CivicActions is a mission-minded company. We focus on helping the government deliver better services through modern software practices. We work in cross-functional, agile teams and communicate openly and honestly. We encourage a balanced, autonomous lifestyle. We are looking for others like us with a true passion for using technology to change our world positively.

We are looking for a new hire in our growing Data Science team. As we grow our practice area, this person will be pivotal in helping build our capabilities at existing and new government and non-profit client organizations. This person will support an existing customer to help build and expand our data analysis capabilities.

As our group grows, this person will be well positioned to grow their role and responsibilities with the team.

What we offer:

You’ll be part of a growing team focused on your professional growth - as your skills grow, so, too, will our team’s! You’ll be in a customer facing role building data science tools, analyses, and products that will have a direct impact for the American people.

Responsibilities and Contributions:

• Guides and helps the organization understand the role of data, data analytics, data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning solutions in our digital transformation of our clients’ organizations.
• Helps grow a community within CivicActions around data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence for technical and ethical excellence.
• Provides guidance for data science solutions.
• Researches and reapplies industry trends for our clients’ organizational needs.
• Defines the system in which project teams create documentation, including business goals, data gathering and processes, applicable approaches, final algorithms, and a detailed set of results and analytical metrics.
• Develops and tells cohesive stories about proposed technology solutions and potential uses in Government operations.
• Works with new teams or customers on evaluating the customer’s needs and helps advise on both the benefits and risks of data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
• Helps customers understand the impact of AI on their operating model and develop skills in and comfort with machine learning solutions.
• Supports the development of proposals, including shaping and responding to opportunities, proposal creation, and oral presentations.

Essential Skills, Experience, and Competencies:

• Ability to identify and anticipate technical issues in proposed solutions with the context of client situations.
• Ability to operate and manage work, strategically reason, build relationships, and influence others
• Proficiency with data science scripting languages such as R and/or Python.
• Experience in analytics, data mining, and/or predictive modeling, and data interpretation.
• Experience with business intelligence tools such as Tableau, Qlik, Shiny, Quicksight, Redash, etc.
• Experience with querying various types of databases (e.g. relational, key-value, document, graph) and data storage systems (data lakes and data warehouses).
• Familiarity with machine learning or AI techniques.
• Experience in data processing and data annotation, especially when evaluating and synthesizing multiple data sources of information.
• Effective organizational and time management skills with the ability to work both independently and to collaborate with multiple other departments to build data science capabilities at CivicActions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• BS/BA, graduate degree, professional certificates or commensurate experience in Data Science or other quantitative fields preferred

Nice to have:

• Proven experience with analysis and modeling of text data (for example: natural language processing).
• Proven experience in machine learning or AI techniques, tools, and technologies.

Salary Range

$90,000 - $105,000 USD per Year

Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience

Location

We are a completely remote team within the United States. We ask that you have a dedicated workspace and fast internet.

Why CivicActions

People who are well taken care of can be more balanced, productive, and happy.

• 100% company-paid medical/dental/vision/life/ disability with 100% dependent coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Flexible vacation policy. We encourage employees to take time off as much time as needed
• Yearly professional development stipend
• Yearly technology stipend

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We value diverse teams and are committed to creating a community of inclusion. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.