Senior Data Scientist, Data Engineering Expert

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🌐 United States, United Kingdom, +3 more countries – Remote

🇺🇸 United States – Remote 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote 🇨🇦 Canada – Remote 🇦🇺 Australia – Remote 🇳🇿 New Zealand – Remote

💵 $120 - $180 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟠 Senior

🚰 Data Engineer

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📋 Description

• Design realistic, challenging data science and data engineering tasks • Create exploratory analyses, statistical models, machine learning pipelines, ETL and data pipeline designs, SQL and Python workflows, and experimentation or A/B test write-ups • Write precise, task-specific criteria for data science and data engineering deliverables • Apply consistent, evidence-based judgment to make assessments reproducible and defensible • Receive structured feedback from senior reviewers and iterate on submitted work • Train and evaluate frontier AI models • Collaborate with leading researchers on projects that train and enhance AI systems

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of professional data science, data engineering, or machine learning experience • Experience at a leading technology or quantitative firm, top financial institution, top-tier consulting firm, or Fortune 100 company in qualifying senior roles • Strong command of Python, SQL, statistical modeling, machine learning, experimentation, and causal inference • Ability to turn messy real-world data into rigorous analyses and reliable pipelines • Excellent written English and ability to explain technical findings clearly • Bachelor's degree from an English-speaking country • Detail-oriented and consistent approach to evaluating complex work • Comfortable receiving feedback and calibrating judgment against set standards • Must not be an H1-B or STEM OPT candidate • Independent contractor engagement

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote role • Flexible own schedule • Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise • Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance • Competitive pay • Collaboration with leading researchers • Opportunity to help shape the next generation of AI systems • Referral compensation of up to $720 per successful referral

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