Data Scientist

Job#: 3025527

Job Description:
Data Scientist

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina (Hybrid)

Employment Type: Contract

Duration: 12 months

Role Overview

The Data Scientist provides advanced analytics, modeling, and data-driven decision support across enterprise functions. This role includes designing and developing machine learning models, performing statistical analysis, and collaborating with partners to frame problems, gather relevant data, and translate insights into strategic business recommendations. The Data Scientist ensures model development and deployment aligns with enterprise governance standards and drives measurable impact across key performance areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Translates complex business problems into analytical solutions using machine learning, statistical modeling, and AI techniques.
• Designs, develops, and evaluates models and algorithms for classification, prediction, clustering, and optimization.
• Works closely with data engineers and platform administrators to ensure proper data pipelines, infrastructure readiness, and scalable solutions.
• Communicates findings and insights clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Adheres to enterprise model governance standards, including documentation, validation, and risk assessment.
• Partners with business and technical teams to ensure models are continuously monitored and updated as needed.
• Utilizes structured and unstructured data from various systems to enhance model accuracy and performance.
• Stays current on emerging techniques and tools in data science and applies them where appropriate.

Required Qualifications

Experience:

• Strong statistical foundation and experience in developing, validating, and deploying predictive models.
• Experience with supervised and unsupervised learning, natural language processing, and time series analysis.
• Familiarity with cloud environments (e.g., Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform) and model deployment strategies (e.g., Docker, APIs, MLOps pipelines).
• Understanding of ethical AI practices, data privacy, and model interpretability.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to manage ambiguity in data and requirements.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and adapt in a fast-paced environment.

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in Python for data science applications, along with experience in libraries such as scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, XGBoost, and pandas.
• Experience with SQL.
• Working knowledge of data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, matplotlib, seaborn).
• Experience with Microsoft Azure and Oracle SQL / PLSQL.

Preferred Qualifications

• Domain experience in financial services.
• Exposure to model risk governance frameworks.
• Experience contributing to or using reusable modeling frameworks or shared libraries.
• Prior involvement in AI/ML innovation labs, research, or open-source contributions.

Compensation & Benefits

Pay Rate: $65.00/hr - $70.24/hr.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.