Data Scientist

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This role is a Data Scientist position based in New York, NY, for a 12-month remote contract, offering $80 - $85/hr on W2. Requires an advanced degree, 5+ years of experience in statistical methods, and proficiency in Python and SQL.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
💰 - Day rate
Unknown
Unknown
680
🗓️ - Date discovered
April 22, 2025
🕒 - Project duration
More than 6 months
🏝️ - Location type
Remote
📄 - Contract type
W2 Contractor
🔒 - Security clearance
Unknown
📍 - Location detailed
New York, NY
🧠 - Skills detailed
#AI (Artificial Intelligence) #Tableau #Strategy #A/B Testing #Reinforcement Learning #Cloud #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Predictive Modeling #Mathematics #ML (Machine Learning) #Statistics #Visualization #Data Science #Data Analysis #BI (Business Intelligence) #Scrum #Customer Segmentation #Python #Scala #CRM (Customer Relationship Management) #Computer Science
Role description

Position: Data Scientist

Location: New York, NY 10112

Duration: 12 Months

Job Type: Contract

Work Type: Remote

Shift: ( Mon To Fri) (9.00AM-6.00PM)

Pay Rate: $80 - $85/hr on W2

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is a media and entertainment company that develops, produces, and markets entertainment, news, and information. It owns and operates a portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a motion picture company, television production operations, a television stations group, theme parks, and a suite of Internet-based businesses.

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

   • Leverage data science to identify patterns as part of long term strategic assessments and recommendations

   • Build long-range predictive models to evaluate and optimize long term goals

   • Simulate and predict long term demand for various scenarios to assist with investment decisions

   • Clearly display data visualization to convey a point in programs such as Tableau

   • Develop a comprehensive knowledge of the business, and utilize it to derive exacting data science project requirements from general business problem discussions

   • Design and code data products that implement the full scope of ingesting and updating data, building and refreshing models, scoring using those models, and then serving results on an ad-hoc and on-demand basis

   • Help drive A/B testing for Marketing and Product teams through reporting and insight.

   • Find growth opportunities through customer segmentation and retention analysis. Create customer cohorts through predictive modeling and CRM database marketing.

   • Help manage prioritization in sprints and participate in daily scrums.

   • Partner closely with Marketing, Product, Ad Sales, Strategy, and Production teams to provide BI support and data analysis.

   • Create standardized reporting for multiple groups within the Client's organization.

   • Provide ad-hoc analyses, troubleshooting, and deep dives as needed.

   • Create presentations

Qualifications:

   • Advanced (Master or above) degree with specialization in Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science, Economics, Mathematics, Operations Research or another quantitative field or equivalent.

   • 5+ years of experience in statistical methods and machine learning within industry and research.

   • Understanding of algorithmic complexity of model training and testing, particularly for real-time and near real-time models.

   • Has strong knowledge of causal inference techniques, Gen AI (LLM) implementation, or reinforcement learning.

   • Solid technical knowledge of A/B testing methodologies, experimental design, statistics and other analytical concepts.

   • Experience implementing scalable, distributed, and highly available systems using Google Cloud.

   • Proficient in Python and SQL

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.