Data Analyst

Energy Innovation Corp; Virginia Beach (VA); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

DataWave Corp, rooted in Virginia Beach, seeks a data analyst to own end-to-end ML operations and improve model delivery. The role emphasizes robust bug tracing, performance improvements, and coordinating releases with remote teams. Expect a salary in the six-figure range and a flexible full-time schedule.

You will work closely with stakeholders to optimize LightGBM decisions, monitor health, and push safe changes that improve retention metrics in Virginia Beach and beyond.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Hugging Face experience.
• Strong focus on quality and output consistency.
• Curiosity and drive to sharpen technical skills.
• Comfort with being the newest member and contributing in notes.
• Familiarity with the Virginia Beach market and local tech landscape.
• Ability to articulate and defend viewpoints.

Responsibilities

• Read MLOps stack traces and trace bugs to their root.
• Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements.
• Coordinate releases with stakeholders across Virginia Beach, VA and remote teams.
• Monitor system health and set up alerting for production environments.
• Push MLOps changes with feature flags to enable quick rollbacks in VA.
• Discuss LightGBM tradeoffs with DataWave Corp executives.
• Demonstrate collaborations related performance improvements in VA retention metrics.

Skills

Hugging Face experience

Vector databases

Quality mindset

Curiosity and learning

Virginia Beach market familiarity

Stakeholder communication

Tools

LightGBM

NumPy

Job description

Code that ships to millions starts as a pull request on someone's screen, and at DataWave Corp we want that someone to be our next Data Analyst. Think $97,000 - $141,000, think full-time hours, think 5 years of Vector Databases turning into ownership you can actually feel at DataWave Corp.

Key Responsibilities

• Read the MLOps stack traces others skim past, and trace bugs to their root
• Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements proactively
• Coordinate releases with stakeholders across Virginia Beach, VA and remote teams
• Monitor system health and set up alerting for scrappy-but-steady production environments
• Push MLOps changes safely behind flags so Virginia Beach, VA rollbacks take seconds
• Walk technology stakeholders through LightGBM tradeoffs in language DataWave Corp execs grasp
• Land Collaboration performance wins DataWave Corp can measure in VA retention numbers

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of Hugging Face reps, not just Hugging Face exposure
• A keen eye for quality and consistency in your output
• Curiosity and a continuous drive to sharpen your technology craft
• Comfort being the newest person in the room and the loudest in the notes
• Familiarity with the Virginia Beach market and local technology landscape
• A point of view, held loosely and defended well

Rooted in Virginia Beach and restless by nature, DataWave Corp keeps reinventing how RAG and NumPy fit together. You'll find a flat structure where the best argument wins, regardless of title.

Here is the deal: $97,000 - $141,000, a mentor who answers, benefits that hold up, and a flexible full-time schedule that fits real life.

Still hiring, still current, still waiting for someone like you.