Senior/Staff Data Scientist (ACF)

Skylight • Washington, DC

19h • $150,000 - $230,000 • Onsite

About The Position

At Skylight, data scientists organize, synthesize, and analyze data to help government stakeholders and product teams make informed decisions. They apply a variety of analytical models to find meaningful insights in both structured and unstructured data, and they communicate these insights in an easily digestible format. As a data scientist supporting ACF’s grants management systems, you will play a critical role in analyzing, validating and communicating grants data across the full lifecycle—from award issuance and compliance tracking to monitoring, reporting, and closeout. High-quality data is foundational to effective oversight, transparency, and stewardship of federal funds.

Requirements

• Can think about and use data strategically to identify the right questions to ask, communicate ideas, surface opportunities to create business value and drive decisions
• Familiar with modern data engineering, including techniques for cleaning and preprocessing data from a variety of sources
• Ability to analyze a data set using the appropriate analytical method and can design, prototype, and build statistical models that are credible, effective, and accessible
• Ability to preserve privacy and security when performing data analysis
• Can articulately communicate your data, models, and findings to technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to use the appropriate visualization tools to highlight actionable insights, trends, and recommendations from data
• Champion leading practices within data science to your team and others
• Ability to work effectively in policy and compliance driven environments balancing accuracy with evolving reporting and decision-making needs
• Ability to work successfully within a professional services environment (e.g., can communicate effectively with clients)
• A passion for creating better public outcomes through great government services
• A mindset and work approach that aligns with our core values

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Palantir Foundry
• Familiarity with Power BI
• Prior experience working in the civic tech space
• Experience working in a remote-team environment

Responsibilities

• Identify valuable data sources and automate collection processes
• Undertake preprocessing of structured and unstructured data
• Analyze large amounts of information to discover trends and patterns
• Build predictive models and machine-learning algorithms
• Combine models through ensemble modeling
• Present information using data visualization techniques
• Propose solutions and strategies for business challenges
• Select and use the right tools, frameworks, languages, and technologies for the job, with a preference for open-source solutions
• Collaborate with others as part of a cross-functional team that includes user experience researchers and designers, product managers, engineers, and other functional specialists
• Analyze and validate data across the full federal grants lifecycle, ensuring data supports compliance, monitoring, and closeout
• Evaluate data quality, governance, and audibility in multi-system grants environments
• Support operational resilience and stewardship of public funds through targeted analytical insights

Benefits

• Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account
• Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of your salary with no vesting period
• Flexible paid time-off-policy (generally around 25 days per year), plus 11 paid federal holidays
• Up to 12 weeks paid-time-off for all eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents
• Performance rewards, including annual salary increase, annual performance bonus, spot bonuses, and stock options
• Business development / sales bonuses
• Referral bonuses
• Annual $2,000 allowance for professional development
• Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases
• Annual swag budget of $100 to display your Skylight pride with some merchandise (hoodies, hats, and more)
• Dollar-for-dollar charity donation matching, up to $500 per year
• Flexible, remote-friendly work environment
• An environment that empowers you to unleash your superpowers for public good

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees