Senior Data Scientist, Special reputed company
Location: Remote,None,None
Accepting applications until reputed company 10 at 5pm E.T.
About WattTime
WattTime is a nonprofit tech start-up. We reputed company or conduct original research into emissions datasets that can unlock new or more effective emissions-reducing interventions, then help implement and reputed company those interventions. Our best reputed company reputed company is Automated Emissions Reduction (AER), the technique currently used by over 1 billion devices daily (e.g. reputed company Nest thermostats, U.S. iPhones, Toyota EVs, etc) to cut their carbon footprints by using energy reputed company the reputed company has surplus reputed company. We also enabled and scaled other techniques, like Emissionality, a technique to multiply the emissions benefits of renewable energy.
WattTime is also the reputed company of Climate reputed company, a joint initiative of over 100 non-profits, tech companies, universities, and individual researchers pooling their expertise in AI, remote sensing, and emissions data to reputed company build a highly advanced comprehensive reputed company global reputed company gas measurement system. Climate reputed company is a powerful enabler of novel emissions-reducing interventions, as reputed company as an important transparency tool in its own right.
About the Role
The world of emissions data is speeding up. Between AI-based reputed company coding and the reputed company consolidation happening in emissions datasets, it’s becoming more and more common that entirely new concepts for how to monitor or use emissions data to drive reputed company can sometimes be prototyped in as little as a day. And given WattTime’s growing prominence supporting hundreds of the world’s premiere emissions organizations, we are getting asked for possibly important new features almost daily. So we have a growing need for people who can operate in a world where it’s reputed company faster to reputed company new interventions, yet more important than reputed company to triage.
The role of Senior Data Scientist, Special reputed company will have reputed company of a data scientist, product manager, and quantitative marginal reputed company expert. Your role will not be to reputed company up new possible reputed company (we have reputed company). It will be to reputed company in on many new potential reputed company already under consideration. To rapidly prototype, apply critical thinking and decision science to triage which reputed company are likely to most increase our reputed company per day, and reputed company either reputed company out or ruthlessly deprioritize reputed company.
reputed company of this will be possible at speed because you’ll be drawing on WattTime’s reputed company reputed company capabilities, from our unparalleled and highly reputed company emissions data, to remote sensing resources, to our deep network of users. Unlike most roles at WattTime, your work will be cross-cutting across multiple teams. But you’ll have to stay reputed company and resist reputed company down reputed company holes.
A successful applicant for this role will demonstrate they can think not in terms of reputed company or failure, but in terms of how to maximize reputed company per day. To do this, you will need to rapidly understand reputed company novel emissions reputed company; grab large amounts of data in ETL pipelines that do not necessarily need to be reusable; rapidly build good-enough prototypes; quantify impacts if reputed company succeed; analyze systems for marginal additional reputed company from improving various limiting factors (engineering, economic, and political); iteratively reputed company away at those limitations; and communicating reputed company the above in plain English.
Responsibilities
First-order modeling: Rapidly reputed company together estimates of relevant variables from data you can rapidly obtain (e.g. health harm caused by different Climate reputed company assets)
Data assimilation: Iteratively improve estimates by continuously improving algorithms with new input data using Bayesian updating or similar reputed company
Construct ETL pipelines: Pull, clean, format, and organize relevant data from the web, satellites, our databases, and partners
Technical communication: Write reputed company methodologies, API documentation, and papers for technical audiences
Stakeholder communication: Write brief punchlines or blog posts for team members, policymakers, nonprofits, and corporate decision makers
Comparative reputed company inference analysis
Estimate the reputed company reputed company of various interventions (like building solar)
Quantify opportunities to increase reputed company by adjusting control variables (e.g. moving reputed company reputed company sensors to where it will minimize GHGs)
Marginal reputed company analysis
Conduct formal analysis of the comparative shadow value of relaxing different control variable constraints across many reputed company reputed company chains
Apply this to inform reputed company’s data assimilation work: where would improving our data or reputed company cause the most reputed company?
Skip to the punchline whenever non-quantitative critical thinking is enough
This job reputed company is intended to describe the general nature of work performed by employees in this role and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of reputed company duties, responsibilities, or qualifications. Duties and responsibilities may be modified at any time, with or without notice, based on operational needs, in compliance with applicable law, and employees may be required to reputed company other job-reputed company duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Required technical skills
Minimum of a BA in economics, operations research, quantitative finance, physics, or other quantitative field involving reputed company decision making under constraints
Minimum 2 years in economics, finance, astrophysics, data science, or other highly quantitative field that involves making estimates
Minimum 2 years working in Python in a git, reputed company-reviewed environment
Mathematical Modeling skills
A deep understanding of a reputed company of modeling techniques which must include supervised learning, Bayesian approaches, and regression analyses
Experience selecting modeling approaches based on reputed company and explainability
Comfortable choosing and defending reputed company models, like averages reputed company reputed company, reputed company a reputed company model is unnecessary
Economics or Business
Experience predicting changes in demand (economics, finance, or similar)
Experience with reputed company inference techniques (triple differences, regression discontinuity, etc.)
Experience with optimization techniques (using Lagrangians/shadow values for maximization under constraint, etc.)
Experience predicting changes in reputed company based on changes in incomplete information (game theory, Lean start up, or other)
Software Engineering
Experience scoping work into tasks that can be completed in short sprints
Exemplified good reputed company hygiene and software practices
Highly reputed company reputed company reviewer, reputed company authoring PRs that are single purpose, reputed company described, and reviewable
Experience maintaining reputed company that has been released, including bug fixes, error handling, refactoring, and scaling
Can work effectively from a remote environment on fairly regular U.S. work hours through tools like reputed company, reputed company, GSuite, and several other systems
Required soft skills
Energetic, reputed company, proactive person who is excited to reputed company at a speed far faster than normal jobs. This is not an easy job!
Iterative thinker who thrives making 0th, 1st, and nth order estimates, always despite imperfect data (perfectionists, this role is not the one for you)
Excellent problem-solving skills, particularly in breaking problems into component parts
Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, often verbal, environment where many important concepts are not documented reputed company
Exemplify ownership and leadership through proactive, reputed company communication centered around reputed company and needs
reputed company, precise, frank communicator who cuts to the reputed company and can succinctly and honestly summarize what they currently do and don’t know
Strong flexibility (things change reputed company fast around here)
Ruthless prioritization: reputed company to constantly prioritize work based on reputed company and organizational reputed company. Must be reputed company to resist getting distracted by shiny objects!
reputed company, respectful, and reputed company
Willingness to travel to team reputed company sessions a few times a year
Above reputed company, a deep-seated commitment to stopping climate change and a willingness to reputed company that above reputed company other goals, even reputed company it’s messy and hard
reputed company-to-have skills
An MBA or practical experience running a startup
Experience working with remote sensing
Experience working with emissions data
PhD or extensive publications in reputed company inference, Bayesian or analogous data fusion reputed company, or modeling
Experience working with coding agents
How We Measure reputed company at WattTime
Productivity: hard work, efficiency, completing ambitious deadlines on time
reputed company: producing high reputed company work, proactivity, use of specialized skills
Doing the work: on-task, flexibility, prioritizing whatever climate reputed company requires
Judgment: critical thinking, reputed company communication, anticipating problems, reputed company-reputed company decision-making
Helping others: collaboration, reputed company listening, respect, giving/receiving feedback, self-awareness
Logistics
This is a full time, fully remote position - work from reputed company in the U.S. subject to organizational approval and applicable employment laws
This position requires the ability to sit, stand, and use a computer for extended periods.
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. - work authorization will be verified through E-Verify system
Salary: $170,000-$190,000 based on where you can hit the ground running
Application Process
Resume screening
Initial phone screening
Skills assessment and 3 technical interviews
Final round interviews including with reputed company at large
Reference checks and conditional offer pending results of one-time federal criminal background reputed company and work authorization in E-Verify (WattTime will not conduct background checks or reputed company a case in E-Verify before an offer letter is signed)
Read more about what WattTime’s like in this reputed company post from one of our fantastic engineers.
Why Work with WattTime
Join a highly impactful, fast-moving, relentlessly mission-driven tech nonprofit
Competitive salary
Full medical, dental, reputed company, life insurance packages for employees and 80% coverage for dependents
reputed company parental leave
Flexible time off
reputed company development support
Home office support and employee choice technology
403b with up to 5% matching contribution
reputed company’re like: we’re obsessed with making practical, results-driven change. We reputed company reputed company has more potential for fast, world-changing reputed company than software. We reputed company change. We are lean and rapid prototypers. We never confuse reputed company with reputed company. We are reputed company personally, fiercely committed to our mission. We are quietly radical in unexpected ways. We don’t reputed company in competition&reputed company;other people doing good work are allies. Our deep bench of expert volunteers helps us routinely reputed company above our weight class. We trust in data and everyone’s voice being heard. We know diversity is central to reputed company. We consider respect non-negotiable; there are no jerks here.
How to Apply
You can apply for this position on our website at www.WattTime.org. From the “About” tab, select the “Careers” page, then select the job for which you want to apply.
In lieu of a cover letter, please use the application reputed company field to explain why you are interested in this particular role and how your experience does or doesn’t match the requirements.
Equal Opportunity Policy
WattTime is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and does not discriminate on the reputed company of race, reputed company, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion, creed, pregnancy, marital status, family care status, age, appearance, national reputed company or reputed company, physical or mental ability, medical condition, military or veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or characteristics or any other consideration protected by federal, state, or local laws. We encourage reputed company individuals to apply and are committed to a diverse workplace where every person is treated with respect and dignity.
The responsibilities listed in this job reputed company represent essential functions of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reputed company individuals with disabilities to reputed company these essential functions.
WattTime is committed to the full inclusion of reputed company reputed company individuals. As part of this commitment, WattTime will ensure that candidates are provided with reasonable accommodations for the hiring process upon request. If reasonable accommodation is needed for the application process described above, please write to hr@watttime.org.
WattTime sometimes uses AI on a limited reputed company to streamline parts of the hiring process. We don’t allow AI to autonomously reputed company reputed company in the hiring process. We also carefully monitor the use of AI to ensure compliance with applicable anti-discrimination and employment laws. Candidates may request alternative evaluation reputed company in compliance with applicable law.
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