Principal Data Scientist - AI, Forecasting & Production

D.R. Horton, Inc.; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Flex Spending Accounts

Life & Disability Insurance

Vacation, Sick, Personal Time and公司HOL

Multiple Voluntary and CompanyProvided

Job summary

D.R. Horton, Inc. is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to act as a senior technical authority for advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI. The role leads high-impact modeling work, establishes standards, mentors practitioners, and moves methods from exploration to scalable production solutions.

The candidate combines deep technical expertise with business judgment, delivering high-value decisions on production models while advancing data science standards across a national enterprise.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a quantitative field or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• 10+ years of data science, machine learning, operations research, statistics, or advanced analytics experience.
• Expert Python and SQL skills with deep experience in statistical modeling, machine learning, forecasting, optimization, and experimentation, and working knowledge of LLMs, evaluation design, and document AI.
• Experience deploying and monitoring models in production and working with engineering teams on scalable implementations.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and ability to explain complex methods to business leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, take ownership, communicate clearly, and deliver results in an evolving environment.
• Ability to sit for majority of 8-hour workday; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of complex forecasting, optimization, machine learning, causal, and experimentation solutions.
• Translate high-value business decisions into rigorous analytical formulations, assumptions, constraints, evaluation methods, and measurable outcomes.
• Set modeling standards for validation, reproducibility, explainability, monitoring, bias/risk assessment, and technical documentation.
• Work directly with business operators and Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) to understand real-world constraints and integrate models into workflows.
• Mentor data scientists and review modeling approaches, code, experiments, and production readiness.
• Build trusted relationships across the organization, balancing enterprise standards with business needs and operating realities.
• Stay current on relevant data, AI, digital, software, and industry practices and apply new capabilities when they create practical business value.
• Identify, shape, and pilot new opportunities where data, AI, and digital capabilities can create business value.

Skills

Python

SQL

Statistical modeling

Machine learning

Forecasting

Optimization

Experimentation

LLMs

Evaluation design

Document AI

Education

Advanced degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Job description

D.R. Horton, Inc. is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to act as a senior technical authority for advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI. The role leads high-impact modeling work, establishes standards, mentors practitioners, and moves methods from exploration to scalable production solutions.

The candidate combines deep technical expertise with business judgment, delivering high-value decisions on production models while advancing data science standards across a national enterprise.