Data Scientist @ Red Cell Partners

About Us

Red Cell Partners is an incubation firm building and investing in rapidly scalable technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in three distinct practice areas: healthcare, cyber, and national security. United by a shared sense of duty and deep belief in the power of innovation, Red Cell is developing powerful tools and solutions to address our Nation’s most pressing problems.

Job Description:

As a Data Scientist, you will evaluate and improve Defcon AI’s products. You will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and analysts on a wide range of problems. This position will bring scientific rigor and statistical methods to the challenges of product creation, development and improvement with an appreciation for the behaviors of the end user.

Responsibilities:

Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and analysts on a wide range of problems
Work with large, complex data sets
Conduct analysis that includes data gathering and requirements specification, processing, analysis, ongoing deliverables, and presentations
Build and prototype analysis pipelines iteratively to provide insights at scale
Interact cross-functionally, making business recommendations (e.g., cost-benefit, forecasting, experiment analysis) with effective presentations of findings at multiple levels of stakeholders through visual displays of quantitative information
Research and develop analysis, forecasting, and optimization methods to improve the quality of Defcon AI’s user facing products

Minimum qualifications:

Master’s degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Statistics, Operations Research, Bioinformatics, Economics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Psychology) or equivalent practical experience.
2+ years of work experience in data analysis related field
Experience with programming languages such as R and Python and experience in SQL and relational databases
U.S. SECRET clearance

Preferred qualifications:

PhD degree in a quantitative discipline
4+ years of relevant work experience, including expertise with statistical data analysis such as linear models, multivariate analysis, stochastic models, sampling methods.
Applied experience with machine learning on large datasets.
Experience articulating and translating business questions and using statistical techniques to arrive at an answer using available data.
Demonstrated leadership and self-direction. A willingness to both teach others and learn new techniques.
Demonstrated skills in selecting the right statistical tools given a data analysis problem.
Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits:

100% employer paid, comprehensive health care including medical, dental, and vision for you and your family.
Paid maternity and paternity for 14 weeks at employees’ normal pay.
Unlimited PTO, with management approval with all Federal holidays observed.
Opportunities for professional development and continued learning.
Occasional travel to our offices in Washington D.C or alternative locations to collaborate with your team in person.
Optional 401K and FSA available.

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We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer: You’ll receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.