Senior Retail Data Scientist - Hybrid NYC, Client-Facing

iSoftStone; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

iSoftStone, Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join our team in a hybrid role serving the New York City metro area. The role involves client-facing analytics across merchandising, supply chain, customer, and pricing topics, with up to 25% travel and no visa sponsorship.

You will own end-to-end delivery, build production-ready models, and communicate results to business stakeholders. This consulting position emphasizes translating complex questions into actionable insights.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of applied data science experience in retail/ecommerce domains.
• Strong SQL and production-grade Python skills with model deployment focus.
• Experience with time-series forecasting and econometric concepts.
• Ability to translate business questions into tractable modeling problems.
• Comfortable presenting to directors and VPs in client settings.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery on client analytics engagements, from discovery to deployment handoff.
• Build and productionize models for demand forecasting, pricing, and inventory optimization.
• Design data models and semantic layers on client platforms; collaborate with data engineering.
• Assess data quality and validate modeling assumptions with business stakeholders.
• Present findings and quantify business impact in margin and sell-through terms.
• Support pre-sales with estimations, POC design, and client credibility.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Python (pandas, scikit-learn)

Time series forecasting

Client-facing/communication

Data modeling fundamentals

Cloud data platforms

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Azure

AWS

GCP

CI/CD

Git

Job description

iSoftStone, Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join our team in a hybrid role serving the New York City metro area. The role involves client-facing analytics across merchandising, supply chain, customer, and pricing topics, with up to 25% travel and no visa sponsorship.

You will own end-to-end delivery, build production-ready models, and communicate results to business stakeholders. This consulting position emphasizes translating complex questions into actionable insights.