Remote Data Scientist II — Education Impact (6-Month)

Act Inc; Iowa City (IA); Remote; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company paid life insurance

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Flexible health and dependent care FS

401(k) retirement savings with company

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

ACT in the United States is seeking a Data Scientist II to design, test, and validate data models powering personalized college, career, and pathway recommendations for high school students. You will work cross‑functionally to combine student, education, assessment, skills, and career data into explainable recommendations.

The finalist will be hired at the salary and level commensurate with qualifications. This is a remote position with a 6‑month fixed term and a salary range of $95,000 to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in data science, CS, statistics, applied mathematics, economics, or related quantitative discipline.
• At least 3 years of applied data science experience with models and product experiments.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL; experience building scalable data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and evaluate models for personalized recommendations.
• Apply ML, statistics, and generative AI to test and improve product capabilities.
• Partner with product, engineering, research, design, and business to integrate data sources.

Skills

Python

SQL

Machine learning

Data analysis

Experimentation

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in data science or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)

BigQuery

Pandas

Scikit-learn

Job description

ACT in the United States is seeking a Data Scientist II to design, test, and validate data models powering personalized college, career, and pathway recommendations for high school students. You will work cross‑functionally to combine student, education, assessment, skills, and career data into explainable recommendations.

The finalist will be hired at the salary and level commensurate with qualifications. This is a remote position with a 6‑month fixed term and a salary range of $95,000 to