Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. BlueLabs is a leading provider of analytics services and technology dedicated to helping partners do the most good with their data. The Survey Scientist role involves using statistics, programming, and domain knowledge to enhance survey methodologies and contribute to client projects, ensuring high-quality data and innovative solutions.
Responsibilities
- Work with the Senior Director of Polling on the design, implementation, and delivery of survey products and services
- Develop and maintain internal software tools and systems to support the collection, processing, and analysis of survey data
- Own the predictive modeling process from ingestion to deployment for key internal models
- Ensure the data and modeling results meet requirements for quality, and work with the team to clean, transform, aggregate, and report on data as needed
- Collaborate with polling managers, data scientists, project managers and external stakeholders to troubleshoot problems and proactively create solutions
- Collaborate with data engineers and analysts to optimize data infrastructure and pipelines, ensuring efficient and reliable data flow
- Assist in the design and execution of experiments and surveys, including sample selection, data collection, and weighting
- Ensure team excellence by documenting processes and evangelizing new approaches
- Work both independently and as part of a team to deliver accurate products on short deadlines
Skills
- Experience working with survey data, and a solid understanding of sampling techniques, weighting, and survey design
- Experience working in a quantitative production environment or a postgraduate degree in a quantitative field
- Experience with and ability to apply knowledge of foundations of statistics and modeling (distributions, parameter estimation, confidence intervals and tests, etc.)
- Experience building predictive models using regression and machine learning techniques
- Advanced understanding of R and/or Python. Experience with other statistical programming languages is also useful
- Ability to manipulate data with SQL
- Proven experience creating analytics output within a production-oriented team
- Ability to effectively communicate and present technical concepts to a non-technical audience, both in writing and verbally
- Experience creating and delivering informative and engaging data visualizations using industry leading tools
- Leadership competencies in the following: empathy, active listening, coaching/feedback, integrity, decisiveness, and problem solving
Benefits
- Premier health insurance plan
- 401K matching
- Unlimited vacation leave
- Paid sick, personal, and volunteer leave
- 13 paid holidays
- 15 weeks paid parental leave
- Professional development stipend & tuition reimbursement
- Macbook Pro laptop & tech accessories
- Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) stipend for mobile device
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Supportive & collaborative culture
- Flexible working hours
- Remote friendly (within the U.S.)
- Pre-tax transportation options for commuting to our office in Washington, DC
- Lunches and snacks
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