Data Scientist - (Mid Level) US

About Our Client

Our client is a leading provider of cloud-based SaaS software that helps energy, utility, telecom, and infrastructure companies protect their critical network infrastructure. With nearly three decades of industry experience, they serve customers across North America and continue to expand their platform with new data-driven and AI-powered capabilities.

About The Role

Our client is launching a new project built on a unified, governed Databricks Lakehouse to power cross-product insights and customer-facing data products. They're hiring two Data Scientists to join a new, US-based team of Data Scientists and Data Engineers. This is a greenfield project: there's nothing to inherit, and you'll help build ML and GenAI capabilities from the ground up. A core near-term focus is AI-assisted ETL: using AI to automatically map customer data from unfamiliar source schemas into a standard target schema and automate customer data onboarding. Industry background is not required; you'll learn the industry context on the job.

Key Responsibilities

• Build ML and GenAI capabilities for the new platform, working primarily in Databricks.
• Develop AI-assisted ETL that maps unfamiliar customer source schemas to a standard target data schema and automates data onboarding.
• Work with Data Engineers on data modeling, feature engineering, and turning data into measurable customer value.
• Explore, prototype, evaluate, and productionize ML and GenAI solutions, including forecasting, anomaly detection, NLP, RAG, LLM-powered assistants, and predictive analytics.
• Contribute to medallion architecture pipelines (Bronze, Silver, Gold), including data quality checks and data contracts.
• Package and manage models using Unity Catalog, and design batch and streaming inference where appropriate.
• Move successful experiments to production with clear SLAs, monitoring, documentation, and runbooks.
• Build workflows as code using Databricks Asset Bundles, with CI/CD through GitHub Actions.
• Implement secure data and ML architectures, including RBAC/ABAC, PII masking, and secrets management.
• Coordinate with counterparts on an international team based in India.

Requirements

• 3-6 years of experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, or ML Engineering, with a track record of taking models into production.
• Hands-on Databricks experience: Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Databricks SQL, Jobs and Workflows, medallion architecture, and Lakehouse.
• Python and Spark/PySpark.
• Strong SQL skills.
• Hands-on GenAI/LLM experience at any level: prompt engineering, RAG, vector stores, LLM evaluation, and guardrails.
• Strong ML fundamentals: feature engineering, model training and evaluation, monitoring, and drift detection.
• Some hands-on CI/CD experience for data or ML workloads.
• Git-based development (GitHub preferred; GitLab or Bitbucket also acceptable).
• Understanding of data security and compliance, including PII handling and access controls.
• Based in the United States, with availability to overlap with India working hours between 8:00 and 11:00 AM Eastern Time.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to write clear technical documentation.

Nice to Have

• Microsoft Azure (ADLS, Entra ID, Key Vault, Fabric, Power BI).
• Experience with schema mapping, entity matching, or automated data onboarding.
• MLflow and Unity Catalog Model Serving.
• AWS (S3, KMS, Secrets Manager, RDS, DynamoDB).
• Geospatial data and analytics (PostGIS, spatial joins, GIS-based features).
• Streaming and real-time data (Structured Streaming, CDC).
• Experience in utilities, energy, infrastructure, or related industries.

Work Details

• Fully remote, United States.
• Monday to Friday, standard business hours, with overlap between 8:00 and 11:00 AM Eastern Time. East Coast is ideal; West Coast works for early starters.
• Direct hire, full-time. Laptop provided.
• Compensation: $160,000 USD base salary plus a 5% bonus.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary: A competitive compensation package based on experience and qualifications.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance: Comprehensive insurance coverage to support you and your family.
• 401(k) Plan with Company Match.
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO): Time off to support work-life balance and personal needs.
• Company-Paid Holidays: Paid holidays throughout the year.
• Flexible Work Options: Work-from-home opportunities are available, depending on role and business needs.

As part of our hiring process, this role may use artificial intelligence or automated tools to assist with reviewing and screening applications. These tools support, but do not replace, human judgment in making hiring decisions.

Your application will only be counted once you complete the full registration process on the KeyStone platform, including creating your profile, uploading your CV, and submitting your application. The AI interview is optional and encouraged, but is not required for your application to be counted.