Data Scientist, Forecasting

Gridware • San Francisco, CA

23h • $180,000 - $200,000

About The Position

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will be directly embedded into Gridware’s operations and analytics team and play a critical role in helping forecast weather based events, staffing of analysts, and gain a deeper understanding of how dynamic Gridware’s operations center can be.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building and deploying models into production environments
• Experience with forecasting models
• Strong programming skills with demonstrated proficiency in Python and SQL
• Experience working within modern software stacks, including cloud platforms, containerization, and CI/CD workflows
• Experience working cross-functionally with operations or business stakeholders

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with weather data
• Experience with Geospatial tooling (GIS tools, GeoPandas, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Build and productionize forecasting models to predict weather-driven grid events, hazard incidence, and downstream operational workload.
• Develop demand forecasts for analyst staffing, incorporating weather signals, seasonality, geographic deployment footprint, and historical event patterns.
• Quantify relationships between environmental factors (e.g., wind, precipitation, temperature, vegetation conditions) and hazard/event types across service territories.
• Design end-to-end modeling pipelines, including data ingestion, feature engineering, model validation, deployment, and monitoring.
• Establish model performance tracking, drift detection, and retraining strategies to ensure reliability in dynamic conditions.
• Translate model outputs and uncertainty into clear, actionable recommendations for operational leadership.

Benefits

• Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered)
• Paid parental leave
• Alternating day off (every other Monday)
• “Off the Grid”, a two week per year paid break for all employees.
• Commuter allowance
• Company-paid training

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed