At Akkodis, we use our insight, knowledge, and global resources to make exceptional connections every day. With 60 branch offices located strategically throughout North America, we are positioned perfectly to deliver the industry's top talent to each of our clients. Clients choose Akkodis as their workforce partner to solve staffing challenges that range from locating hard-to-find niche talent to completing quick-fill demands. Akkodis is seeking a Data Scientist III for a contract to hire role with a client located in Los Angeles, CA. Position: Data Scientist III Location: Los Angeles, CA – hybrid Employment: Contract Rate - $110/hr.-$130/hr. Responsibilities: Work as part of a central team to build insights and frameworks Create and test hypotheses about the ways sentiment and engagement / monetization interrelate, including exploration of both leading and lagging relationships Conduct exploratory data analysis and build models that connect complex sentiment with telemetry data, for the same subjects Transform and prepare datasets, including longitudinal survey and other complex datasets, to be amenable to the above analyses Consult on survey design and methodology, to improve the chance of success with the above analyses Partner with analysts and researchers to generate documentation of your findings Improve the state of various data science products within the remit of Central Product Insights, including feature additions, product maintenance, and automation Train analysts and data scientists to re-run your analyses and work with any models or other data science products that you build / improve Required Qualifications • Ph.D. in Machine Learning, AI, Statistics, Math, or related Computer Science/Quantitative field with 3+ years of industry experience (including Postdoc), or equivalent experience (i.e., M.S. with 4-6+ years of relevant experience, or B.S. with 6-8+ years of relevant experience) • Proficiency using Python and SQL for large-scale data analysis in distributed computing environments (e.g., Spark or cloud-based platforms like Databricks) • Experience conducting exploratory data analysis on ordinal and continuous data, with a focus on extracting meaningful insights to inform hypotheses, models, or product decisions. • Proficiency applying causal inference methods to observational panel data (e.g., fixed effects, inverse probability weighting). • Experience modeling longitudinal sentiment data, especially multi-item constructs (e.g., using latent growth models or hierarchical models). • Skilled in preparing complex survey datasets, including handling multicollinearity, missing data, irregular time spacing, weighting, and reshaping wide/long data. • Familiarity with survey methodology and longitudinal study design, including: • Wave cadence and timing • Panel attrition and bias mitigation strategies • Question construction and psychometric consistency Desired Qualifications • Prior experience working with player-facing survey programs. • Prior experience working with researcher tools for survey analysis (e.g., R, Q, SPSS). • Strong communication and documentation skills for sharing insights with cross-functional partners. TECHNICAL MUST HAVES: • Experience conducting exploratory data analysis on ordinal and continuous data, with a focus on extracting meaningful insights to inform hypotheses, models, or product decisions. • Experience modeling longitudinal sentiment data, especially multi-item constructs (e.g., using latent growth models or hierarchical models). • Familiarity with survey methodology and longitudinal study design • Proficiency applying causal inference methods to observational panel data (e.g., fixed effects, inverse probability weighting). • Proficiency using Python and SQL for large-scale data analysis in distributed computing environments (e.g., Spark or cloud-based platforms like Databricks) • Skilled in preparing complex survey datasets, including handling multicollinearity, missing data, irregular time spacing, weighting, and reshaping wide/long data. If you are interested in this Data Scientist III, then please click APPLY NOW. 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