Principle Data Scientist - W2 and Locals Only to Denver, CO or St. Pete, FL

Job Title Principal Data Scientist

Location St. Petersburg, FL 33716 Or Denver, CO 80246 (Hybrid)

Duration 12+ Months contract to hire (Possibility of Extension and FTE conversion)

Must be local to St. Petersburg or Tampa, FL or Denver, CO.

Open to W2 employment only (no C2C or third-party)

Visa-independent candidates only (no sponsorship available at this time)

Job Description:

• The Lead Data Scientist supports development of advanced decision support systems by employing advanced techniques from data analytics (including statistical analysis) and machine learning, particularly including NLP.
• The successful candidate will join an innovative and energetic team that develops capabilities that improve the performance of our business units and make them more efficient.
• This is a hands-on role in which the Data Scientist is expected to carry out a project from start to finish.

Skills:

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to a non-technical audience
• Strong knowledge of Machine Learning techniques, including NLP
• Knowledge of statistics, including hypothesis testing
• Strong Python skills
• Proficient in SQL
• Comfortable with Unix scripting
• Experience building models that actually delivered value to a business
• Experience deploying systems to a production environment
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Working knowledge of big data technology
• Minimum of a Bachelor s degree and six (6) years of relevant experience or combination of education, training and experience.

Notes from the Hiring Manager:

• Role needs to work onsite hybrid workstyle 2-3 days per week at one of the Client s physical locations with St Pete and Denver preferred, no fully remote candidates.
• Need a senior Data Scientists.
• Focused on GenAI, validations, Improving accuracy, less on ML
• Strong with GenAI and Data Science.
• Design the process and evaluate how accurate it is over time.
• Python
• Automated evaluations, fine tuning of parameters. Will own the research and would accomplish the whole project.
• 3 years real exp doing Data Science Work.
• Will convert to FTE
• Big Data- not a requirement.
• Financial exp- Nice to have