Apply Now

Remote position || Senior/Lead Data Scientist (Forecasting Exp.))

Remote • Posted 6 hours ago • Updated 6 hours ago

Contract W2

Contract Independent

12 Months

No Travel Required

Remote

Depends on Experience

Fitment

Dice Job Match Score™

🫥 Flibbertigibetting...

Job Details

Skills

Machine Learning (ML)
SQL
Retail
Python
Regression Analysis
Snow Flake Schema
Forecasting
R²
WAPE
MAPE
p-values

Summary

Position – Senior/Lead Data Scientist

Location –Remote

Type – Contract /Contract to Hire

Job Description

The candidate must be able to name the industry and the outcome variable for each such engagement. Retail same-store analysis is the classic form; the analogue here is comparing similar schools and events rather than following one trend line.
Presents to non-statisticians: business outcome first, method second; confidence stated in plain language; explicitly states what the forecast cannot do; never opens with an undefined statistical term.
Can teach the method to a client team, not only execute it.
Participate actively in stand-ups and backlog refinement, engage business stakeholders directly, understand why the business is asking a question, and challenge or refine the request when it is wrong.
Strategic recommendations are expected alongside hands-on delivery.

Qualifications Required: -

Must be able to work EST hours

5+ years of applied forecasting.
Two or more comparable forecasting engagements led start to finish.
Comparable-unit / "same-store" forecasting experience.
Executive communication.
Thought leadership.
Multivariable regression, plus collinearity analysis and VIF interpretation.
Forecast model development, tuning, selection and holdout validation.
Metric fluency: R², WAPE, MAPE, p-values — and why WAPE is used at event grain (many events sell zero, which breaks MAPE).
Sparse and zero-inflated data. Many variables populate on under 25% of events, some as low as 10%. Nulls must never be silently treated as zeros.
Data-leakage discipline and point-in-time correctness: every feature must exist before the event starts.
Python and SQL; reproducible notebooks.
Snowflake, including Snowflake ML Model Registry (model versions carry metrics and training-dataset references).
Git and pull-request workflow; all code merged to the client repository, no private forks.

Preferred:

Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and written process documentation.
Categorical encoding at scale (~30–35 source variables expand to ~70 columns).
Sports, streaming, ticketing or subscription-business domain exposure.
Hierarchical or mixed-effects models for low-volume segments.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Dice Id: 90769319
Position Id: 9056951
Posted 6 hours ago

Contact the job poster

Yatin Khatter

Recruiter @ SanKar Inc

View Profile

Create job alert

Never miss an opportunity! Create an alert based on the job you applied for.

Similar Jobs

Senior Forecasting Data Scientist

Remote

•

Yesterday

Role: Senior Forecasting Lead Data Scientist Location: Remote Visa: NO GC Experience: 10+ years The candidate must be able to name the industry and the outcome variable for each such engagement. Retail same-store analysis is the classic form; the analogue here is comparing similar schools and events rather than following one trend line. * Presents to non-statisticians: business outcome first, method second; confidence stated in plain language; explicitly states what the forecast cannot do; never

Easy Apply

Contract, Third Party

Depends on Experience

Senior Data Scientist

Remote or Armonk, New York

•

Today

RESPONSIBILITIES: Kforce has a client in Armonk, NY that is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to support a leading Energy & Utilities organization by developing predictive analytics solutions that improve resource planning, operational performance, and business decision-making. This role will transform workforce and planning health into measurable KPIs, identify emerging risks and opportunities, and develop recommendation models that optimize capacity and operational efficiency. Responsibilities:

Contract

$50 - $60 hourly

Staff Forecasting Data Scientist

Remote

•

Today

Omada Health is on a mission to bend the curve of chronic disease. Job overview: Omada Health is looking for a Staff Forecast Data Scientist to lead the technical development and automation of our enrollment forecasting capability. This role will build and scale forecasting models for our existing book of business, helping transform a historically manual, assumption-heavy process into a robust, production-oriented forecasting engine that improves forecast quality, consistency, and speed. Worki

Full-time

USD 202,400.00 - 253,000.00 per year

Staff Data Scientist, Forecasting

Remote or San Francisco, California

•

Today

About Pinterest: Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we're on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other's unique experiences and embrace the flexibility

Full-time

USD 164,695.00 - 339,078.00 per year

Search all similar jobs

Remote jobs at SanKar Inc