Blue Rose Research is a project with OpenLabs to develop a wide range of cutting-edge products used by the most important progressive organizations in the country. Our research undergirds short-term and long-term strategy for advancing progressive causes and has a trusted track record among key decision makers. Our team members have a storied history, and have worked with central players to develop strategy and direct hundreds of millions of dollars of resources over the past several electoral cycles. The work produced by the team is widely regarded as among the most technically sophisticated in the space. If you join us, you’ll be plugging into a diverse team of decorated engineers, PhD data scientists and political insiders who are closely connected to some of the most important decision makers in the progressive ecosystem. Our work ranges from high-dimensional Bayesian modeling to make accurate inferences from polling data to building utility-scale data and analytics infrastructure for the progressive left. Come join us!
Data Scientist - Machine Learning
Location
United States
Posted
7 days ago
Salary
Not specified
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Role Description
This role sits at the center of our forecasting team, which builds models that help progressive organizations understand the electoral landscape and make informed decisions.
- Own the full lifecycle from messy data to actionable insight, collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to shape the technical direction of our work.
- Build end-to-end modeling pipelines.
- Improve pipeline reliability, data quality checks, and model diagnostics to increase confidence in our modeling outputs.
- Develop models, perform feature engineering, and contribute new ideas to improve our core data science approach.
- Deliver actionable guidance to internal stakeholders, translating the nuances of model output into clear strategic insight.
- Build subject matter context and interrogate the data to distinguish real signal from potential bugs.
- Scope technical needs alongside engineers, statisticians, and political analysts, then ship the solution.
Qualifications
- 2+ years of professional data science and/or machine learning experience with applied statistics and predictive modeling, or similar experience gained from a PhD program.
- Strong instincts about evaluating model performance and diagnosing and debugging modeling issues.
- Confident Python programmer who can navigate a codebase and implement extensions.
- Strong data-wrangling experience, ideally with SQL and relational databases.
- Experience working with novel AI tools to solve problems and write code.
- Thrives in multi-disciplinary teams working alongside engineers, statisticians, and political experts.
- Willing to engage with the wider progressive political ecosystem and develop domain knowledge alongside technical skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, especially in a remote environment.
- A kind person and a team player who contributes to a warm working environment.
Requirements
- Must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States.
Benefits
- Salary range: $140,000 – $190,000 annually, commensurate with experience.
- Medical, dental, and health benefits.
- A work environment that supports your difference.
Location
This is a remote or in-person optional position. We have an office in NYC and a number of team members who work in-person regularly. Our teams work on mostly East Coast hours.
Job Requirements
- 2+ years of professional data science and/or machine learning experience with applied statistics and predictive modeling, or similar experience gained from a PhD program.
- Strong instincts about evaluating model performance and diagnosing and debugging modeling issues.
- Confident Python programmer who can navigate a codebase and implement extensions.
- Strong data-wrangling experience, ideally with SQL and relational databases.
- Experience working with novel AI tools to solve problems and write code.
- Thrives in multi-disciplinary teams working alongside engineers, statisticians, and political experts.
- Willing to engage with the wider progressive political ecosystem and develop domain knowledge alongside technical skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, especially in a remote environment.
- A kind person and a team player who contributes to a warm working environment.
- Must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States.
Benefits
- Salary range: $140,000 – $190,000 annually, commensurate with experience.
- Medical, dental, and health benefits.
- A work environment that supports your difference.
- Location
- This is a remote or in-person optional position. We have an office in NYC and a number of team members who work in-person regularly. Our teams work on mostly East Coast hours.
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