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Data Scientist
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Chicago, IL, USA Req#: 612005 Apply × Employee Referral Tell Us Who You Are First Name Last Name E-Mail Address Please complete all 3 fields. How Do You Want to Share? Close Company Information We're reinventing the market research industry. Let's reinvent it together. At Numerator, we believe tomorrow's success starts with today's market intelligence. We empower the world's leading brands and retailers with unmatched insights into consumer behavior and the influencers that drive it. Job Description Numerator's Data Science team provides statistical and methodological leadership across the organization, developing the methodologies, tools, and data products that support our products. This is a wide-ranging applied data science role focused primarily on the consumer purchase panel underlying our largest products, with opportunities to contribute to other complex data science initiatives across Numerator's broader product portfolio. The work combines applied statistics, data investigation, methodology development, and practical implementation. Many of the questions we tackle do not have a single observable right answer, requiring us to combine statistical evidence, product context, and subject-matter judgment to understand tradeoffs and determine whether a solution improves the product as a whole. As your expertise grows, you will take on increasingly complex work and have opportunities to deepen your technical expertise, lead projects, improve team practices, and shape how we work. How You'll Spend Your Time Design and implement statistical methodologies that improve the representativeness, stability, and quality of Numerator's products. Develop data science solutions to problems involving consumer behavior, panel composition, and data quality using techniques such as sampling, weighting, statistical modeling, classification, predictive modeling, anomaly detection, and optimization. Build scalable Python and SQL solutions, internal tools, and data products that turn statistical methodologies into reliable production workflows. Develop metrics, monitoring, and validation frameworks to evaluate system performance and identify unexpected or unintended behavior. Contribute throughout the project lifecycle, from problem definition and exploration through implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing evaluation. Work closely with Product, Engineering, Data Operations, and business partners to shape requirements and develop solutions that are both statistically sound and practical to use. Communicate methodologies, findings, assumptions, and tradeoffs clearly to technical and non-technical audiences. Skills & Requirements A bachelor's or advanced degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Computer Science, Economics, Physics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience. Two to five years of industry experience developing and delivering data science solutions. A strong foundation in applied statistics, with experience applying statistical modeling, optimization, or other quantitative methods to real-world data problems. Proficiency in Python and SQL, including experience developing reusable, well-structured code and working with large, complex datasets. Comfort working through open-ended problems, investigating unexpected results, and developing solutions with guidance and collaboration, along with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical partners. Familiarity with survey research or consumer panels—including sampling, weighting, bias correction, imputation, or other methods used to improve representativeness—is helpful but not required. Experience working with user-level or behavioral data is helpful, as is exposure to production data science workflows and tools such as Snowflake, AWS, Airflow, or GitHub. Familiarity with AI-powered tools and workflows, with an interest in applying emerging technologies to improve productivity, learning, and outcomes. What We Offer An inclusive and collaborative company culture—we work in an open environment while working together to get things done and adapt to changing needs as they arise. A market-competitive total compensation package. Volunteer time off and charitable donation matching. Strong support for career growth, including mentorship programs, leadership training, access to conferences, and employee resource groups. A great benefits package including health, vision, and dental coverage; a Personal Spending Account; unlimited PTO; flexible scheduling; 401(k) matching; travel reimbursement; and more. There is strength in numbers - We are the Numerati Numerator is 2,000 employees strong. We have the confidence to be real and embrace what makes each Numerati unique. Our diverse experiences, ideas and backgrounds fuel our innovation. Being part of the Numerati means that we'll take care of you! From our Recharge Days, maximum flexibility policy, wellness resources for employees and their families, development opportunities and much more — we're always finding ways to better support, celebrate and accelerate our team.Benefits
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
- 401(k) Plans
- Mentorships
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A Data Scientist utilizes skills and experience to systematically answer questions using data to provide actionable recommendations. Commonly utilizes advanced statistical analysis and machine learning techniques. Common responsibilities also include data cleaning and data management.
$101,074 / year median in Illinois
+16% projected growth