Who is Bidscale
Bidscale develops digital products to accelerate government innovation. One of the fastest-growing startups supporting the public sector, Bidscale is rapidly expanding its engineering, consulting, and go-to-market teams as we begin to enter into our next phase of growth. We have big visions for the future and are on the lookout for team members interested in making an outsized impact in the market.
The Team You Will Work With
This team member is part of our Engineering Department that utilizes the latest development principles and creates genre-defining products to challenge the status quo. Our products and tools bring innovation, user-centric design, and critical thinking. The Data Scientist, Associate will be tasked with creating innovative, customer-centric models in the Federal market, pushing the envelope on Machine Learning capabilities.
Position Details & Benefits:

• Compensation: Up to $180,000 (commensurate with fit)
• US citizenship required, Full-time, Salaried, Exempt
• 90-100% Remote
• Unlimited PTO
• 85%-100% company coverage for BCBS/Guardian options on Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Short-Term Disability
• 100% match up to 6% of 401k contribution, vested immediately

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of industry experience working with the AWS Data Storage technologies such as S3, DynamoDB, Aurora, and ECS as well as data analytics platforms such as Databricks

Technical and Data Experience

• Proficiency in at least one high-level programming language: Java, Scala, Python, R
• Experience with the AWS Data Storage technologies such as S3, DynamoDB, Aurora, Redshift, and ECS.
• Experience developing ETL pipelines between various AWS Storage capabilities.
• Experience modeling and deploying relational, NoSQL, and graph data models
• Experience in monitoring of CRUD performance of databases through cloud-native and third-party applications/tools.
• Create, scale, and maintain data pipeline architecture across a cloud-based ecosystem
• Demonstrated success in implementing and enforcing data standards and best practices
• Implement data pipeline architecture decisions based on appropriate performance, cost, and security optimization best practices

Teaming Experience

• Experience with highly agile projects including comfort with uncertainty and ambiguity
• Partner with upstream engineering teams and downstream analytics teams
• Work with Engineers, Product Managers, and Analytics personnel to specify product data requirements and strive for greater functionality in our data systems
• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-design infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.
• Participate in true agile development such with ceremonies such as scrum, bi-weekly sprints, and demos
• Exercise strong written, diagraming, and verbal communication skills to translate complex technical concepts into simplified explanations and expand upon open-ended requirements

Bidscale and its employees operate to fulfill the following core values:

• #WorldClass: We create world-class products for our world-class Government
• #MasterCraft: We collectively strive, together, to be true masters of our respective crafts
• #WorkBackwards: We see the future, strategically envision our end state, and work backward with intent
• #DoBeautiful: We believe that if it's worth doing, it's worth doing beautifully and elegantly
• #SoftwareScale: We scale through software to be more efficient, effective, and precise
• #Perseverance: We overcome the impossible through brilliance, grit, and class
• #CelebrateUs: We celebrate triumphs; we celebrate differences; we celebrate balance; we celebrate us
• #OneTeam: We are one team and we play to win big