Senior Data Scientist

Constructive Dialogue Institute • New York, NY

14h • $135,000 - $145,000 • Remote

About The Position

CDI is looking for a Senior Data Scientist to own the data foundations that power our analytics, reporting, and research workflows. This is a high-leverage role for someone who wants to do meaningful, systems-level work — building the infrastructure, pipelines, and reporting tools that CDI's team and partners rely on every day. This is not primarily a machine learning, product analytics, or pure research-design role. It sits at the intersection of data infrastructure, reporting systems, and applied evaluation. The right person is a strong hands-on practitioner who takes pride in clean, reproducible, reliable work — and who is excited to grow into new territory alongside the organization. Two major near-term priorities will shape this role from day one: rebuilding and modernizing CDI's analytics and reporting ecosystem, and co-leading evaluation work for our AI dialogue coach . If you're energized by building things that last, working across research, product, and implementation teams, and doing data work that genuinely connects to mission, this role is for you!

Requirements

• 6+ years of relevant professional experience in data science , analytics engineering, data engineering, or a similarly hybrid role.
• Strong hands-on experience with SQL, Python, and R.
• Experience building and maintaining data pipelines and reproducible workflows that other people rely on.
• Experience working in cloud-based data environments, including AWS .
• Experience designing and maintaining dashboards, recurring reporting, and BI tools for nontechnical users.
• Experience using Git and documentation/testing practices to make data work maintainable and reproducible.
• Strong judgment about data quality, metric definition, and governance.
• Prior experience using AI tools in data science workstreams
• Comfort working with messy, ambiguous data problems and translating them into clear deliverables .
• Ability to develop practical measurement approaches for new or evolving features, tools, or interventions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills , especially with nontechnical internal collaborators.
• Experience working cross-functionally with stakeholders from multiple teams.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in data science, statistics, social science, computer science, or a related field; familiarity with survey data and/or higher education data is a plus.
• Experience supporting impact, efficacy, or evaluation work through data preparation and analysis.
• Experience in a nonprofit, EdTech, or mission-driven setting; familiarity with bridgebuilding, dialogue, or civic learning is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Own CDI’s research and analytics data infrastructure , including core data models, schemas, documentation, data quality checks, and analysis-ready datasets.
• Build and maintain data pipelines using reproducible ETL/ELT practices, producing standardized, analysis-ready datasets from key sources.
• Lead the rebuild and modernization of CDI’s analytics and reporting layer as part of a platform and data transition.
• Design, build, and maintain dashboards, recurring reporting, and self-serve tools for both internal teams and partner-facing deliverables.
• Establish and steward trusted metric definitions, documentation, and governance practices across reporting and research workflows.
• Co-lead the data and evaluation work for our AI dialogue coach , including building the measurement, reporting, and analysis workflows needed to assess learner experience, safety and appropriateness, reliability, and outcomes.
• Support quantitative data preparation , analysis, and reproducible code workflows for efficacy and impact studies.
• Partner cross-functionally with colleagues on the Research & Evaluation team, as well as those from Implementation, Operations, and Product/Technical teams.

Benefits

• Compensation — $135,000-$145,000
• A Mission-Driven Culture — we practice what we preach, so our work culture is characterized by intellectual humility, continuous improvement, and open-mindedness
• Remote-First — CDI was founded as a remote-first organization, and we work hard to maintain a strong team culture across vast distances
• Unlimited PTO — as well as 13 company holidays
• Remote Work Support — up to $500 reimbursed for home office equipment (like desks, chairs, or webcams) and up to $50/month reimbursed for home internet or cell phone expenses
• Other Benefits — employer-supported health, vision and dental plans, subsidized parental leave, 3% 401k match, short- and long-term disability insurance, life and AD&D insurance, $1,000 annual professional development budget

What This Job Offers

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