Principal Data Scientist (Operations) - 90339320 - Washington
Amtrak•Washington, DC
•$124,600 - $161,352•Hybrid
About The Position
As Principal Data Scientist, you will lead the design and delivery of machine learning and analytics solutions that improve how Amtrak runs its railroad. Working alongside operating and engineering teams, you will turn real operational problems into models, tools, and decisions that reach the field, and you will help set the standards that make our data science practice repeatable and effective.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience.
- Plus 7 years of relevant work experience.
- Strong Python and SQL experience.
- Hands-on experience building, deploying, and maintaining models and data pipelines in Databricks or a comparable lakehouse platform (Spark, Delta, MLflow).
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience.
- Plus 9 years of relevant work experience.
- Cloud experience (AWS or Azure).
- Experience embedding with business or operations teams to deliver solutions in their workflow.
- Familiarity with modern ML and AI tooling.
- Backgorund in operations, transporation, or another data-rich physical industry.
Responsibilities
- Formulates and leads guided, multifaceted analytic studies against large volumes of data.
- Interprets and analyzes data using exploratory mathematic and statistical techniques based on the scientific method.
- Coordinates research and analytic activities utilizing various data points (unstructured and structured) and employ programming to clean, massage, and organize the data.
- Works closely with all business units and engineering teams to develop strategy for long term data platform architecture.
- Leads all data experiments.
Benefits
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401K with Employer Match
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Wellness Programs
- Railroad Retirement Benefits
- Paid Caregiving Days and Backup Care
- Health Savings Account
- Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness
- Fertility and Family Building Benefits
- No-cost Personal Health Advocate
- Student Loan Assistance
- Adoption and Surrogacy Assistance
- Medical Plan Opt-out Credit
- Tuition and Education Reimbursement
- Paid Family Leave
- Life Insurance
- Rail Pass Privileges
- Short- and Long-term Disability Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- No-cost Financial Advisor Sessions
- Commuter and Flexible Spending Accounts
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
