About Cognite

Embark on a transformative journey with Cognite, a global SaaS forerunner in leveraging data to unravel complex business challenges through our cutting-edge Cognite Data Fusion (CDF) platform. We were awarded the 2022 Technology Innovation Leader for Global Digital Industrial Platforms. In the realm of industrial digitalization, we stand at the forefront, reshaping the future of Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Energy sectors. As an integral part of the esteemed Aker family, Cognite brings forth a legacy of innovation and excellence. Excitingly, we are set to extend our footprint to the vibrant landscapes of India, which opens the door for you to be part of the expansion from the beginning. Join us in this venture where data meets ingenuity, and together, we forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.

About Cognite and Cogniters

Cognite is a global leader in industrial software with our Industrial DataOps platform, Cognite Data Fusion®, at the core. We were awarded the 2022 Technology Innovation Leader for Global Digital Industrial Platforms.

Do you see how data can be used, modeled and visualized in new ways to improve decision making in heavy-asset industries? Do you enjoy building machine-learning or physics-based solutions to help operators, engineers and business leaders plan and run their processes more efficiently? If so, you should join Cognite and become a part of the team responsible for delivering Cognite’s cutting edge industry solutions to our customers!

The data science team at Cognite is responsible for understanding our customers’ business goals and challenges, scoping and building solutions to address these, and growing Cognite’s impact within our customers’ digital transformation efforts. As a Data Scientist in the team, you will work in cross-functional pods of other data scientists, data engineers, solution architects and project managers to configure, deploy, and operationalize digital solutions across the oil and gas, renewables/sustainability, power & utilities, and manufacturing industries. You will work with the customer to understand their desired outcome, conduct discovery workshops, and advise on possible approaches and potential pitfalls. You will build solutions based on physics models and/or using machine learning techniques, build dashboards for visualizing the solutions, and scale and deploy solutions in production using Cognite’s core capabilities. The position will give you a unique opportunity to work with and learn from people with various backgrounds in business, software, and industry.

This is a hybrid role working out of either our Houston or Austin office so candidates must be local to either of these locations.

Who You Are

3+ years industry experience (or an academic background) in the oil and gas, manufacturing or Power & Utilities domain building analytical solutions (data-driven and/or simulations) for production optimization and predictive maintenance, such as general well monitoring, well event predictions (risk identification), production planning, flow assurance, etc.
1+ years experience serving as a domain expert on internal or customer projects
Proficient with Python and its data ecosystem (pandas, numpy), ML libraries (scikit-learn, keras, etc)
Experience in data visualization using PowerBI, Grafana, Tableau, or web development frameworks like Plotly Dash, Streamlit, etc.
Promoting good software development practices including automated tests and documentation
Experience with Version control (git, for example)
Experience contributing code to a large software project
Pragmatic, can balance short term and long term tradeoffs
Realistic and credible advisor on machine learning
Excellent communicator internally and with customers; Managing expectations of technical stakeholders at the customer.
Mentoring and quality assurance of juniors’ work
Cloud experience, such as building streaming calculations & models as serverless functions
Deployment to production using provided infrastructure practices
A track record of working in diverse industries
Ready to stay up to date with latest developments in GenAI and using GenAI services to build use cases for customers

Why choose Cognite? 🏆 🚀

Join us in making a real and lasting impact in one of the most exciting and fastest-growing new software companies in the world.
We have repeatedly demonstrated that digital transformation, when anchored on strong DataOps, drives business value and sustainability for clients and allows front-line workers, as well as domain experts, to make better decisions every single day.
Cognite Earns 2023 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award; Recognized as a Global Leader in Energy & Resources and Industrials & Manufacturing
And just recently, Frost & Sullivan named Cognite a Technology Innovation Leader!
Built In 2024 Best Places to Work in Austin, TX and Houston, TX
Cognite Recognized as 2024 Microsoft Energy and Resources Partner of the Year

A snapshot of our many perks and benefits as a Cogniter

Competitive Compensation including base plus bonus
401(k) with 4% employer matching
Health, Dental, Vision & Disability Coverages with premiums fully covered for employees and all dependents
Unlimited PTO + flexibility to enjoy it
18 Company Holidays including the week between Christmas & New Years
Paid Parental Leave Program
Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
Employee Referral Program
Company Paid Friday Lunch via DoorDash + Fully Stocked Fridges in the offices
Join a team of 70 different nationalities 🌐 with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in focus 🤝.
A highly modern and fun working environment with sublime culture across the organization, follow us on Instagram @cognitedata 📷 to know more
Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects found anywhere, across industries
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Cognite is a global industrial SaaS company that was established with one clear vision: to rapidly empower industrial companies with contextualized, trustworthy, and accessible data to help drive the full-scale digital transformation of asset-heavy industries around the world. Our core Industrial DataOps platform, Cognite Data Fusion™, enables industrial data and domain users to collaborate quickly and safely to develop, operationalize, and scale industrial AI solutions and applications to deliver both profitability and sustainability. Visit us at www.cognite.com and follow us on Twitter @CogniteData or LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognitedata

Equal Opportunity

Cognite is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment at work and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive the same level of consideration for employment; everyone we hire will receive the same level of consideration for training, compensation, and promotion.

We ask for gender as part of our application because we want to ensure equal assessment in the recruitment process. Your answer will help us reach this commitment! However, the question about gender is optional and your choice not to answer will not affect the assessment of your application in any way.

Who You Are

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