Data Scientist I

Summary

Esri is a leader in GIS technology, seeking a Data Scientist I to leverage machine learning and location intelligence. The role involves collaborating with customers to develop data-driven solutions and building analytics systems to address business challenges.

Responsibilities

• Consult closely with customers to understand their needs
• Develop and pitch data science solutions by mapping business problems to machine learning or other advanced analytics approaches
• Build high-quality analytics systems that solve our customers' business problems using techniques from data mining, statistics, and machine learning
• Write clean, collaborative, and version-controlled code to process big data and streaming data from a variety of sources and types
• Perform feature engineering, model selection, and hyperparameter optimization to yield high predictive accuracy and deploy the model to production in a cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environment
• Implement best practices and patterns for geospatial machine learning and develop reusable technical components for demonstrations and rapid prototyping
• Keep up to date with the latest technology trends in machine and deep learning and incorporate them in project delivery

Skills

• 1+ years of professional experience in a similar position, supporting similar responsibilities
• Professional experience with practical machine learning experience or relevant academic/lab work
• Hands-on relevant experience in generative AI, large language models, and/or agentic systems
• Fundamental understanding of mathematical and machine learning concepts
• Applied statistics experience
• Experience developing machine learning solutions, preferably in Python
• Ability to produce compelling data visualizations to convey results
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• US citizenship and willingness and ability to maintain a US Security Clearance
• Bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, physics, or a STEM related field
• Experience with spatial and GIS concepts, preferably using Esri software
• Master's degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, physics, or a STEM related field

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 1+ years of professional experience in a similar position, supporting similar responsibilities
• Professional experience with practical machine learning experience or relevant academic/lab work
• Hands-on relevant experience in generative AI, large language models, and/or agentic systems
• Fundamental understanding of mathematical and machine learning concepts
• Applied statistics experience
• Experience developing machine learning solutions, preferably in Python
• Ability to produce compelling data visualizations to convey results
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• US citizenship and willingness and ability to maintain a US Security Clearance
• Bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, physics, or a STEM related field

Nice to Haves

• Experience with spatial and GIS concepts, preferably using Esri software
• Master's degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, physics, or a STEM related field

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (and their families)
• 401(k) and profit-sharing programs
• Minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave
• Twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth
• Esri has a Relocation Assistance Program and can provide support with relocating to the St. Louis, MO area for this position