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Applied Data Science Associate - Federal

DataRobot, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022

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Job Description DataRobot delivers AI that maximizes impact and minimizes business risk. Our platform and applications integrate into core business processes so teams can develop, deliver, and govern AI at scale. DataRobot empowers practitioners to deliver predictive and generative AI and enables leaders to secure their AI assets. Organizations worldwide rely on DataRobot for AI that makes sense for their business — today and in the future.

DataRobot’s Applied Data Science Associate program (ADSA) is designed to provide qualified individuals with the training and experience necessary to become a Customer Facing Data Scientist in approximately 6 months. This intense program is for the self‑motivated and intellectually curious excited to tackle our prospects and customers toughest problems using AI/ML and GenAI. The program will offer opportunities to learn from the world’s foremost experts in AI and apply your newly found knowledge in the frontier of AI. Past graduates of this program have delivered novel applications of AI in businesses across the world and lead some of our most strategic customer engagements. Many graduates of the program now have leadership positions within DataRobot.

During the training program, participants will have structured learning paired with mentoring opportunities to work with customer success teams. Participants will be expected to contribute to customer success by assisting account teams and learning the best practices in selling to customers or keeping existing customers successful with the platform.

The ADSA program is centered around the Data Scientist Competencies, which include Data Science (including GenAI), Product Knowledge, Sales and Solution Delivery. This position focuses on supporting DataRobot’s US Federal customer base, especially military customers, in AI use cases. Upon program completion you will support DataRobot Federal customers as a Customer Facing Data Scientist contributing to end‑to‑end AI project implementation using the DataRobot platform. This includes data preparation, model building (predictive and generative), application development, and stakeholder engagement.

Key Responsibilities

Successfully conduct a 6‑month structured and independent training program in order to independently support customer engagements after completion

Provide DataRobot platform and data science support to clients through the duration of client engagement from presales through their times as a customer

Enable customers to solve complex data science problems using DataRobot, through both direct execution and education of customers – including problem framing, data preparation, scripting, model building, model deployment, model management, and output consumption

Foster an environment of autonomy where everyone is encouraged to identify and prioritize customer problems and opportunities.

Influence our customers through thought leadership by using value‑based messaging to translate complex technical terms into mission outcomes.

Work side‑by‑side with our sales, success and engineering teams to help our customers achieve their goals.

Identify opportunities to expand our relationship with customers.

Act internally as the voice of the customer to the Product and Engineering teams, informing the direction of future product feature development.

Assist in developing the implementation of a Joint Success Plan (JSP) delivering services to support customers in their AI journey.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field – physical sciences, engineering, computer science, statistics, economics or business analytics

3+ years of building and implementing analytics solutions for stakeholders

Excellent communication and strong customer interaction skills

Excellent project management and organizational abilities

Fluency with scripting in Python

Professional experience building data pipelines and/or performing data preparation tasks

Work location will be a hybrid of remote and on a customer site (greater Washington DC area)

May be asked to travel for customer meetings or other events

Nice to Have

Advanced degree

Experience with supporting US Federal government organizations, especially the DoD or IC

Experience with distributed/parallelized data computation

Experience with geospatial data manipulation and visualization

Exposure to AI/ML modeling techniques and framing data science projects for success

Familiarity with consultative sales process in the data/analytics marketplace

Familiarity with data platform technology integrations

Experience dealing with complex customer organizations

Proficiency in additional programming languages (e.g. Java, Scala, JavaScript)

Citizenship and Clearance Requirements

Must be a US citizen.

Must have an active Secret or Top Secret/SCI clearance.

Benefits Competitive pay and benefits with our employees’ well‑being at the core. Benefits may include Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance, Flexible Time Off Program, Paid Holidays, Paid Parental Leave, Global Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and more depending on location and local legal requirements.

Operating Principles

Wow Our Customers

Set High Standards

Be Better Than Yesterday

Be Rigorous

Assume Positive Intent

Have the Tough Conversations

Be Better Together

Debate, Decide, Commit

Deliver Results

Overcommunicate

DataRobot encourages all candidates from diverse backgrounds. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or disability. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. Please see the U.S. Department of Labor’s EEO poster for additional information.

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