Mark43 is approved to hire in Canada, the UK, and 36 U.S. states, including Alabama, Arizona, California (excluding San Francisco), Colorado, Connecticut, Washington D.C., Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. Before applying to a remote role, please ensure that you are able to perform the position in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the country in which the role is being hired. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
Mark43’s mission is to empower communities and their governments with new technologies that improve the safety and quality of life for all. We build powerful, scalable, and elegant software that sets a new standard for the tools upon which our first responders rely. Our users are diverse, and we are therefore committed to embracing diversity of thought and experience within our team.
We are looking for an associate Data Scientist to join our Global Services team. In this role, you will work closely with public safety agencies and internal teams to help turn operational data into meaningful insights. You will contribute to and drive analytical projects that support decision-making, improve operations, and drive real-world impact in the communities our customers serve. This is a great opportunity to apply and grow your technical and consulting skills in a fast-paced, high-impact environment, helping to shape meaningful outcomes in public safety.
What You’ll Do
If you were part of our team, here are some things you would have done last week:
- Collaborated with senior team members and customers to break down a key analytical question and identify the data and methodological approach needed to answer it.
- Wrote SQL queries and used Python or R to clean, explore, and analyze datasets.
- Built or updated dashboards and visualizations that make complex data easier to understand and act on, working directly with customers to solicit and incorporate feedback.
- Helped combine multiple datasets, working through data quality challenges to produce reliable outputs.
- Translated analytical findings into clear summaries, visuals, and products for non-technical stakeholders.
- Partnered with Services, Product, and Engineering teams to share customer insights and improve the platform.
- Helped customers better understand the Mark43 data model and how to use our tools.
What You’ll Need
We’re looking for an Associate Data Scientist with 0 to 2 years of professional experience, or equivalent academic or internship experience, working with data. This level of experience is a good fit for someone who is excited to learn on the job, apply and grow their technical skills in a fast-paced environment, and grow into a more independent contributor over time.
You should bring:
- Knowledge and experience working with Python or R, and interest and ability to learn SQL, for data analysis and manipulation
- Experience through coursework, internships, or projects building analyses, reports, or visualizations
- A strong willingness to learn new tools, systems, and the Mark43 data model
- Comfort working with messy or incomplete datasets and a desire to improve data quality
- Background in statistics, computer science, economics, data science or similar field and analytical thinking, with curiosity about machine learning techniques
- Ability to translate analytical insights into clear, compelling communication for both written and verbal audiences
- Public safety, law enforcement, or crime analysis exposure is a plus but not required.
People who thrive on our team also tend to share the following characteristics:
- Curious and eager to learn. You ask questions and actively seek to deepen your understanding of data and its real-world impact
- Customer-focused. You care about helping agencies succeed and improving outcomes for the communities they serve
- Comfortable with ambiguity. You are open to tackling problems without clear answers and learning as you go
- Collaborative and humble. You value feedback and enjoy working across teams to build better solutions
Our team is remote friendly within approved states, with opportunities to collaborate in person at our offices in New York, Boston, and Manchester UK. This role may include travel to customer sites to understand their data and operational needs and directly support analytical needs.
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Mark43 is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please email [email protected] requesting the accommodation.
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