Data Scientist 3

AAA; Costa Mesa (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for medical, dental, &

401(K) saving plans with company match

Pension

Tuition assistance

Floating holidays and PTO

Paid parental leave

Wellness programs

Employee discounts

Job summary

Auto Club Enterprises, based near Costa Mesa, California, seeks a Data Scientist 3 to manage multiple projects and act as an internal business consultant. You will pull data from SQL databases, analyze it with Python or R, and present insights via Tableau to help reduce costs and improve operations for 17 million members.

The role is hybrid, requiring on-site work 3 days a week at the Costa Mesa office, with additional 2–3 collaboration days monthly.

Qualifications

• Solid foundation in statistics and data analysis with ability to describe project approaches and outcomes.
• Proficient with SQL for data extraction and data wrangling.
• Proficient in Python or R for data analysis and modeling, plus strong communication of results.

Responsibilities

• Understand how tasks fit into the bigger project and suggest best approach within framework.
• Self-manage tasks and deliver results on time with general supervision.
• Pull, analyze, and interpret data from SQL databases to solve business problems and present findings.
• Analyze data to identify patterns, trends, and significance; visualize data using Tableau.
• Collaborate with data engineers and present hypotheses and findings to stakeholders.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Tableau

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Tableau

Job description

Data Scientist 3

As our Data Scientist 3, you will handle multiple projects at once and act as an internal business consultant to help optimize every facet of this organization. You will solve problems and answer questions - using data - for other departments to help us reduce costs, reduce errors, and be a better organization for our 17 million members.

Note:

This is a hybrid role; the candidate must reside within a 100-mile radius of our Costa Mesa CA office and be available to work on-site 3 days a week on a regular basis, as well as 2-3 times per month for team meetings and collaboration days.

What You'll Do

• Will understand how the specific task fits into the bigger picture and suggest how to best accomplish it within the project framework.
• Will self-manage tasks and projects and complete them on time and under general supervision.
• Every day, you will help solve business problems presented to us by stakeholders using data. You will get a scenario or problem, such as, "We need to reduce cycle times," and then pull, analyze, and interpret data relevant to that scenario. You will pull data from SQL databases. You will analyze and interpret data using Python, R, or other tools. You will determine patterns or trends and their statistical significance to the problem. To visualize the data, you will use Tableau.
• Once you have done your analysis, paired with a data engineer, you will present your findings to the stakeholder and confirm, refute or simply acknowledge a hypothesis. Your work may be implemented or may develop into something else.
• This role is remote, but you must be able to report to the Costa Mesa, California, office for regular collaboration days.

What You'll Need

• To thrive in this role, you must have a solid foundation of statistics and data analysis. You must be able to describe a project where you pulled data, analyzed it, identified trends or patterns, determined significance, and delivered insights or recommendations to the business. What was your approach? What tools did you use and why? Did you get to the root cause of the issue? Did you confirm or refute a hypothesis? You must be able to speak to your involvement and decisions at each stage.
• For pulling data, we use SQL so you must be proficient with this tool. To curate and analyze data, we use a variety of languages and programs: Python, R, and even Excel. You can choose whatever tool helps you best, but you must be proficient in either Python or R.
• Excellent communication skills and an attitude of flexibility are a must. Very often, we get into the data and some aspect takes longer than we thought, or we have to pivot and change how we approach a problem. A dashboard works better than a model, perhaps. Then you have to explain to the stakeholder or the team why you made that change or why the deliverable is taking longer than expected. It's all about being creative in your approach and communicating that frequently and clearly to people who may be less tech or data-savvy than you.

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The starting pay range for this position is:

$109,500.00 - $146,200.00

Additionally, for full time positions, you will be eligible to participate in our incentive program based upon the achievement of organization, team and personal performance.

Remarkable benefits:

• Health coverage for medical, dental, vision
• 401(K) saving plans with company match AND Pension
• Tuition assistance
• Floating holidays and PTO for community volunteer programs
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness programs
• Employee discounts (membership, insurance, travel, entertainment, services and more!)

Auto Club Enterprises is the largest club within the national AAA federation. We have nearly 17,000 employees in 24 states helping more than 18 million members. The strength of our organization is our employees. Bringing together and supporting different cultures, backgrounds, personalities, and strengths creates a team capable of delivering legendary, lifetime service to our members. When we embrace our diversity – we win. All of Us! With our national brand recognition, long-standing reputation since 1900, and constantly growing membership, we are seeking career-minded, service-driven professionals to join our team.

"Through dedicated employees we proudly deliver legendary service and beneficial products that provide members peace of mind and value."

AAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Our organization participates in E-Verify

The Automobile Club of Southern California will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO), the Unincorporated Los Angeles County (ULAC) regulation, and the California Fair Chance Act (CFCA).