Job Title: Data Scientist

Location: Arden Hills, MN

Duration: 12 Months + Extension

Bill Rate: $71/hour (C2C)

Job Type: W-2, 1099, C2C

Client: To Be Discussed Later

Work Authorization: US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, Other

Job Description:

• Partner with business stakeholders to frame use cases, understand industry drivers, and agree on decision needs and success criteria.
• Explore, profile, cleanse, transform, and integrate enterprise and reputable external data, verifying quality against source data, business rules, and industry context while following privacy, security, and sourcing requirements.
• Translate business requirements and domain knowledge into features, experiments, analytical workflows, and model evaluation criteria.
• Select, develop, compare, and refine statistical and machine learning models using sound statistical reasoning, business context, and reusable analytical components.
• Develop reproducible analytical workflows and evaluate and monitor model accuracy, bias, explainability, and performance drift against agreed business and technical criteria.
• Use approved AI tools to accelerate coding, testing, and documentation while remaining accountable for method selection, analytical quality, interpretation, and clear communication.
• Distinguish meaningful patterns from noise and communicate findings, assumptions, tradeoffs, uncertainty, risk, and quantified impact as clear business implications and practical recommendations.
• Support business owners in adopting recommendations and measuring results, while business owners retain accountability for adoption and operational decisions.
• Partner with product, engineering, platform, and business teams to plan incremental deliverables and support production integration, automated monitoring, or custom development when needed.
• Participate in analytical, model, and code reviews; document work and share statistical methods, domain insights, and reusable practices