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Data Scientist (Commodity)

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Nov 21, 2025
Houston, TX, United States of America
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SynMax is a data intelligence company specializing in maritime and energy intelligence. They need to develop industry-disrupting analytics software by integrating advanced satellite imagery and AI to deliver unparalleled insights into maritime operations, oil and gas development, coal inventory, and LNG flows, enabling businesses and organizations to make data-driven decisions with precision and confidence.

Requirements

  • Ability to apply machine learning, statistics, and optimization principles to problem solving. Experience in linear programming and graph based methods are a plus.
  • Hands-on experience building Google Cloud Platform highly scalable data processing pipelines for volatile live data streams.
  • Knowledge of geospatial data formats (e.g., GeoJSON, Shapefiles), libraries (e.g., Geopandas, GDAL, Fiona, Shapely) and spatial database query syntax (e.g., PostGIS)
  • Proficient in image processing, algorithm and machine learning libraries (SciPy, Pytorch, Tensorflow, Scikit-Image, Scikit-Learn, OpenCV)
  • Experience with data fusion.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement probabilistic and deterministic algorithms for information extraction and fusion from a variety of remote sensing and proprietary data sources.
  • Perform exploratory data analysis for problem definition and refinement. Develop and test candidate algorithms to demonstrate tradeoffs for final selection.
  • Assemble and clean training and test datasets. Perform model training. Iterate to meet model performance requirements.
  • Develop and maintain Python-based applications for processing volatile live data streams on Google Cloud Platform.
  • Work closely with relational databases and execute complex queries to extract actionable insights from geospatial data.
  • Optimize application performance and scalability to ensure flawless operation under heavy load conditions.
  • Implement best practices for code quality, testing, and deployment automation in a continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) environment.

Other

  • Collaborate with analysts and domain experts to understand business requirements and translate them into technical product solutions.
  • Ability to take ownership of project tasks through to completion, producing positive outcomes despite unforeseen complexity.
  • The ability to work effectively in a team environment with remotely located staff in different time zones, demonstrating strong communication and coordination skills.
  • Highly motivated and adaptable to changing needs as our company grows.
  • PhD or MS degree in Computer Science (preferred), or STEM field.