The Data Scientist works with the Product and Data teams to clean, organize, and analyze large volumes of data and produce innovative models, datasets, and visualizations that address our clients’ most pressing problems about the future of work.

Major Responsibilities:

• Use SQL, Python, or other related analytical tools and programming languages to query, organize, clean, and analyze large datasets.
• Build pragmatic, scalable, and statistically rigorous solutions to large-scale labor market data problems by leveraging or developing state-of-the-art statistical and machine learning methodologies on top of Lightcast's data infrastructure.
• Support product development by performing quantitative analysis using Lightcast’s world-class demand and supply data, as well as other data sources to investigate, manipulate, and model solutions for products.
• Work cross-functionally to define problem statements, collect data, build analytical models and make recommendations.
• Communicate key insights and recommendations to internal and external stakeholders across the organization.
• Develop innovative analytical models and document the methodology and findings in a manner accessible to a variety of audiences.
• Contribute to positive team culture by participating in team-building activities and being a supportive and empathetic colleague.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• 1 - 3 years of industry or graduate research experience solving analytical problems and building models using quantitative, statistical or machine learning approaches.
• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, or a field with a strong quantitative and analytic focus such as Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, or other related field.

Lightcast is a global leader in labor market insights with headquarters in Moscow (ID) and Boston (MA) and offices in the United Kingdom, Europe, and India.  We work with partners across six continents to help drive economic prosperity and mobility by providing the insights needed to build and develop our people, our institutions and companies, and our communities. 

Lightcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Lightcast has always been, and always will be, committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We seek dynamic professionals from all backgrounds to join our teams, and we encourage our employees to bring their authentic, original, and best selves to work.

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