Junior Data Scientist: ESG Data & NLP for Growth

buyVerde; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology startup in Washington is seeking a Junior Data Scientist to support its mission in data acquisition and enhancement. This role involves exploratory data analysis, developing KPIs dashboards, and improving vendor approval processes using automation and machine learning. Ideal candidates will have experience with Python and SQL, and should be comfortable working closely with senior management in a dynamic startup environment. Join us to help drive our business growth through data insights.

Qualifications

• Must be comfortable working in a startup environment and very closely with senior management and executives.
• Experience solving quantitative business problems with at least one scripting language (Python preferred, or R) and SQL.
• Understanding of machine learning fundamentals, especially for natural language applications.

Responsibilities

• Create metrics and a visual dashboard to track business growth versus targets.
• Responsible for KPI metrics dashboard and monitoring across various business categories.
• Improve the proprietary Standards Board Review process using scripting and SQL.
• Develop automated capabilities to enrich data by tagging brand and product ESG values.
• Enhance named entity recognition capabilities to improve brand and product matching.

Skills

Scripting (Python or R)

SQL

Machine learning fundamentals

Comfortable in a startup environment

Job description

A technology startup in Washington is seeking a Junior Data Scientist to support its mission in data acquisition and enhancement. This role involves exploratory data analysis, developing KPIs dashboards, and improving vendor approval processes using automation and machine learning. Ideal candidates will have experience with Python and SQL, and should be comfortable working closely with senior management in a dynamic startup environment. Join us to help drive our business growth through data insights.