Data Scientist Ii at Goguardian

At GoGuardian, we’re helping share the future of digital learning by providing educators, students, and schools with tools to create engaging and equitable learning environments. Together, we build innovative solutions to empower students, deliver insights, and encourage experimentation. With employees around the globe, we’re committed to building a culture of inclusivity, curiosity, and courage. GoGuardian’s growth is fast and ever-evolving, and our teams are growing along with it — always ready to experiment and learn. 

While this job posting uses "El Segundo, CA" as the location, please note this role is currently being recruited for remote work or reporting to headquarters if within commuting distance.

As a Data Scientist II at GoGuardian, you will join an innovative team collaborating with partners throughout the business to solve challenging problems. Your primary responsibility will be to optimize company performance with algorithms, experimentation, and interactive dashboards. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to novel research studies and production-grade algorithms that serve students and educators. This is a high-impact role in a dynamic environment. You will help us set a standard for data-driven, scientific decision-making throughout the business.


What You'll Do

Collaborating across teams to understand complex business problems and implement lasting technical solutions
Building machine learning models and deploying them as production services at scale
Extracting and transforming data in a reliable, repeatable mannerEmpirically exploring novel data sets to separate signal from noise
Building tooling to support efforts such as unit testing, automated deployment testing, model performance tracking, etc.
Communicating methods and findings in written reports, presentations, and dashboards
Building the best data science team in Ed Tech (as a start...)



Who You Are

A Ph.D. in a quantitative field (science, math, statistics, engineering, etc.)
2+ years experience as a Data Scientist and a record of delivering impactful results
An outstanding ability to communicate complex findings in a clear and simple manner with excellent written and oral communication skills
Advanced skills in Python
Proven self-learner with the drive and talent to learn very quickly
Experience with git and cloud computing (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Plenty of experience with traditional statistics and ML approaches
Experience extracting data from a variety of sources in a variety of formats
Knowledge of best practices in coding/scientific projects

Bonus if you have: Experience with Docker. NLP experience. Experience building interactive dashboards in python or R (shiny, dash, streamlit, etc.)



What We Offer

A varied and challenging role in a multinational and highly innovative company
A robust benefits package including health insurance, 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match, employee stock option plan, paid parental leave, 13 paid company holidays, and much more
Development and further training opportunities for shaping and realizing your career goals
Exceptional colleagues with a passion for EdTech





GoGuardian is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs. GoGuardian does not discriminate against employees, applicants, interns or volunteers on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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