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Democratic National Committee · 2 days ago
Senior Data Scientist
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$115K/yr - $115K/yr
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Responsibilities
Build new predictive models for more efficient voter outreach. In cases where a new model is needed, help leverage our existing data and identify new data sources to create new and better predictions
Collaborate with the Scores team to deliver results. Partner across functions to deliver timely and high-quality data products to our users.
Evaluate vendor-provided models for purchase. Where we do not have sufficient data to build models in-house, drive validation and evaluation of vendor models to meet user needs. Empower DNC tech team leadership with the technical understanding and context to make balanced build vs. buy decisions
Improve and extend our internal record linkage tooling to build a fuller picture of voters. Help us maintain a premier voter file and help campaigns identify the impact of their programs through probabilistic matching
Increase Fairness, Accountability and Transparency in Machine Learning. Ensure we are empowering users with the right training and documentation to leverage our data products to the greatest effect
Mentor colleagues, both formally and informally. As a senior contributor on the team, you’ll participate in hiring new team members and onboarding them to the organization.
Manage projects. You’ll be an expert on your work and may be asked to serve as the technical lead for projects with multiple contributors. Help break down work, work with the Product Manager and Data Science Director to identify the minimum viable product, and keep yourself and others accountable to deadlines.
Promote tech team cultural values. Promote and embody an empathetic, kind, and collaborative workplace where people can do their best work to elect more Democrats. Encourage learning both within data science and cross-functionally, continuing to take advantage of our cross-functional team and fostering an environment of growth and curiosity.
Qualification
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Required
Experience doing data science or statistics in a social sciences context, which may include electoral politics
Advanced proficiency with R or Python and SQL
Multiple years of experience with predictive modeling, record linkage methods, and/or experiment design
Strong written and verbal communication skills, and experience explaining technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
Comfortable with building but also maintaining
Curious, collaborative, and humble – ready to work with a diverse, distributed team to solve interesting problems together
Preferred
Mentor colleagues, both formally and informally
Manage projects
Promote tech team cultural values
Benefits
Paid time off, including Federal holidays, open leave, and personal days
Health and dental insurance for employee and dependents
90% paid by the DNC, 10% paid by employee
Supplementary vision plans available to employees for purchase
Pre-tax Flexible spending account benefits available to employees and dependents
Company
Democratic National Committee
The Democratic National Committee is the formal governing body for the United States Democratic Party.
Founded in 1848
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Bob Lord
CSO
Tahir Javed
Deputy National Finance Chair
Recent News
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