Senior Data Scientist, Capacity Analytics

Who We Are

Vultr is on a mission to make high-performance cloud infrastructure easy to use, affordable, and locally accessible for enterprises and AI innovators around the world. With 32 global cloud data center locations, Vultr is trusted by hundreds of thousands of active customers across 185 countries for its flexible, scalable, global Cloud Compute, Cloud GPU, Bare Metal, and Cloud Storage solutions. In December 2024 Vultr announced an equity financing at a $3.5 billion valuation. Founded by David Aninowsky and self-funded for over a decade, Vultr has grown to become the world’s largest privately-held cloud infrastructure company.

Vultr Cares

• 100% company-paid insurance premiums for employee medical, dental and vision plans.
• 401(k) plan that matches 100% up to 4%, with immediate vesting
• Professional Development Reimbursement of $2,500 each year
• 11 Holidays + Paid Time Off Accrual + Rollover Plan
• Commitment matters to Vultr! Increased PTO at 3 year and 10 year anniversary + 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years + Anniversary Bonus each year
• $500 stipend for remote office setup in first year + $400 each following year
• Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month
• Gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month
• Company paid Wellable subscription

Join Vultr

Vultr is seeking a Senior Data Scientist, Capacity Analytics to design and build scalable capacity forecasting and analytics solutions that transform infrastructure telemetry and demand signals into actionable insights for planning and decision-making. In this highly visible role, you will develop end-to-end data pipelines, statistical and machine learning forecasting models, and analytics tools that help optimize infrastructure utilization, prevent capacity shortages, and guide strategic investment decisions. You’ll partner closely with Engineering, Finance, Product, and Operations to translate complex data into trusted metrics, dashboards, APIs, and automated workflows that drive real business outcomes. The ideal candidate is highly hands-on with SQL and Python, experienced working with large-scale time-series and infrastructure datasets, and motivated to solve complex problems that directly impact customer experience, operational efficiency, and the future growth of cloud infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and build end-to-end capacity analytics data pipelines (ingestion, transformation, quality checks, feature generation, and serving) across telemetry, inventory/asset, and business demand datasets.
• Design, develop, and optimize SQL data models and queries for large-scale time-series and dimensional datasets to enable fast, reliable reporting and analytics.
• Develop production-grade Python services and workflows for forecasting, scenario planning, anomaly/sold-out risk detection, and automated capacity gap analysis.
• Implement robust data quality, lineage, and observability (validation rules, reconciliation, alerting, and auditability) to ensure trusted “single source of truth” capacity metrics.
• Build and maintain forecasting and simulation models that incorporate growth rates, pipeline/renewals/churn, lead times, and supply constraints (racks/power/ports, GPU/CPU pools, storage).
• Partner with Infrastructure, SRE/Operations, Procurement, and Finance/FinOps to translate insights into capex recommendations, allocation policies, and operational actions.
• Produce executive-ready dashboards and recurring reports (Tableau/Power BI) that clearly communicate utilization, runway, constraints, and monetization opportunities.
• Establish standards and reusable libraries for capacity analytics (feature definitions, model evaluation, backtesting, and documentation) and mentor analysts/engineers on best practices.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years building data products for capacity planning, infrastructure analytics, or large-scale operational forecasting (cloud, data centers, networking, storage, or similar).
• Expert in SQL (advanced query development & optimization, dimension/time-series modeling, window functions, performance tuning) across modern warehouse/lakes (e.g., Snowflake/BigQuery/ClickHouse).
• Strong Python engineering skills for production analytics (data pipelines, API/services, workflow orchestration, testing, packages, and observability).
• Proven experience designing end-to-end data pipelines: ingestion, transformation, validation, feature engineering, and serving layers; familiarity with tools like Airflow/Dagster/dbt/Spar (or equivalent).
• Deep knowledge of forecasting and statistical modeling (time series forecasting, backtesting, scenario analysis, uncertainty intervals) and apply models to real operational constraints.
• Practical understanding of infrastructure capacity domains: CPU/vCPU oversubscription, memory contention, storage throughput/capacity, GPU scheduling, rack/power/cooling/ports, and supply lead times.
• Demonstrated ability to translate analytics into actionable recommendations (capacity gap detection, capex timing, allocation/reservation policy impacts, monetization/runway reporting.
• Strong stakeholder partnership and communication skills-comfortable working with Engineering, SRE/Ops, Finance, Procurement, and Product, and presenting to executives.
• Track record of raising the bar on data quality and trust: reconciliation, lineage, monitoring/alerting, clear metric definitions, and documentation.

Compensation

$110,000 - $140,000

_Final compensation will vary depending on years of experience, background/skill set, location, and applicable laws.

__[We are currently only accepting applications from candidates residing in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin.]

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