AI innovations. Stay current with the rapidly evolving fields of Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs), and agentic systems, and actively transfer this knowledge and best practices for implementation across the team.
- Mentor and guide other team members, fostering a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and high-impact work.
- Create agentic AI systems, using AI orchestrators and particular AI reasoning capabilities as tools.
Qualifications
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Oversee the full lifecycle of AI projects within Govini AI ecosystem.
- Understanding of coding AI (such as Claude Code) and experience how to use it to scale up AI team deliveries
- Ensure timely project delivery and strategic goal alignment.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (AI Research, Data Engineering, Software Development).
- Define robust software architecture for AI systems and project roadmaps.
- Translate high-level AI system requirements into actionable technical plans.
- Deliver production-ready AI solutions integrated with clients data platforms and workflows.
- Drive the implementation of scalable AI/ML platforms.
- Maintain deep expertise in cutting-edge AI, including LLMs and agentic systems. Train models, build systems based on AI innovations
- Champion innovation and best practices across the organization.
- Mentor and coach team members.
- Foster a high-performing culture of technical excellence and continuous growth.
- Demonstrate strong National Security domain knowledge.
Desired Skills:
- A strong publication record in the top conferences in one of the AI, ML NLP, decision science areas
- Deep knowledge of LLM and Agentic system evaluation, experience in building evaluation systems
- Experience in LLM posttraining or fine tuning
- Experience with MLOps practices, including deployment, monitoring, and management of large-scale models in cloud environments (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure).
- Track record of successfully transitioning AI research prototypes into robust, production-grade enterprise solutions
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Lead Data Scientist - Knowledge Retrieval
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The Lead Data Scientist will provide visionary technical leadership to a team of data scientists and AI engineers, driving the end-to-end development and deployment of cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence solutions for our National Security clientele. This crucial position is key to building a strong culture of advanced agentic search, deep research, retrieval, and AI, and to creating scalable AI platforms for the wider AI and Data Science community.
As a hands-on technical leader, you will apply deep expertise in Artificial Intelligence and a keen understanding of complex Defense Acquisition challenges. Your primary focus will be to work with our proprietary and commercial datasets to find critical connections, derive actionable knowledge, and identify potential issues that help our government clients make more informed decisions. This involves designing, developing, and rapidly deploying scalable AI solutions that transform these insights into mission-critical capabilities. You will also have the opportunity to expand and grow data-driven research across Govini, leading new areas to apply advanced analytics to drive strategic business and national security results. You will build and lead the development of advanced agentic search, knowledge retrieval, and deep research systems. These systems are designed to provide deep conversational knowledge explorations, robust problem solving, accurate question answering, and a suite of other search, recommendation, and discovery capabilities, transforming proprietary and commercial datasets into mission-critical insights.
To excel in this position, you must be an AI expert with a strong command of data science fundamentals and a proven ability to bring data-driven solutions to life within the defense ecosystem. The ideal candidate is a highly organized problem-solver who possesses excellent oral and written communication skills, capable of translating complex AI concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences. You must be independent, driven, and motivated to jump in and roll up your sleeves to get the job done. You lead by influence and motivation, demonstrating a passion for great work and an intolerance for mediocrity. We seek an uber-smart, creative, out-of-the-box thinker who is challenged by complex defense problems and obsessed with quality and rapid prototyping/deployment, knowing how to engage in constructive dialogue to find the best path forward
This role is a full-time position located out of our office in Pittsburgh, PA.This role may require up to 10% travel
Scope of Responsibilities
- Drive the architecture and development of the 'Ark Brain,' a complex, multi-modal intelligent agent system for knowledge retrieval and deep research, serving as the central nervous architecture for powering agentic AI search, deep research, RAG, and knowledge graph systems across The Ark's platforms.
- Define the multi-year technical roadmap for AI initiatives, turning vague business challenges into concrete, scalable research and product goals.
- Raise the collective bar by mentoring Senior-level engineers and building high-performing teams that consistently deliver state-of-the-art (SOTA) results.
- Drive consensus across disparate groups such as DS and AI, Product, Forward Deployed AI and Engineering, to ensure AI deployments are technically sound, commercially viable, and responsible.
- Act as the authority on scientific breakthroughs and model strategy, ensuring that core architectures, training methodologies, and data ecosystems are robust, cost-effective, and future-proofed against the rapidly evolving AI landscape
- Lead the end-to-end execution of large-scale AI projects, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and timely delivery.
- Lead the development of advanced agentic search, knowledge retrieval, and deep research systems.
- Drive the expansion of data-driven research and advanced analytics for strategic business and national security results.
- Design and deploy Agentic AI systems capable of deep conversational knowledge explorations, robust problem solving, and accurate question answering from proprietary datasets.
- Act as the primary Individual Contributor (IC) and technical lead for complex AI/ML/DS projects, taking deep ownership from ideation to production deployment.
- Serve as the domain expert in AI Search Science (ranking, query understanding, agentic search, deep research, embedding models, etc), driving the application and development of state-of-the-art methods within that specialization.
- Work closely with partner teams, including AI research, data engineering, and software development, to define robust software architecture, set the project roadmap, and manage technical execution.
- Collaborate with the Product team to clearly define product scope, translating high-level requirements into actionable technical plans and delivering market-ready AI solutions integrated with client data platforms and workflows.
- Drive the development of scalable, AI-based platforms designed to support and power solutions for a diverse range of customers within the defense ecosystem.
- Champion the introduction of new AI innovations. Stay current with the rapidly evolving fields of Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs), and agentic systems, and actively transfer this knowledge and best practices for implementation across the team.
- Mentor and guide junior and senior team members, fostering a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and high-impact work.
- Nurture a robust AI culture within the team by leading technical discussions, conducting internal workshops, and promoting best practices in model development, experimentation, and MLOps.
- Demonstrate strong leadership qualities to align the team's AI strategy effectively with overall business and client needs, translating complex technical concepts into strategic business impacts for leadership.
Qualifications
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Minimum of 7 years of professional experience working as a Data Scientist in an industry setting
- Oversee the full lifecycle of large-scale AI projects.
- Understanding of coding AI (such as Claude Code) and experience in using it to scale up AI team deliveries
- Expertise in designing and implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures and complex indexing strategies for proprietary, large-scale, heterogeneous datasets. Expertise in fine-tuning multi modal embedding models
- Proven ability to leverage state-of-the-art LLMs, multi-modal embedding models, vector databases, and knowledge graph systems to build production-ready knowledge retrieval, conversational AI search, and Deep Research systems.
- Practical experience building hybrid knowledge retrieval systems that combine advanced techniques like embedding models, knowledge graphs, and traditional methods (e.g., BM25), utilizing novel paradigms such as GraphRAG, RAG-RL, and other advanced retrieval strategies.
- Deep knowledge of and practical experience with ranking and reranking models, including multi-tower, bi-encoder and cross-encoder architectures, specifically within the context of search and knowledge retrieval systems.
- Expert proficiency in developing and deploying multi-agent AI systems and reasoning frameworks (e.g., ReAct, Chain-of-Thought) for complex knowledge exploration, robust problem-solving, and decision support within search and retrieval contexts.
- Ensure timely project delivery and strategic goal alignment.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (AI Research, Data Engineering, Software Development).
- Define robust software architecture for large-scale AI systems and project roadmaps.
- Translate high-level product requirements into actionable technical plans.
- Deliver production-ready AI solutions integrated with clients' data platforms and workflows.
- Drive the implementation of scalable AI/ML platforms.
- Maintain deep expertise in cutting-edge AI, including LLMs and agentic systems. Train models, build systems based on AI innovations
- Champion innovation and best practices across the organization.
- Mentor and coach team members.
- Foster a high-performing culture of technical excellence and continuous growth.
- Help to the leadership to align AI strategy effectively with client needs.
- Create agentic AI systems, using AI orchestrators and particular AI reasoning capabilities as tools.
Desired Skills:
- A strong publication record in the top conferences in one of the AI, ML NLP, and decision science areas
- Deep knowledge of LLM and Agentic system evaluation, experience in building evaluation systems
- Experience in LLM post-training or fine-tuning.
- Demonstrate strong National Security domain knowledge.
- Experience with MLOps practices, including deployment, monitoring, and management of large-scale models in cloud environments (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure).
- Track record of successfully transitioning AI research prototypes into robust, production-grade enterprise solutions
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Lead Data Scientist - Simulation / Optimization
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The Lead Data Scientist will provide visionary technical leadership to a team of data scientists and AI engineers, driving the end-to-end development and deployment of cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence solutions for our National Security clientele. This pivotal AI leadership role is instrumental in establishing a robust culture of decision-making Agentic AI and creating the AI platforms, the "brain" of The Ark, designed to be leveraged by a broad community of AI and Data Science professionals within Govini.
As a hands-on technical leader, you will apply deep expertise in Artificial Intelligence and a keen understanding of complex Defense Acquisition challenges. Your primary focus will be to work with our proprietary and commercial datasets to find critical connections, derive actionable knowledge, and identify potential issues that help our government clients make more informed decisions. This involves designing, developing, and rapidly deploying scalable AI solutions that transform these insights into mission-critical capabilities. You will also have the opportunity to expand and grow data-driven research across Govini, leading new areas to apply advanced analytics to drive strategic business and national security results. You'll apply your deep knowledge in advanced simulation and optimization techniques, including Discrete Event Simulation, Monte Carlo methods, and stochastic optimization, to enhance our platforms to handle complex capability simulation and optimization techniques for critical defense use cases.
To excel in this position, you must be an AI expert with a strong command of data science fundamentals and a proven ability to bring data-driven solutions to life within the defense ecosystem. The ideal candidate is a highly organized problem-solver who possesses excellent oral and written communication skills, capable of translating complex AI concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences. You must be independent, driven, and motivated to jump in and roll up your sleeves to get the job done. You lead by influence and motivation, demonstrating a passion for great work and an intolerance for mediocrity. We seek an uber-smart, creative, out-of-the-box thinker who is challenged by complex defense problems and obsessed with quality and rapid prototyping/deployment, knowing how to engage in constructive dialogue to find the best path forward.
This role is a full-time position located out of our office in Pittsburgh, PA.This role may require up to 10% travel
Scope of Responsibilities
- Drive the development of a complex, multi-modal decision intelligence system, serving as the central nervous architecture for integrating advanced simulation, optimization, and predictive modeling capabilities across The Ark's platforms.
- Define the multi-year technical roadmap for AI initiatives, turning vague business challenges into concrete, scalable research and product goals.
- Raise the collective bar by mentoring Senior-level engineers and building high-performing teams that consistently deliver state-of-the-art (SOTA) results.
- Drive consensus across disparate groups such as DS and AI, Product, Forward Deployed AI and Engineering, to ensure AI deployments are technically sound, commercially viable, and responsible.
- Act as the authority on scientific breakthroughs and model strategy, ensuring that core architectures, training methodologies, and data ecosystems are robust, cost-effective, and future-proofed against the rapidly evolving AI landscape
- Lead the end-to-end execution of large-scale AI projects, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and timely delivery.
- Apply deep knowledge in advanced simulation and optimization techniques, including Discrete Event Simulation, Monte Carlo methods, and stochastic optimization.
- Enhance our platforms to handle complex capability simulation and optimization techniques for critical defense use cases.
- Act as the primary Individual Contributor (IC) and technical lead for complex AI/ML/DS projects, taking deep ownership from ideation to production deployment.
- Serve as the domain expert in a specific area of AI (e.g., Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Decision Science), driving the application and development of state-of-the-art methods within that specialization.
- Work closely with partner teams, including AI research, data engineering, and software development, to define robust software architecture, set the project roadmap, and manage technical execution.
- Collaborate with the Product team to clearly define product scope, translating high-level requirements into actionable technical plans and delivering market-ready AI solutions integrated with client data platforms and workflows.
- Drive the development of scalable, AI-based platforms designed to support and power solutions for a diverse range of customers within the defense ecosystem.
- Champion the introduction of new AI innovations. Stay current with the rapidly evolving fields of Artificial Intelligence, including advanced methods in simulation and optimization, Large Language Models (LLMs), and agentic systems, and actively transfer this knowledge and best practices for implementation across the team.
- Mentor and guide junior and senior team members, fostering a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and high-impact work.
- Nurture a robust AI culture within the team by leading technical discussions, conducting internal workshops, and promoting best practices in model development, experimentation, and MLOps.
- Demonstrate strong leadership qualities to align the team's AI strategy effectively with overall business and client needs, translating complex technical concepts into strategic business impacts for leadership.
Qualifications
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Minimum of 7 years of professional experience working as a Data Scientist in an industry setting
- Oversee the full lifecycle of large-scale AI projects.
- Possess deep knowledge and the ability to apply techniques such as Discrete Event Simulation (DES), agent based modeling and Monte Carlo methods to model complex capabilities.
- Deep understanding and application of advanced optimization techniques, specifically including stochastic optimization.
- Deep understanding and practical experience with Bayesian optimization, causal discovery, and causal modeling.
- Ability to leverage simulation and optimization knowledge to enhance platforms for complex capability simulation and optimization in critical defense use cases.
- Understanding of coding AI (such as Claude Code) and experience in using it to scale up AI team deliveries
- Expertise in leveraging deep technical knowledge of AI solution internals (such as Deep Research systems) to design and implement custom, highly optimized solutions.
- Ensure timely project delivery and strategic goal alignment.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (AI Research, Data Engineering, Software Development).
- Define robust software architecture for large-scale AI systems and project roadmaps.
- Translate high-level product requirements into actionable technical plans.
- Deliver production-ready AI solutions integrated with clients' data platforms and workflows.
- Drive the implementation of scalable AI/ML platforms.
- Maintain deep expertise in cutting-edge AI, including LLMs and agentic systems. Train models, build systems based on AI innovations
- Champion innovation and best practices across the organization.
- Mentor and coach team members.
- Foster a high-performing culture of technical excellence and continuous growth.
- Help to the leadership to align AI strategy effectively with client needs.
- Create agentic AI systems, using AI orchestrators and particular AI reasoning capabilities as tools.
Desired Skills:
- A strong publication record in the top conferences in one of the AI, ML NLP, and decision science areas
- Deep knowledge of LLM and Agentic system evaluation, experience in building evaluation systems
- Experience in LLM post-training or fine-tuning
- Demonstrate strong National Security domain knowledge.
- Experience with MLOps practices, including deployment, monitoring, and management of large-scale models in cloud environments (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure).
- Track record of successfully transitioning AI research prototypes into robust, production-grade enterprise solutions
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Forward Deployed Data Scientist
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Job Description
We are seeking an inquisitive Data Scientist to join our team, leveraging deep expertise in Artificial Intelligence and a keen understanding of complex Defense Acquisition challenges. Your primary focus will be to work with our proprietary and commercial datasets to find critical connections, derive actionable knowledge, and identify potential issues that help our government clients make more informed decisions. Your role will involve designing, developing, and rapidly deploying scalable AI solutions that transform these insights into mission-critical capabilities. You will have the opportunity to expand and grow data-driven research across Govini, leading new areas to apply advanced analytics to drive strategic business and national security results. As part of our team, you must be an AI expert with a strong command of data science fundamentals and a proven ability to bring data-driven solutions to life within the defense ecosystem.
In order to do this job well, you must be a highly organized problem-solver and possess excellent oral and written communication skills, capable of translating complex AI concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences. You are independent, driven, and motivated to jump in and roll up your sleeves to get the job done. You lead by influence and motivation. You have a passion for great work and nothing less than your best will do. You share our intolerance of mediocrity. You’re uber-smart, challenged by figuring things out and producing simple, impactful AI solutions to complex defense problems. Knowing there are always multiple answers to a problem, you know how to engage in a constructive dialogue to find the best path forward. You’re scrappy. We like scrappy. We need a creative, out-of-the-box thinker who shares our passion and obsession with quality and rapid prototyping/deployment.
Scope of Responsibilities
- Developing new AI methods and using existing ones to solve complex defense problems
- Developing working AI systems and deploying them
- Rapid prototyping of AI models, systems, heuristics, and agentic solutions
- Working directly with customers to understand and solve their problems
- Translating customer problem definitions into technical requirements for AI-based systems
- Translating vague customer needs into concrete AI workflows and Data Science solutions
- Evaluating solution effectiveness with customers, tuning, and redefining solutions when needed
- Deploying code into production AI systems
- Taking end-to-end ownership of client problems
- Communicating clearly with both non-technical and technical users
- Working with AI platform, agentic AI, and data engineering teams to build end-to-end solutions in production deployments
- Collaborating with AI platform and agentic AI teams to generalize capabilities into reusable agentic AI features/skills for other deployments
- Wrapping AI/DS solutions into AI agentic/skills frameworks
- Create agentic AI systems, using AI orchestrators and particular AI reasoning capabilities as tools.
Qualifications
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Ability to translate customer problems into technical AI requirements, and write down the documentation to be used by multiple teams.
- Deep ability to embed with clients, understand vague business or national security challenges, and translate these customer problems into concrete, actionable technical requirements and detailed documentation for AI-based systems.
- Expertise in rapidly prototyping models, heuristics, and agentic solutions. The ability to translate vague needs into concrete AI workflows and Data Science solutions, followed by deploying production-grade code and taking end-to-end ownership of the client's problem.
- Skill in defining concrete AI workflows from vague requirements.
- Experience evaluating and tuning AI solutions for effectiveness. Experience in measuring the impact of AI/DS solutions.
- Competency in deploying code into production AI systems. Competency in building agent/skills solving particular problems.
- Expertise in integrating AI/DS solutions into agentic frameworks.
- End-to-end ownership of client problems.
- Strong communication with non-technical users and technical users.
- Collaboration with cross-functional teams for production deployment.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills to work effectively with AI platform and data engineering teams. This includes generalizing unique AI/DS solutions into reusable agentic features/skills and integrating them into agentic frameworks for other production deployments.
Desired Skills:
- A strong publication record in the top conferences in one of the AI, ML, NLP, or decision science areas
- Deep knowledge of LLM and Agentic system evaluation, experience in building evaluation systems
- Extensive expertise in specialized domains such as Operations Research, Optimization, and Decision Science.
- Track record of successfully transitioning AI research prototypes into robust, production-grade enterprise solutions
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Scope of Responsibilities
- Design experiments, test hypotheses, and build models for advanced data analysis and complex algorithms
- Apply advanced statistical and predictive modeling techniques to build, maintain, and improve multiple real-time decision systems
- Make strategic recommendations on data collection, integration, and retention requirements, incorporating business requirements and knowledge of data industry best practices
- Model and frame business scenarios that are meaningful and which impact critical processes and decisions; transform, standardize, and integrate datasets for client use cases
- Convert custom, complex and manual client data analysis tasks into repeatable, configurable processes for consistent and scalable use within the Govini SaaS platform
- Optimize processes for maximum speed, performance, and accuracy; craft clean, testable, and maintainable code
- Partner with internal Govini business analysts and external client teams to seek out the best solutions regarding data-driven problem-solving
- Participate in end-to-end software development, on an agile team in a scrum process, collaborating closely with fellow software, machine learning, data, and QA engineers
Qualifications
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field; Master’s or PhD preferred
- Minimum 3 years of hands-on data science experience
- Minimum 3 years of experience deriving key insights and KPIs for external and internal customers
- Regular development experience in Python
- Prior hands-on experience working with data-driven analytics
- Proven ability to develop solutions to loosely defined business problems by leveraging pattern detection over large datasets
- Proficiency in statistical analysis, quantitative analytics, forecasting/predictive analytics, multivariate testing, and optimization algorithms
- Experience using machine learning algorithms (e.g., gradient-boosted machines, neural networks)
- Ability to work independently with little supervision
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- A burning desire to work in a challenging fast-paced environment
- Current possession of a U.S. security clearance, or the ability to obtain one with our sponsorship
- Experience in or exposure to the nuances of a startup or other entrepreneurial environment
- Experience working on agile/scrum teams
- Experience building datasets from common database tools using flavors of SQL
- Expertise with automation and streaming data
- Experience with major NLP frameworks (spaCy, fasttext, BERT)Familiarity with big data frameworks (e.g., HDFS, Spark) and AWS
- Familiarity with Git source control management
- Experience working in a product organization
- Experience analyzing financial, supply chain/logistics, or intellectual property data
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Staff Safety Data Scientist, Safety Analysis
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Who we are
Aurora’s mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly.
The Aurora Driver will create a new era in mobility and logistics, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone.
At Aurora, you will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge. For the latest news from Aurora, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn.
We are searching for a Staff Safety Data Scientist on the Safety Analysis team who is a technical leader and go-to expert for risk and safety guidance, leveraging deep expertise in data science to lead critical safety research. Your insights will drive the safety strategy and external safety communications, including the development of industry-leading, benchmark safety studies and frameworks. The role requires a strong background in risk and hazard assessment and exceptional communication and interpersonal skills. You will be responsible for applying advanced statistical analysis and probabilistic modeling to support the safety case, inform hardware and software decisions, and identify critical risk factors. You will collaborate with diverse stakeholders across engineering, operations, and product.
In This Role, You Will:
- Lead the development of novel quantitative data analytics using both proprietary (Aurora-logged, sensor, system, integration testing data) and publicly available data (CRSS, FARS, state-level information).
- Author and present technical analyses and findings to diverse internal and external audiences, including stakeholders, authoritative bodies, and industry forums.
- Design and automate data collection and analysis to support ongoing safety programs.
- Extract insights from historical system safety performance to develop leading indicators for future performance forecasting. Analyze safety data from operational vehicles, crash metrics, and near-miss incidents to inform safety strategies and decision-making.
- Develop statistical models and algorithms to predict potential risks and prevent incidents, improving the safety performance of autonomous systems.
- Model self-driving vehicle behaviors at the system and subsystem levels.
- Develop and maintain reports and expressions of baseline risk coverage and application in operations.
- Design and develop expressions of risk benchmarking from similar industries.
- Create dashboards and reports for communicating risk, ranking, and anomalies.
- Present safety research findings to senior leadership and recommend actionable improvements to safety protocols and operational systems.
- Mentor and lead junior team members, fostering their professional growth.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent applicable technical experience.
- 7+ years of progressive experience solving large-scale complex problems.
- Demonstrated experience in a safety related domain (e.g., transportation, aerospace, robotics, medical devices).
- Strong understanding of safety principles and risk assessment methodologies; with a proven track record of using data science techniques to solve safety challenges and mitigate risks in a dynamic environment.
- Deep command of statistical methods, probabilistic modeling, and performing rapid exploratory data analysis.
- Expertise in data science tools (e.g., Python, SQL, R), statistical modeling, machine learning, predictive analytics, and visualization software (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
- Adept at querying, analyzing, and visualizing large datasets.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex information to various audiences.
- Strong leadership skills, with the ability to provide guidance and mentorship.
- Ability to work independently, as part of a cross-functional team, or as a project lead.
Desirable Qualifications
- Advanced degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent applicable technical experience.
- Experience working in safety and risk, ideally complemented by a portfolio of publications, reports, or conference presentations.
- Familiarity with rapidly scaling operational environments.
- Proficient in working with advanced data transformation tools such as DBT.
- Skilled in building and deploying using Amazon Web Services (AWS) tools.
- Background in the Autonomous Vehicles, Aerospace, or Robotics domains.
The base salary range for this position is $171,000 - $247,000 per year. Aurora’s pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.
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Senior Data Scientist
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About Us:
Perpay is a certified B Corp and Philadelphia’s most impactful growth-stage startup. We are driven by a mission to significantly improve the financial stability of everyday Americans. For the past decade, we have established strong product-market fit and a profitable, efficient operating model across a suite of products, positioning Perpay as the premier financial partner for consumers with subprime credit.
With over 500,000 customers who have utilized more than $1 billion in spending power, we are at a pivotal moment. We are scaling our operations, building new offerings, and deepening our impact. We are looking for teammates eager to join us on this journey.
Our venture partners include First Round Capital and L Catterton.
Products we’ve built to make an impact:
- Perpay Marketplace: Combines interest-free payments and modern e-commerce to reduce cost of ownership and promote healthy repayment behavior.
- Perpay+: Leverages Marketplace repayment history to help members monitor and build credit with all 3 credit bureaus.
- Perpay Credit Card: Expands access to the flexibility and benefits of a World Mastercard by removing common barriers like high security deposits and low approval odds.
Our team thrives on in-person collaboration, operating from our unique center-city Philadelphia office. This comfortable "home away from home" space offers river views and fosters rapid product development, strong relationships, and career growth. The energy from achieving big wins is palpable here. While we primarily work in the office, we offer sensible flexibility for personal needs, such as sick children or urgent errands, and coordinate official remote weeks around major holidays. If you are passionate about a meaningful mission, collaboration, equity, and generous perks, Perpay is the best place to be in Philadelphia right now.
About the Role:
As a Senior Data Scientist at Perpay, you will be a critical player in the day-to-day success of the business, supporting new and existing product initiatives through strong analytical skills and machine learning expertise. In addition, you will be responsible for helping shape the future of the data science team by developing processes and systems that scale with our rapidly growing business. This is an exciting opportunity to make a positive impact on the execution of Perpay’s mission and the lives of our customers. We are looking for someone who is passionate about all aspects of data science: from machine learning and exploratory data analysis to communication of results and real-time deployments. This crucial role will sit on our data science team and report to the Data Science Manager. If you’re looking for a collaborative team that you can bounce ideas off of and learn from, this is where you belong. We are about being curious, setting the standard and building good habits at Perpay.
Our greatest strength is our people and we’d love for you to be one of them!
Responsibilities:
- Drive the end-to-end completion of data science initiatives, collaborating with stakeholders from ideation through execution, ensuring projects deliver strong impact to our customer’s financial lives and the health of the business
- Proactively identify opportunities for the data science team to improve and expand Perpay’s business model using techniques from exploratory data analysis to machine learning models, leveraging subject matter expertise of Perpay’s business model
- Support the growth of the business by delivering scalable models and algorithms while maintaining and troubleshooting existing resources
- Deploy and maintain real-time model inference resources and infrastructure
- Deploy and maintain machine learning pipelines including batch processing and continuous training architecture
- Contribute to the cross-discipline adoption and responsible use of AI/LLM models and services at Perpay
- Present results and analyses to the a wide range of audiences: from Perpay's leadership team to non-technical peers
- Contribute to defining standards and best practices concerning workflow and adoption of new technologies within the Data Science team
- Act as an informal mentor peers
What You’ll Bring:
- 5+ years of experience* and expertise applying machine learning techniques in industry
- 5+ years of experience* and expertise in producing data analysis, exploratory data analysis and data visualization in industry
- 5+ years of experience* and expertise in developing, deploying, maintaining real-time software (e.g. models exposed as APIs)
- 5+ years of experience* and expertise in Cloud compute infrastructure and best practices, including familiarity with tools such as terraform and Cloud Formation
- Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative/technical field (Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Chemistry, Physics)
- Excellent communication skills, across a range of audiences from technical to non-technical
- Strong business acumen, demonstrated through subject matter expertise in at least one industry
- Capable of managing projects “end to end” including managing project scope, timelines and workloads
- Advanced proficiency in Python and standard data science stack (e.g. scikit-learn, pandas, numpy, matplotlib, etc.)
- Team player: willingness and ability to establish strong working relationships not just within the data science team itself, but across the organization
*Internships not included
Nice to have:
- Expertise in multiple advanced machine learning methodologies: e.g. deep learning, probabilistic programming, mathematical optimization, etc.
- Deep familiarity in multiple advanced machine learning frameworks: e.g. tensorflow, pytorch, pymc, etc.
- Experience with scalable compute frameworks such as Spark or Polars
- Experience with deployment frameworks such as Kubernetes
What We’ll Bring to Full-time Team Members:
- Meaningful compensation and equity
- Premium medical benefits (fully paid base plan, and very reasonable premium for the buy-up option)
- 4% employer 401k match
- Unlimited PTO policy
- Remote weeks around major holidays + extra holiday on weekends like MDW and LDW
- High quality catered lunch by local chefs, 4 days / week
- Gym subsidy
- Paid cell phone + plan
- Student loan repayment program
- Relocation assistance
- Generous team member discounts
This is not a remote opportunity; it is 100% onsite (#LI-Onsite) (#LI-TH1) (#LI-AK1)
Perpay is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in all its forms and are committed to creating an inclusive environment. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, sex (including pregnancy), marital status, political affiliation, age, veteran status, disability status or other non-merit factor. Please contact us at careers@perpay.com to request accommodation.
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