Blue Rose Research is looking for a data scientist with a focus in analytics to work at the intersection of modeling and analysis, supporting internal stakeholders in delivering guidance to key clients this election cycle. This role will utilize technical and analytical skills to turn modeled outputs into insights, conduct analysis based on questions from political strategists, and help automate actionable takeaways on our data.
Requirements
- Experience with SQL and relational databases. Can quickly orient themselves to a new dataset, perform exploratory analysis, spot data quality issues, and justify decisions about how to handle imperfect data.
- A strong R programming background, or significant experience in python and a willingness to learn R.
- Used Github or other version control tools
- Experience pulling insights from data, building a story around them, and creating effective visualizations to communicate those findings (in ggplot, matplotlib, or similar).
- Experience with applied statistics and predictive modeling. Understanding of how modeling works and could describe the basics to a non-technical person.
- Experience contributing to R or python packages and a knack for writing reusable and efficient code
- Demonstrated experience leading a cross-functional team to complete a larger-scale project
Responsibilities
- Help build out a suite of analytics pipelines to take modeled outputs and produce automated reporting on public opinion and voter behavior at a rapid cadence.
- Build clear data visualizations in R to communicate our modeled results to less technical audiences.
- Analyze data using regressions and other statistical concepts to answer questions from political strategists and clients.
- Deliver actionable guidance to important internal stakeholders, helping them understand nuances of the model output.
- Build subject matter context and think critically about our data in order to discern real trends versus potential bugs to flag for our machine learning data scientists.
- Use and provide product feedback on existing infrastructure to engineers and machine learning data scientists
- Contribute new ideas to the ways we analyze, interpret, and communicate our data
Other
- This job posting is for both Senior and Junior-level roles.
- We offer a competitive salary, medical, dental, and health benefits, and a work environment that will support your differences.
- While the work is remote, we do have an office in NYC and a number of folks who work in-person regularly – both in NYC and at shared workspace meetups in DC. Most of our work happens on East Coast time.
- Has strong oral and written communication skills, especially in a remote environment
- Is solutions-oriented, has strong attention to detail, and is a creative thinker who isn’t daunted by open-ended research questions.
