Sr. Data Scientist

Overview

Please Note:

This is a remote position available in the state listed on this job. Additionally, employment with Bamboo

HR is contingent on passing both a background and credit check.

As a Senior Data Scientist, you’ll apply current machine learning and AI algorithms to derive data insights and deliver intelligent services. This involves gaining a deeper understanding of relevant customer needs and business domains, exploring and improving available data, selecting appropriate approaches, and constantly improving models.

• Train and tune machine learning models
• Explore data and conduct feature engineering
• Apply natural language processing to understand text and aid in conversational interfaces
• Build optimal algorithms with LLMs and retrieval augmented generation
• Collaborate with data engineers, AI software engineers, data analysts, and stakeholders
• Evaluate emerging techniques by understanding academic papers and new technical tools, and by conducting labs, prototypes, and explorations
• Monitor and optimize production models

• 5+ years of professional experience as a data scientist, typically coding in Python with relevant libraries
• Demonstrated ability to select and implement ML algorithms, shape data into useful input features, and choose and optimize appropriate model performance metrics
• Proficiency with NLP, text processing, LLMs / generative models, and conversational UX
• Mathematical thinking foundation and orientation
• Skill working with data sources of various types using tools such as SQL, pandas, Spark
• Expertise designing and building deep learning architectures and models
• Ability to work well independently and with colleagues
• Skill collaborating using cloud-based tooling, git, notebook systems, and ML workflows

A strong contender will also demonstrate abilities to:

• Deeply understand each problem, available data, and potential methods
• Monitor, learn, and apply emerging techniques
• Write high quality deployable code
• Wisely select approaches and evaluation methods
• Have productive interactions that lift the team and stakeholders

• Clear communicators (verbal and written)
• Analytical and perceptive of patterns
• Strong in understanding underlying math and algorithms
• Creative in finding relevant and novel approaches
• Productive in a dynamic setting

If you love to learn, you’ll be in good company. You’ll likely have an advanced degree in a quantitative field, or a related Bachelor’s and additional experience working with data.

• Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance
• Generous leave policies that include 4 weeks of vacation, 12 company holidays, parental leave, and volunteer time off

At Bamboo

HR, we're building something different: we're building a people intelligence platform that transforms HR and sets people free to do great work. We’re a proven market leader driving innovation while building lasting success through thoughtful, sustainable growth. Here, you'll find a place that champions growth: both professional and personal, both individual and collective.

We invest in potential, giving you the space to stretch your capabilities and turn good ideas into reality while providing the safety net of a supportive, values-driven culture. Our approach combines meaningful work with meaningful lives, offering competitive benefits, professional development, and the flexibility to thrive both in and outside the office.

What sets us apart isn't just what we do, but how we do it: with openness, integrity, and a shared commitment to doing the right thing. Join us in creating HR software that makes work better for everyone, while we make work better for you.

Bamboo

HR is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations throughout the hiring process. Bamboo

HR is an Equal Opportunity Employer (M/F/D/V).