Data Scientist II

Title: Data Scientist II (Data Analysis and Research)

Location: Baltimore, MD or Remote

Job Description:

Fearless Digital builds software with a soul. As a division inside Fearless, we’re part of its digital services integrator model to unlock the power of organizations, people and tech. Our division designs, engineers, and delivers digital solutions to solve problems and drive impact. Using iterative development cycles, we minimize risk for our customers and efficiently deliver intuitive and responsive technology. In this way, we help set the stage for tech to work better for people. That’s not our only goal, though. We also strive to create a purple culture that makes our team members excited to come to work every day. We take a holistic approach to our people’s well-being, and our culture and benefits are designed to support our people in working the way they like best. We encourage our people to pursue their passions, both in and out of the office. With flexible schedules, continuing education support, and a family-friendly work environment, we’ve created a culture that allows our team to thrive professionally and personally.

Fearless believes in equal opportunity employment. We won’t discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, gender, nationality, age, religion, disability, military status, or sexual orientation. As a company and as individuals, we’re committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for our team, our family members, our clients, our subcontractors, and our vendors.

Fearless Digital Benefits

Benefits Eligibility:

• Full-time team members are eligible for benefits upon beginning employment at Fearless
• Part-time team members are only eligible for 8.75 days of safe & sick leave
• Interns and 1099 team members are not eligible for Fearless benefits

Our people make us who we are. We believe that every member of the Fearless team has something to share, and we value the unique viewpoint you’ll bring to our community. But we value your community, too, so we offer fulfilling work that stays in balance with the rest of life. Because everyone has different needs, desires, and goals, our benefits offer the choices and flexibility that our team members need to live well and succeed. Here are a few highlights of our benefits package, for full-time team members, exclusively:

• Life-friendly schedules
• Family-friendly workplace
• We cover 100% of your premium for our medical HSA plan + the deductible portion of HSA contributions, 80% of your premium for our HMO or PPO plans, and offer competitive dependent coverage. We cover 100% of dental and vision premiums for you and your dependents and offer medical and dependent care FSA options. We also offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, and legal planning and support insurance.
• Tech, education / training, and wellness allowances
• Safe Harbor 401(k) plan with employer contributions (current match = 4%) and immediate vesting
• Referral bonus: Bring your friends! If someone you refer is hired, you’ll get a bonus of $6–12k!
• Total Pet Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Up 12 weeks of FMLA paid at 100%
• PTO is provided to team members as a lump sum allowance, not an accrual. PTO is prorated based on your start date (see table below) on a quarterly basis (with tenure-based increases), 8.75 days of sick leave, 11 federal holidays, their birthday (8 hours), up to 15 days for jury duty, and up to 3 days (24 hours) of bereavement leave per eligible instance.

Compensation

Our Compensation System is designed to reward remarkable work, grow your impact and support the whole “you” over the course of your career.

We believe in paying people fairly, so we’ve established a compensation model aimed to ensure everyone at Fearless — regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, nationality, or negotiation skills — is given equal pay for equal work. Our approach to compensation is intended to ensure our total package serves all of your needs and includes base pay, medical and other benefits, performance rewards, 401k matching, plus a few perks (tech and wellness reimbursement programs)! Our salary ranges are determined based on role, level and location and provide team members salary growth within a salary grade over time. Team members automatically progress within a salary range through annual increases (given to reward service at Fearless) or merit increases (given to reward and individual’s demonstrated performance and growth within the position). Fearless team members are also eligible for discretionary bonuses based on company performance.

The salary ranges for this position based on location are listed below. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified as a part of our annual salary range review.

Salary Range

• AL, FL, GA, TN Residents: $90,015 (min) – $117,019 (mid) – $144,024 (max)
• NC Residents: $92,799 (min) – $120,639 (mid) – $148,478 (max)
• DE, MD, PA, TX, VA Residents: $97,439 (min) – $126,671 (mid) – $155,902 (max)
• DC Residents: $109,503 (min) – $142.354 (mid) – $175,204 (max)
• CA & NY Residents: $113,215 (min) – $147,179 (mid) – $181,143 (max)

Location:

• 100% Remote

Employment Type:

Full-time

Summary

The Data Scientist II is proficient in building algorithms, data modeling, and building data-driven solutions that solve customer business problems. They are responsible for partnering with customers to perform statistical analysis and build machine learning models. The Data Scientist II support prototypes and scalable production solutions to help customers make data-driven solutions.

Responsibilities and Contributions

Organizational and Leadership Role

• Coaches and mentors others by example and through direct coaching on machine learning and artificial intelligence skills.
• Takes initiative for their own growth through personal leadership.
• Strengthens our Data Science community and practice.

Functional Role

• Guides team on evaluating the customer’s needs, advising on both the benefits and risks of potential artificial intelligence.
• Facilitates customer understanding of the impact of AI on their operating model and develops their skills in and comfort with machine learning solutions.
• Develops custom data models, algorithms, and predictive models to perform multifaceted analysis.
• Builds and maintains predictive models and machine learning algorithms from the ground up to solve real-world business challenges.
• Stitches, calibrates, and optimizes sparse and noisy data across various data sources.
• Collaborates with various stakeholders and teams of stakeholders to understand business problems, help define them into KPIs, and deliver insightful analysis in reports or visualizations.
• Conducts regular, ad-hoc data and analysis needs to better understand customer behaviors.
• Supports and guides teams in running growth programs and A/B tests by analyzing results and communicating findings and insights.
• Understands, monitors, and collaborates with teams to ensure ongoing data quality.
• Researches industry trends, advising the customer on applicable solutions and applying them to support their organizational needs.
• Works with the customer and relevant stakeholders to understand the potential impacts on the customer and the broader community of any models that are in development.

Project-specific Contributions

• Conduct in-depth data analysis and research;
• Develop predictive models and derive actionable insights
• Collaborate with other data scientists and engineers to ensure robust analysis.

Essential Skills, Experience, or Competencies

Must-Have Skills

• A minimum of 8 years of demonstrated related working experience
• Demonstrated experience with conducting in-depth academic research and using findings to influence stakeholder decisions
• Excellent analytical skills, problem-solving skills, and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated high proficiency in Python
• Proficiency with deep learning tools and at least one machine learning tool, such as Hadoop, Apache Spark, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, or cloud-provider equivalents.
• Proven skills in statistics, data processing, or data annotation.
• Proficiency with various types of databases, such as relational, key-value, document, graph.
• Proficient in OLAP data storage technologies like data lakes, and data warehouses.
• Proven ability to work with at least one machine learning tool like Hadoop, Apache Spark, TensorFlow, or scikit-learn, or cloud-provider equivalents.
• Skilled in the usage of visualization tools and techniques like D3 Dash, ggplot, Tableau, or equivalents.
• Proficient in cloud computing technologies such as Azure, Databricks, AWS, Google Cloud Platform.
• Ability to view data and determine what questions to ask, what assumptions to make, what algorithms to use, and how to get the biggest impact from it.
• Ability to understand and respond to customer needs and collaborate as part of a cross-functional team.
• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Ability to operate and manage work, strategically reason, build relationships, and influence others.
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance (or possess an active clearance)

Highly Desired

• Active Public Trust or higher security credential/clearance
• BS in Computer Science, Data Analytics, Data Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar technology-related degree.
• Understanding of software architecture, full-stack development, and platform solutions in the development and production of artificial intelligence that meet the mission objectives and goals of our clients.

So, what’s next?

Over the years, we’ve honed our interview process to help ensure that every team member we hire is the right fit for us and that we’re the right fit for them. If we think you’re a good fit, we’ll get in touch and start scheduling your interviews! Depending on the role’s/project’s requirements, the interview process may include some differences. At the minimum

• Introductory Interview: This is where you and your recruiter will build rapport, explore your career and educational background, discuss salary expectations, role requirements, and set expectations for the interview process, specific to the position of interest.
• Technical Interview (Skills Fit): This is where we get into the nitty gritty of the project. During the Technical Interview, you’ll be interviewed by the technical team to dig more into your background and technical capabilities.
• Business Interview: At this point, you’ve made it to the final frontier! The Business Interview is when you’ll meet with Fearless leadership to dot the i’s, cross the t’s, and determine whether or not we’ll be moving forward with the hiring process.