Pratt & Whitney digital technology has an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Data Scientist to help solve complex problems within Enterprise Analytics, pushing technological boundaries, driving innovation, achieving new productivity levels, transforming how we work, and uncovering new sources of growth for our customers.
Requirements
- Demonstrated proficiency writing production-quality code (Python required; familiarity with SQL and optionally R) with strong attention to modularity, maintainability, and automated testing.
- Significant experience building and optimizing end-to-end data pipelines, including ETL processes, advanced feature engineering, dimensionality reduction, model deployment, monitoring, and alerting.
- Proven track record leading cross-functional initiatives, aligning technical solutions with strategic business objectives.
- Familiarity or hands-on experience with modern cloud-based data platforms and technologies, preferably including Databricks, Spark, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Experience or strong interest in advanced AI techniques such as Graph AI, LLM-driven applications, and AI Agents highly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Work with and mentor a talented team of Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers, guiding projects from concept to deployment.
- Collaborate strategically with business stakeholders to deeply understand complex problems, translating business needs into innovative AI solutions.
- Drive the development and prioritization of analytical capabilities and features, delivering measurable business impact through advanced machine learning techniques.
- Evaluate, prototype, and implement state-of-the-art AI technologies (e.g., knowledge graph-driven AI, LLM-driven workflows, autonomous AI Agents) into scalable, reusable enterprise-wide components.
- Champion best practices in data science and software engineering, including reproducibility, scalability, robust documentation, testing, and continuous integration/delivery.
- Proactively identify opportunities for improvement, facilitating rapid and high-quality project delivery.
- Foster a culture of intellectual curiosity, continuous learning, innovation, and knowledge sharing across the team and the broader enterprise.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline, with 8+ years of relevant experience OR an advanced degree with 5+ years of relevant experience.
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
- Strong interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to manage stakeholder expectations through clear, transparent communication and milestone-driven delivery.
- This is a remote work opportunity but ideally the candidate will be located in the greater East Hartford, Connecticut area.
