Remote Data Scientist

Description:

• Rewiring America is a leading electrification nonprofit focused on electrifying homes, businesses, and communities.
• The organization develops accessible data and tools, and builds coalitions to facilitate the transition to electric solutions.
• The Data Scientist will report to the Lead Energy Modeling and Simulation Engineer and receive technical mentorship from the Lead Data Scientist.
• The primary responsibility of the Data Scientist is to own and contribute to modeling efforts that expand data models of the costs and benefits of electrification.
• The role supports policy advocacy and community implementation work, creating data tools to share models with the electrification advocacy ecosystem.
• The Data Science Team estimates the costs and benefits of electrifying households and communities, working on projects like machine learning models and solar/storage modeling.
• The Data Scientist will develop and maintain data-driven models, write efficient code, communicate model capabilities, collaborate with partner teams, and synthesize data for various audiences.

Requirements:

• A strong commitment to the mission, policies, and goals of Rewiring America is essential.
• A Bachelor’s or advanced degree in science, technology, engineering, or math, or equivalent work experience is required.
• Candidates must have at least 2 years of experience working with data and solving progressively challenging problems.
• Effective collaboration and communication skills in a remote-only environment are necessary.
• Advanced Python skills for data retrieval, cleaning, modeling, and analysis/visualization are required.
• Experience with collaborative code (git) and the ability to provide constructive feedback to peers is essential.
• Content knowledge in climate, building electrification, utilities, and/or renewable energy resources is required.
• Candidates must demonstrate the ability to communicate analytical results clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• The ability to scope work to meet near-term objectives and independently communicate status updates is necessary.
• Preferred qualifications include knowledge of the utility sector, experience with distributed computing frameworks, and excellent references demonstrating a strong track record in data science.

Benefits:

• The salary range for this position is $100,000 - $130,000 USD, based on qualifications and experience.
• Rewiring America offers 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families.
• Employees receive 100% employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance and life insurance policies.
• A 6% safe-harbor employer contribution to the 401k retirement plan is provided, regardless of employee contributions.
• Employees are eligible for pre-tax transportation benefits.
• Full-time employees receive 160 hours of vacation time, 80 hours of health leave, up to 2 days of casual leave, and 24 hours of volunteer leave annually.
• There are 11 paid holidays throughout the year, with 13 days during Presidential and Congressional elections.
• The organization closes between Christmas and New Year.
• Regular employees are eligible for up to sixteen weeks of parental leave from the first day of employment.
• Access to professional development resources is available, including up to $2000 per calendar year for growth and development.