Data Scientist at Bluelabs

About BlueLabs
BlueLabs is a leading provider of analytics services and technology for a variety of industry clients: including government, business, and political campaigns. We help our clients optimize their engagements with individual customers, supporters, and stakeholders to achieve their goals. Simply put: we help our partners do the most good by getting the most from their data.

Today, our team of data analysts, scientists, engineers, and strategists come together from diverse backgrounds to share a passion for using data to solve the world’s greatest social and analytical challenges. We’ve served more than 400 organizations ranging from government agencies, advocacy groups, political campaigns, and businesses. Along the way, we’ve developed some of the most innovative tools available in analytics, media optimization, reporting, and influencer outreach-- serving a diverse set of industries, including the automotive, travel, consumer packaged goods, entertainment, healthcare, media, telecom, and more.

About the team:
The Insights division creates and manages the underlying data that drives our day-to-day work. This is a new team at BlueLabs, created to meet our organization’s evolving client base and business needs, to ensure that BlueLabs is providing the most innovative data and analysis to our clients, all while developing and coaching team members to grow and respond to our company’s goals.

Ripple is a proprietary, business-to-business technology product that helps our clients identify, engage, and measure impact on influencers who matter to their causes or brands. You will join a small and growing team of data, engineering, and product professionals to help us solve some exciting and challenging problems and to deploy the next generation of Ripple.
About the role:
Data Scientists use a combination of statistics, programming, and domain knowledge to solve problems, ranging from customized solutions for specific clients to creating the methodological backbone for our internal products. They have strong technical skills and are also creative thinkers who are always looking to innovate and deliver value to our clients. They aren’t afraid of messy data, and are comfortable working in a fast paced, production-oriented environment. Our team members receive strong mentorship and are given a chance to complete projects independently.

In this position you will:
Analyze data, as well as contribute to the design, implementation, and delivery of analytics products and services
Build predictive models, tools, and data visualizations
Check data and modeling results for quality and clean, transform, aggregate, and report on data as needed
Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, program managers and external stakeholders to troubleshoot problems and proactively create solutions
Support research development projects and data science project plans for clients and internal initiatives
Strive to support team excellence by documenting processes and evangelizing new approaches
Work both independently and as part of a team to deliver accurate products on short deadlines
Complete such other reasonable tasks as may be assigned by management

What we are seeking:
Experience working in a quantitative production environment or a postgraduate degree in a quantitative field
Experience in and ability to apply your knowledge of foundations of statistics and modeling (distributions, parameter estimation, confidence intervals and tests, etc.)
Advanced understanding of a statistical programming language such as R, Python, or Julia
Experience building predictive models using regression and machine learning techniques
Ability to manipulate data with SQL
Experience creating analytics output within a production-oriented team
Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience, both in writing and verbally
Knowledge of experimental design and causal inference
Experience creating informative and engaging data visualizations using industry leading tools
You have experience using data-driven solutions to improve social outcomes - and bring a multidisciplinary approach to doing so. 
You can apply a variety of skills: whether thinking strategically about how to develop an enduring process, digging deep into a complex data analysis, or putting yourself in the shoes of an end-user to answer a question they didn’t know they had - you’re comfortable thinking from a number of different perspectives
You are able to respond to questions from your stakeholders while remaining objective in how you approach their unique challenges. You are able to derive value from imperfect data, but also have the ability to know when to push the emergency stop button.
The ability to successfully attain and maintain a Federal Public Trust background investigation that our government clients require; this includes a requirement that the individual has U.S. Citizenship or U.S. residency for three of the past five years

Recruitment process
We strive to hire efficiently and transparently. We expect to hire this position in October 2022. To get there, we anticipate the successful candidate will complete three (3) interviews and a technical assessment (HR interview 15 minutes; manager interview 45 minutes, and team interview/assessment 60 minutes), all virtually.  During the interview process, you will be asked questions to describe your background and experience relevant to the position. This may include providing examples of projects you worked on, tools or applications you've used, and knowledge you have applied.  We often look for explanations of "how or why" so it's helpful to have details ready.

What We Offer:
BlueLabs offers a friendly work environment and competitive benefits package including:
Premier health insurance plan
401K matching
Unlimited vacation leave
Paid sick, personal, and volunteer leave
13 paid holidays
15 weeks paid parental leave
Professional development stipend & tuition reimbursement
Macbook Pro laptop & tech accessories
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) stipend for mobile device
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Supportive & collaborative culture 
Flexible working hours
Remote friendly (within the U.S.)
Pre-tax transportation options for commuting to our office in Washington, DC
Lunches and snacks
And more! 
The salary for this position is $80,000 annually.
While we have an office in Washington, DC, we are open to considering candidates from within the U.S.
At BlueLabs, we celebrate, support and thrive on differences. Not only do they benefit our services, products, and community, but most importantly, they are to the benefit of our team. Qualified people of all races, ethnicities, ages, sex, genders, sexual orientations, national origins, gender identities, marital status, religions, veterans statuses, disabilities and any other protected classes are strongly encouraged to apply. As an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer, BlueLabs is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. BlueLabs endeavors to make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified applicants with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If an applicant believes they require such assistance to complete the application or to participate in an interview, or has any questions or concerns, they should contact the Director, People Operations.  BlueLabs participates in E-verify. EEO is the Law (Link to external DOL site)