Paylocity · 5 hours ago
Data Scientist
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid Level
$96K/yr - $178K/yr
3+ years expPaylocity is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions. As a Data Scientist, you will develop AI and machine learning solutions to help clients make informed human capital decisions by analyzing vast amounts of data and delivering impactful software features.
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Responsibilities
Select features, build, and optimize models using machine learning techniques such as time series methods, regression, random forests, gradient boosting, and neural networks
Leverage cutting edge big data technologies on AWS and Microsoft Azure utilizing Databricks and Spark
Collaborate with Product Managers, Enterprise Architects, Software Development Managers, and other leaders to translate complex human capital management challenges into data science projects
Create automated data and modeling pipelines and develop custom performance tracking
Work closely with full stack software engineers in an agile product development environment to deliver machine learning software features
Conduct ad-hoc analyses and present results in a clear manner
Qualification
Required
3 years of demonstrated data science success or similar experience with a Bachelor's degree, or an Advanced degree (Masters or PhD) preferred in data science, computer science, engineering, statistics, mathematics or another quantitative field
Experience in writing production grade machine learning models in Python
Experience with cloud infrastructure on AWS or Azure
Demonstrated ability to leverage data science to drive business results
Skilled at translating business problems into data science problems and communicating the results to non-technical audiences
Able to work in a collaborative environment with a desire to share your ideas
Able to work independently and complete tasks with high quality, but unafraid to seek out suggestions from other team members
Select features, build, and optimize models using machine learning techniques such as time series methods, regression, random forests, gradient boosting, and neural networks
Leverage cutting edge big data technologies on AWS and Microsoft Azure utilizing Databricks and Spark
Collaborate with Product Managers, Enterprise Architects, Software Development Managers, and other leaders to translate complex human capital management challenges into data science projects
Create automated data and modeling pipelines and develop custom performance tracking
Work closely with full stack software engineers in an agile product development environment to deliver machine learning software features
Conduct ad-hoc analyses and present results in a clear manner
Preferred
Professional or academic experience in HR, social science or psychology
Significant experience with cloud development and infrastructure-as-code tools
Be invested in staying current in data science by applying new technologies and practices
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
Disability
401(k) match
Company
Paylocity
Paylocity is a provider of cloud-based payroll and human capital management (HCM) software solutions.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$10MKey Investors
Adams Street Partners
2014-03-19IPO
2008-05-16Series Unknown· $10M
Leadership Team
Toby Williams
President & CEO, Board Director
Holly Fulp
Deputy CFO and Chief Strategy Officer
Recent News
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2025-11-10
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