Data Scientist

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We are seeking a Data Scientist / Application Developer to design and build AI‑enabled applications and perform analyses in Palantir Foundry that drive operational decision‑making. This role emphasizes data science, advanced analytics, visualization, and user‑facing application development.

• Work in a fast‑paced Agile environment alongside engineers and domain experts to translate ambiguous or evolving requirements into intuitive, scalable products
• Conduct data discovery and exploratory data analysis (EDA) across structured and unstructured data
• Perform data cleansing, normalization, aggregation, and modeling
• Design and build analytic applications in Palantir Foundry, including dashboards and interactive workflows
• Apply advanced analytics and statistical methods (e.g., regression, clustering, hypothesis testing, A/B testing)
• Develop and embed AI/ML capabilities (e.g., LLMs, NLP, RAG/Graph
  
  RAG) into analytic workflows
• Create clear visualizations and metrics to support executive and operational decision‑making
• Collaborate in an Agile/Scrum environment to rapidly iterate on solutions
• Communicate insights effectively to technical and non‑technical stakeholders

• Interim Secret Security clearance required
• Ability moving from exploratory analysis to production‑grade applications that deliver measurable mission impact
• Strong experience in data science and analytics, including EDA, data wrangling, modeling, and statistical analysis
• Proficiency in Python for analytics and data pipelines (e.g., pandas, polars, PySpark)
• Experience with AI/ML and statistical modeling tools and python libraries (e.g., scikit‑learn, stats models, Prophet; NLP tools such as spaCy or NLTK)
• Experience building production‑grade analytics (apps, dashboards, notebooks)
• Experience with data visualization i.e using Python libraries (matplotlib, seaborn, plotly) and/or BI tools (Power
  
  BI, Tableau, Qlik)
• Comfort working in a dynamic Agile/Scrum environment with evolving or loosely defined requirements
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain insights to non‑technical audiences
• Background in statistics, mathematics, operations research, or applied sciences
• Experience with Palantir Foundry, Databricks, or similar data platforms

• Active Secret clearance highly desired
• Hands‑on experience with Palantir Foundry (pipelines, transforms, Workshop, Ontologies, AIP)
• Experience building AI‑enabled applications using LLMs, NLP, RAG, or Graph
  
  RAG Experience developing rapid analytic demos using Streamlit
• Familiarity with model deployment and ML/AI serving architectures Exposure to Type Script Experience with data platform operations, monitoring, or optimization Experience building and maintaining ETL pipelines supporting analytic applications.

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