Senior Data Scientist — ML & Analytics Leader (Remote)

Nelnet; Eagan (MN); Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

HSA and FSA

401K and student loan repayment

Life insurance & AD&D

Employee assistance program

Employee stock purchase program

Tuition reimbursement

Performance-based incentive pay

Disability insurance

Wellness program

Job summary

Nelnet is seeking a Data Scientist to conduct advanced analyses, build ML models, and create PowerBI dashboards to drive strategic decisions.

The role emphasizes data wrangling across SQL, AWS, Azure, and Snowflake, along with mentoring teammates and presenting insights to leadership. A PhD is required, with 2+ years of data analysis experience and 1+ years programming background. Hybrid work option available.

Qualifications

• PhD required in a quantitative or programming discipline.
• 2+ years of data analytics experience.
• 1+ years programming experience.
• Experience with large, complex data sets and common data science tools.
• Experience with database Python.
• Experience designing, building, deploying, and validating ML models in a business context.
• Experience training multi-model designs for unstructured data matching.
• Experience training LLM models for specialized use cases.

Responsibilities

• Conduct advanced analyses and deep dives to inform decisions.
• Develop and deploy models using data science libraries to solve business problems.
• Mine, clean, transform data from SQL servers, AWS, Azure, Snowflake, Salesforce, and flat files.
• Identify and assemble new data sources from web, data aggregators, and public sources.
• Build rich dashboards and visualizations using PowerBI.
• Present key findings to senior leadership.
• Automate processes and monitor/optimize model performance.
• Stay current with industry trends and best practices in data science.
• Problem-solve, generate ideas, and provide creative solutions.
• Mentor junior analysts and teammates.
• Lead development and deployment of ML models.

Skills

SQL

Python

ML

Data analysis

PowerBI

NumPy

Pandas

AWS

Azure

LLM

Education

PhD degree required

Tools

SQL

Python

AWS

Azure

Snowflake

Salesforce

PowerBI

NumPy

Pandas

Job description

Nelnet is seeking a Data Scientist to conduct advanced analyses, build ML models, and create PowerBI dashboards to drive strategic decisions.

The role emphasizes data wrangling across SQL, AWS, Azure, and Snowflake, along with mentoring teammates and presenting insights to leadership. A PhD is required, with 2+ years of data analysis experience and 1+ years programming background. Hybrid work option available.