Data Scientist III

About AccuWeather

AccuWeather is recognized as the most accurate source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world. The Company has saved tens of thousands of lives, prevented hundreds of thousands of injuries, and saved tens of billions of dollars in property damage. 

Today, AccuWeather is the most recognized and most used source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, known to billions, and is proven and verified to be the most accurate. Digitally, AccuWeather is the #1 weather destination in the world and one of the top destination sites that exist globally.

AccuWeather forecasts appear on digital signage, in 700 newspapers, are heard on over 400 radio stations and are viewed on 100 television stations. The AccuWeather Network reaches 35 million households, and its AccuWeather NOW streaming services is available to more than 200 million active users on many platforms, including Roku, Xumo, Red Box, LG, Amazon, and Freevee.

AccuWeather For Business serves more than half of the Fortune 500 companies and thousands of other businesses and government agencies globally that pay for the most accurate and most useful weather forecasts from any source. AccuWeather’s story is one of a fanatical dedication to Superior Accuracy™, detail, creativity, and innovation. Entrepreneurship, service, and the loyalty and commitment of hundreds of people who have joined AccuWeather’s center of excellence, including many who have dedicated their entire careers to AccuWeather.

Dr. Joel Myers, Founder and Executive Chairman, established AccuWeather in 1962 and is considered the “father of modern commercial meteorology.” Myers, a leading creative thinker and visionary, has been named “the most accurate man in weather” by The New York Times and has been recognized as one of the top entrepreneurs in American history by Entrepreneur’s Encyclopedia of Entertainment. 

Position Summary

At AccuWeather, we are at the center of innovation, combining meteorological and atmospheric sciences with cutting-edge AI to develop groundbreaking weather-related products and services.  We are seeking a highly skilled Data Scientist III to join our dynamic and intelligent Data Science team. By joining AccuWeather, you will bring your unique perspectives and contribute to those efforts.
A non-exhaustive list of the kind of tasks you can expect to work on:

• Explore and enhance our modeling frameworks, leveraging state-of-the-art deep learning techniques and atmospheric science principles
• Design and develop new AI-driven approaches and implement them at scale in production to ensure robustness and scalability
• Apply your expertise to diverse topics, from weather phenomena prediction to long-range climate modeling, among others
• Actively contribute to the team’s daily operations, effectively communication your progress and findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Take on team lead responsibilities by guiding and mentoring team members, fostering a collaborating environment and ensuring successful execution of team initiatives  

Job Responsibilities

• Build and train complex machine learning models leveraging AccuWeather’s extensive data archives towards the prediction of weather phenomena from severe weather, tropical, climate, and more.
• Regularly present model findings and verifications along with areas of further refinement
• Assemble large, complex data sets that align with business requirements, ensuring data integrity and quality
• Perform extraction, transformation, loading, and optimization of data from various sources ensuring efficiency
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders including the product and executive teams to meet and exceed internal and external client expectations
• Deploy machine learning and deep learning models into production environments
   
  Job Qualifications
• 3+ years of experience in applying machine learning and deep learning algorithms (CNNs, GANs, LSTMs, etc.)
• A strong Interest and passion for image processing, feature extraction, object detection and recognition, image classification, and motion analysis
• Experience with Python (especially Numpy, Pandas, and Scikit-learn) and the main deep learning frameworks (MLflow, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, Jax, etc.)
• Strong background in mathematics, including statistics and optimization
• High level of critical thinking and analysis  to resolve high-impact, complex, and inter-departmental challenges effectively
• Ability to make prompt, sound decisions when faced with complex and often contradictory alternatives that result in successful outcomes
• Self-driven with strong problem-solving skills; adaptable, proactive, and willing to take ownership
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; excellent collaboration, reporting, and analytical skills

Remote candidates in Paris are being considered for this opportunity

More About AccuWeather

AccuWeather's innovation-first promise has led to the development of many award-winning and propriety features that are available free to the public, including AccuWeather MinuteCast® Minute by Minute™ forecasts with Superior Accuracy ™, the exclusive AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperature, and AccuWeather RealImpact™ Scale for Hurricanes, among many other revolutionary products for the greater safety, convenience and comfort of our users. Further, AccuWeather serves more than half of the Fortune 500 and thousands of other businesses in the U.S. and globally.
Dr. Joel N. Myers, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, established AccuWeather in 1962 and is considered the “father of modern commercial meteorology.” Dr. Myers, a leading creative thinker and visionary, has been named “the most accurate man in weather” by The New York Times and one of the top entrepreneurs in American history by Entrepreneur’s Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

AccuWeather is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. View the EEO is the Law poster here and its supplement here. The pay transparency policy is available here. 
AccuWeather is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.