Senior Data Scientist - Forecasting (US)

Senior Data Scientist, Forecasting (US)

Location: Remote

Department: Data Science

Type: Full Time

Min Experience: Experienced

The Forecasting team is looking for an experienced Senior Data Scientist to develop and maintain AutoGrid's measurement and verification (M&V) and forecasting platform. We have a platform that can support forecasting and M&V for about a million devices. You will work with the team of data engineers and software engineers to launch new forecasting and M&V services and optimize existing ones.

**Responsibilities:**

• Design, implement, and maintain the algorithms for M&V and forecasting.
• Perform ad hoc analysis on AutoGrid's data to gain insights and guide decisions.
• Improve scalability of forecasting and M&V jobs by optimizing code.
• Work with other data software/SRE engineers to troubleshoot production problems and respond to customer queries.
• Mentor junior data scientists and software engineers.
• Gather and analyze requirements and convert functional requirements into concrete technical tasks.
• Work effectively with engineering teams distributed globally.
• Communicate effectively across the business to team leads, clients, and other stakeholders.

**Qualifications:**

• BS/BA in quantitative fields, applied mathematics, statistics, or various engineering fields is required.
• 5 years of experience in data scientist roles.
• Ability to learn a problem domain quickly and think critically.
• Prior experience in the energy industry, especially in electricity and demand response, is preferred.
• Hands-on experience in building forecasting models is required.
• Experience in Python data science stack (e.g. numpy, scipy, pandas, and scikit-learn).
• Experience with some parallelization framework (pyspark or Dask).
• Experience with RDS and SQL.
• Experience with NoSQL databases is a plus.
• Good programming skills and the ability to navigate a distributed infrastructure.
• Experience in working with production codebase is a plus.
• Experience working in an agile team.
• Experience using containerization (e.g. Docker and Kubernetes).

**About AutoGrid:** At AutoGrid, you will join a team helping to accelerate the world's transition to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy system. We're a growing and award-winning clean technology company driving the fundamental transformation of the electrical grid into a distributed, decarbonized, and digitized network of connected assets. With more than 3,000 megawatts of flexible capacity under contract with energy companies around the globe, our solutions give you an opportunity to make a real-world impact. If you are passionate about using technology to improve society and love a fun, fast-paced work culture with opportunities for continuous learning and advancement, you will love AutoGrid. We continuously create an inclusive environment and welcome people from all walks of life.

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• Last name
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• Resume
• Cover Letter
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• Desired salary
• Earliest start date
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