Data Scientist

Energy Innovation Corp; Metairie (LA); On-site; USD 58,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors in Metairie, Louisiana is seeking a Data Scientist for a temporary assignment to deploy production code reaching a massive audience. The role focuses on building Tableau tooling, optimizing data pipelines with SageMaker, and ensuring reliable Pandas CI under load.

You will translate complex business needs into technical tasks, collaborate with a small, agile team, and support cloud migration from on-premise systems. Competitive salary and benefits accompany this on-site position.

Qualifications

• Experience with Hadoop in production environments and scaling data workflows.
• Ability to translate Change Management complexity for non-technical audiences.
• Strong curiosity and a drive to continuously improve technical craft.
• Ability to deliver candid, clear communication even when results are not favorable.

Responsibilities

• Build the Tableau tooling that makes every Metairie engineer faster.
• Trace technology numbers back through SageMaker services to the final result.
• Tune Change Management queries to reduce LA database timeouts under load.
• Keep Pandas CI under ten minutes so Metairie engineers stay in flow.
• Translate ambitious business requirements into concrete technical specifications and tasks.
• Support migration of on-premise services to cloud-native architecture.

Skills

Hadoop

SageMaker

Pandas

Change Management

Communication

Tools

Tableau

Job description

This temporary Data Scientist position is your opportunity to deploy production code that reaches a massive audience. Weigh it however you like - the math still lands at $58,000 - $88,000, temporary hours, and a team at General Motors worth joining.

Key Responsibilities

• Build the Tableau tooling that makes every other Metairie engineer faster
• Trace a technology number back through SageMaker services until it finally adds up
• Tune Change Management queries until the LA database stops timing out under load
• Keep General Motors's Pandas CI under ten minutes so Metairie, LA engineers stay in flow
• Translate ambitious business requirements into technical specifications and tasks
• Support migration of on-premise services to cloud-native architecture

What You'll Bring

• Track record that proves you can community-minded ship under deadline pressure
• Proven Hadoop results, ideally seasoned in Metairie, LA
• Experience translating Change Management complexity for a non-technical audience
• Curiosity and a continuous drive to sharpen your technology craft
• The composure to deliver bad news early and clearly

The team at General Motors is small, wildly-collaborative, and entirely convinced that Metairie is the best place to reinvent technology. Nobody at General Motors will hover over your shoulder; we hand you the keys and trust you to drive.

We frame the offer around growth: $58,000 - $88,000 today, mentorship now, benefits always, and the flexibility to live well in LA.

Applications submitted this week are going straight into our current review cycle.