POSITION: Data Scientist

REPORTING TO:

Data Scientist

SCHEDULE

35-hour work week, Monday through Friday

LOCATION

Flexible (Remote or a hybrid schedule in one of Candid’s offices in New York, NY; Atlanta, GA; Cleveland, OH; or Williamsburg, VA)

COMPENSATION

$100,000 - $110,000 (compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location)

BENEFITS

Health insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision), Retirement contribution with additional option for match, Company paid Life Insurance & AD&D, Paid leave time (PTO, Bereavement, Volunteer, Holiday, Parental), Short-term and Long-term disability, Pre-tax Transit, FSA

POSITION SUMMARY

Candid (candid.org), the nation’s leading authority on philanthropy, seeks a resourceful, creative, conscientious, and detail-oriented individual to join the Candid Data Science team to work on problems in natural language processing, and at the intersection of knowledge graphs and machine learning.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ability to develop in Python and to work with mathematical computing libraries.
• Work with graph structured data and perform supervised and semi-supervised machine learning tasks to better personalize customer experiences in Candid’s products.
• Apply natural language processing techniques to better understand activities in the social sector both in the United States and around the world.
• Implement statistical and machine learning applications for consumption at high scale.
• Performs other duties and special projects, as assigned.
• Work within an Agile Development framework.
• Work closely with Product Teams to understand the “definition of done”.

REQUIREMENTS

• Masters degree in a quantitative research field strongly preferred, equivalent industry experience also considered.
• Advanced experience with Python for data processing and analysis, including proficiency with SciPy/NumPy and NetworkX.
• Demonstrated experience with machine learning tools such as Scikit-learn, TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Experience with natural language processing (NLP) and graph neural networks is strongly preferred.
• Identify new problems to be explored.
• Willingness to perform other duties and special projects as needed.
• Professional, positive attitude.
• Sensitivity and respect for racial, gender, sexual orientation, and cultural differences.
• Champions and represents Candid’s core values: We’re driven, direct, accessible, curious, and inclusive.

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