Data Scientist, Public Policy Analytics (Hybrid/Remote)

The Fairness Project; New York (NY); On-site; USD 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Office of the New York State Attorney General seeks a Data Scientist in the NYC region to apply advanced analytics to investigations and policy issues. The role supports legal teams with data-driven insights, model development, and complex datasets used across high-profile cases.

The successful candidate will have 3+ years of research experience, strong programming in Python/R, and expertise in SQL and data visualization tools.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree or equivalent research experience.
• 3+ years of research abilities.
• Proficiency with Python and R, dataframes.
• Strong data visualization and SQL/database skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and test legal hypotheses using data and data gathering.
• Acquire data from public and confidential sources for investigations.
• Test data for reliability and validity and document results.
• Apply academic and analytical research to investigative questions.
• Develop and execute data exploration and analysis methodologies.
• Communicate findings verbally and in written reports/visualizations.
• Quantify uncertainty in analytical findings.
• Collaborate with legal teams and guide data-driven decisions.
• Develop predictive models to detect anomalies.
• Create or update databases and data tools.
• Write reports for court submissions and defend analyses in depositions.
• Maintain computational infrastructure and tooling.
• Share knowledge of new data tools with the team.
• Perform other duties as requested.

Skills

Python

R

Dataframes

Tableau

D3

Altair

Plotly

Matplotlib

Bokeh

SQL

Relational databases

Git/GitHub

Python & R proficiency

Clear communication

Education

Advanced degree in economics, computer science, mathematics, applied statistics, engineering or similar

Bachelor’s degree + equivalent experience

Tools

Git/GitHub

Tableau

D3

Altair

Plotly

Matplotlib

Bokeh

SQL

Relational databases

Job description

Office of the New York State Attorney General seeks a Data Scientist in the NYC region to apply advanced analytics to investigations and policy issues. The role supports legal teams with data-driven insights, model development, and complex datasets used across high-profile cases.

The successful candidate will have 3+ years of research experience, strong programming in Python/R, and expertise in SQL and data visualization tools.