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Job DescriptionXcelerate Solutions is seeking an experienced Data Scientist & Visualization. We are seeking a Data Scientist / Visualization Specialist to design and deliver intuitive, interactive analytic applications and dashboards in Palantir Foundry. This role emphasizes application development, data visualization, and UI/UX ensuring developed products are easy to use and can support decision-makers and operators across the enterprise. You will partner closely with data scientists and data engineers to bring analytics to life. Come join our award-winning organization and work with some of the most talented and brightest minds in the GovCon industry.
Location: Remote
Security Clearance: Secret
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop user-facing analytic applications and dashboards in Palantir Foundry
- Translate complex data models and analytics into clear, compelling visualizations
- Build interactive, data-driven UIs that embed analytics and metrics into workflows
- Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to integrate analytics, AI outputs, and ontologies
- Apply UX/UI best practices to deliver accessible, intuitive, and scalable applications
- Collaborate in an Agile/Scrum environment to rapidly iterate on solutions
- Communicate insights effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Minimum Requirements:
- Experience building data-driven applications or dashboards
- Strong data visualization and storytelling skills
- Experience with BI and visualization tools (PowerBI, Tableau, Qlik, or similar)
- Proficiency in Python
- Experience with Python-based visualization libraries (plotly, matplotlib, seaborn)
- Understanding of data analysis and EDA to work effectively with source data
- Experience wrangling and aggregating data from multiple data sources
- Grasp of UX/UI best practices for analytic applications
- Comfort working in a dynamic Agile/Scrum environment with evolving or loosely defined requirements
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
- Experience with Palantir Foundry, Databricks, or similar data platforms
- Active Secret Clearance
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior Army Contractor experience
- Experience supporting modernization cloud project
- Knowledge of TypeScript for front-end or application-layer development.
- Experience building rapid analytic demos or apps (e.g., Streamlit)
- Hands-on experience with Palantir Foundry (pipelines, transforms, Workshop, Ontologies, AIP, etc.) – particular focus on Workshop and Ontologies
- Experience with data platform operations, monitoring, or optimization
- Experience building and maintaining ETL pipelines supporting analytic applications
- Experience with AI/ML and statistical modeling tools and python libraries (e.g., scikit-learn, statsmodels, Prophet; NLP tools such as spaCy or NLTK)
- Proficiency in Python for analytics and data pipelines (e.g., pandas, polars, PySpark)
Xcelerate Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, equal pay, disability, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or expression of another protected characteristic. As part of this commitment to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals, Xcelerate provides reasonable accommodations if needed because of an applicant's or an employee's disability.
Pay Transparency Notice: Xcelerate Solutions will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
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