Graph Data Scientist

Amida Technology Solutions; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

PTO

Parental leave

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life/AD&D insurance

Short-term disability

Tuition assistance

Team-building opportunities

Job summary

Amida Technology Solutions, a DC-based tech company, seeks a Graph Data Scientist to advance graph algorithms for analytics and decision support. You will lead data modeling, embedding, and scalable training across client engagements and internal projects.

The role reports to the Director of Solutions and requires a hybrid schedule with three days in our Washington, DC office. Ideal candidates will have deep graph theory expertise and a track record of research leadership.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in CS/Math/Engineering with focus on graph theory and data structures.
• 5+ years of graph machine learning experience; 3+ years leading research.
• Ability to work with graph algorithms, embeddings, clustering, and dimensionality reduction.

Responsibilities

• Serve as graph data modeling expert, optimizing retrieval and performance.
• Design/implement graph algorithms for decision support and classification.
• Lead research initiatives and supervise encoding/embedding projects.
• Build large-scale graph training pipelines and write data-loading queries.
• Interface with customers and teams to align expectations and progress.

Skills

Graph data modeling

Schema design

Database optimization

Performance monitoring

4GLs programming

Graph ML libraries

PyTorch Geometric

DGL

GDS

Apache Spark (Azure Databricks)

Relationship building

Graph theory

US citizenship or GC

Education

Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, or engineering with a strong focus on graph theory, algorithms, and data structures

Tools

Neo4j

Cosmos DB

ArangoDB

Job description

Amida Technology Solutions is a DC-based technology company focused on data interoperability, integrity, governance, and security. We create solutions that collect, reconcile, transform, and standardize data for business intelligence, advanced analytics, decision support, and user transactions. We specialize in taking data from inception to impact.

Our team is composed of creative, forward-looking thinkers who are passionate about using cutting-edge technology to improve lives and generate a positive impact on our country. We offer an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment that values fresh ideas, candid conversations, and authentic teamwork.

Graph Data Scientist. The successful candidate will work across our client engagements and internal research projects, helping the company develop graph algorithms and techniques to support advanced data management designs, including dimension-rich and time-series-based decision systems. This role will report to the Director of Solutions. The ideal candidate will be motivated by the opportunity to support public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private companies in transforming their data into actionable insights. The candidate must be able to work a hybrid schedule, with three days per week in our Washington, DC office.

What You Will Do

• Serve as the company's expert in all aspects of graph data modeling, including schema development and tradeoff data connectivity with retrieval/query performance
• Design, implement, and optimize graph algorithms and data structures for applications in decision support, classification
• Supervise, help create, and implement algorithms for encoding and embedding, clustering, outlier detection, community detection, and dimensionality reduction
• Build distributed training pipelines that can handle large graphs (100 M+ graph elements)
• Design and write queries and stored procedures for data loading, migration from existing databases, and retrieval
• Interface with customers and internal resources to ensure alignment of expectations and objective progress towards the application of graphs in advanced analytical systems
• Author white papers, technical documentation, and patents and present at conferences
• Mentor and train data scientists on graph theory, graph analytics, and graph-based solution architectures
• Other duties as assigned

Required Education

• Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, or engineering with a strong focus on graph theory, algorithms, and data structures

Required Experience

• 5+ years of recent professional experience in graph Machine Learning
• 3+ years of recent professional experience in the development and implementation of graph algorithms and data structures, including heterogeneous graphs for new applications
• 3+ years leading research initiatives

Required Skills

• Proficient with data modeling, schema design, database optimization, performance monitoring
• Proficient in software development using 4GLs
• Familiarity with graph libraries and frameworks, and machine learning libraries (e.g., PyTorch Geometric, DGL, GDS)
• Proficient in at least one Apache Spark-based cloud service (e.g., Azure Databricks)
• Commitment to and engagement in building strong and trustful relationships with teammates, business partners, and customers
• Intellectually curious and passionate about exploring new frontiers in graph theory with an emphasis on real-world applications
• Desire and ability to stay current with both academic and industry literature
• Must be a U.S. citizen or green card holder due to customer requirements

Preferred

• Experience with Neo4j, Cosmos DB, ArangoDB
• Experience with cloud services and their database management system
• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering with a strong focus on graph theory, algorithms, and data structures

Success at Amida

Communication is the key to success at Amida. Our people are known for their can-do attitude and their ability to work effectively with both internal and client teams. We pride ourselves on having a collegial, multidisciplinary team with diverse backgrounds and experience. Our best team members pay intense attention to detail in all aspects of their work, have great initiative, are opinionated about the best ways of doing things, and align quickly to decisions. A sense of humor is an asset at Amida.

Benefits

• a generous 401(k) match with immediate vesting
• 4 weeks of PTO
• paid parental leave
• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• life/AD&D insurance
• short-term disability
• tuition/training assistance
• team-building opportunities to encourage professional growth and collaboration

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.