Data Scientist (Temporary) — Build scalable tools & cloud migration

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

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.