Associate Data Scientist

Title: Data Scientist – P2
Location: US (Remote)
Reports to: Managing Director, Data Science

The Role: 

As part of the Valuation Services division of JD Power, you will work to understand what features drive a vehicle's price and predict future values. Our data science team is accountable for every data point we output and provides industry-leading, accurate, transparent analytics. We are looking for a Data Scientist who will be free to utilize the latest technologies to solve challenging problems, enhance production machine learning processes, deploy them into production with rigorous QC, and enhance the tools for monitoring them. We are a mature and tight-knit data science team looking to add another top-shelf team member ready to make a difference in the automotive industry. Join us!  

The Impact:

We make data products and every new data product we output will solve a problem in the auto industry. Every Data Scientist will build models that go into production and directly impact our core products.

About the Job:

• Daily immersion in automotive industry data
• Work directly with internal stakeholders to help them understand our predictive products and methodology
• Present your findings to the broader internal group
• Documentation of machine learning processes
• Maintain, and iterate on production machine learning algorithms
• Collaborate closely with technology and engineering teams to improve existing processes and build out new ones
• Work with senior team members to develop the analytics that will power new products
• Create visual reports in Tableau for internal and external clients that summarize findings
• Team environment that encourages the sharing of ideas to build the best predictive algorithms
• Ad-hoc data analysis and reporting

Qualifications:

• Ability to communicate technical processes to a lay audience
• Presentation experience
• Curiosity and passion for solving problems with data
• Experience working with large datasets
• Experience with statistical programming software (Spark, Python preferred)
• Experience with database software (RedShift, Hive, SQL, MYSQL)
• Degree in Statistics, Data Science, Economics, or a related field

Nice to Have:

• Experience with automotive market data
• Experience deploying cloud-based ML Ops systems
• Experience working with AWS tools (Sagemaker, Glue, Batch, Lamdba…)
• Some shareable examples of data visualizations you have created
• Experience deploying machine learning models into production with an API

The Career Opportunity: 

Grow as a full-stack data scientist in a medium-sized team. You will pipeline data, build models, deploy them in the cloud, and build monitoring suites.

The Hiring Manager says: 

We want data science candidates who can think through a customer journey and an industry thoroughly, creatively and intuitively to explain and predict issues that have not yet been resolved (in large part because they are only emerging). We need the capability to leverage the right data sets from an impressive set of data assets that is unrivaled in this space at your disposal.

The Way We Work: 

• Leader Led
• Remote First
• Foster Flexibility
• Reward Performance
• Time Off Matters

Company Mission  

J.D. Power is clear about what we do to ensure our success into the future. We unite industry leading data and insights with world-class technology to solve our clients’ toughest challenges.   

Our Values  

At J.D. Power, we strive to be Truth Finders, Change Makers and Team Driven - the distinct behaviors that, together, define our unique culture.   

J.D. Power is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. 

J.D. Power is an equal-opportunity employer and compliant with AODA/ADA legislation. Should you require accommodations during the recruitment and selection process, please reach out to [email protected].