Strategic Data Scientist – Impactful Analytics & Insights

Apple, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple's Strategic Data Solutions team in Austin, TX seeks a Data Scientist to apply data science and ML to mitigate monetary losses, ensure compliance, and optimize business processes. You will work with cross-functional teams to understand processes, analyze needs, and develop metrics and solutions using Python.

The role involves end-to-end testing, UAT participation, and communicating insights to leadership.

Qualifications

• BS / MS in technical field (math, statistics, engineering, computer science, analytics, or similar).
• 3-5 yrs experience as a QBA, Data Scientist, or related role.
• Experience in investigations, testing, building metrics and reporting, and predictive analysis.
• Competent with SQL and big data systems and tools.
• Programming skills in Python.
• Experience applying analytical techniques to provide solutions to real business problems.
• Experience eliciting and building comprehensive business requirements and project plans.
• Documenting features and developing functions for technical systems.
• Validating Functional Specifications against Business Requirements.
• Assist in all stages of implementation (requirements test scripts, UAT, production release).
• Representing the Business Requirements in Design Reviews, Code Reviews and QA Reviews.
• Creating Quality Assurance Test scripts to validate Business Requirements and occasional Engineering Requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support discovery of business problems and analyze new sources of data.
• Perform ad-hoc and recurring investigations and analyses.
• Collaborate with ML engineers, software engineers, and PMs to deliver BI solutions for business partners.
• Present results to business units and prepare documentation for testing, audits and exams.
• Facilitate meetings, take minutes, gather action items, and drive tasks to completion.
• Entity Relationship Diagram experience is a must.

Skills

Python

SQL

Big data systems

Analytical techniques

Business requirements elicitation

QA/testing

Education

BS / MS in technical field

Job description

Apple's Strategic Data Solutions team in Austin, TX seeks a Data Scientist to apply data science and ML to mitigate monetary losses, ensure compliance, and optimize business processes. You will work with cross-functional teams to understand processes, analyze needs, and develop metrics and solutions using Python.

The role involves end-to-end testing, UAT participation, and communicating insights to leadership.