Data Scientist Contractor: 6-9 years (Advanced)

Data Scientist
NYC (3 days onsite)
6+ months
Pay range - $65-70/hour on W2

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
5-7 years of experience in Data Science, with a strong focus on business-facing product analytics; financial products experience is a plus
Strong proficiency in SQL and Python; experience querying and extracting data from big data environments (Spark) highly desirable
Experience designing and interpreting A/B tests, including control group setup and efficacy measurement
Working knowledge of when and how to apply AI/LLM capabilities to business problems, with the ability to communicate those recommendations to business partners (this is not a deep ML/AI engineering role)
Strong critical thinking skills, able to take an ambiguous problem statement and break it down into smaller, actionable steps
Demonstrated experience applying statistical rigor and machine learning techniques to derive insights from large, complex data sets
Strong communication and presentation skills
Self-starter who can drive projects with little supervision

o PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Proficiency with Tableau or similar BI/visualization tools
Equal parts business and technical savvy