What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Scientist/Engineer I position at Washington Metroplitan Area Transit Authority?
Job Details
Department Marketing statement
Are you passionate about using machine learning to make a meaningful impact in your city? Come join us! Data Lab, a new data science team at WMATA, is on a mission to transform public transit in the DC metropolitan area through data-driven solutions. We conduct research ourselves and also partner with academic departments to drive innovation.
Were excited to add a data scientist to our team who brings hands-on experience in Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision. This is a great fit for someone with an entrepreneurial spirit who combines good coding skills with a practical understanding of applied machine learning someone who can speak to the trade-offs of training smaller models from scratch and leveraging larger pre-trained models for efficiency. In this position, youll help productionize proofs of concept developed by our academic partners and will guide internal projects from prototype to full deployment. Youll apply good engineering and machine learning practices to ensure that our data tools are not only effective but also robust and reliable for production.
We work primarily in Python and are building out our analytical infrastructure, so creativity and adaptability are key. If you bring a clear, thoughtful approach to fairness, accountability, and transparency in AI, we think youll be a great addition to our team.
Join a team dedicated to both innovation and public service. At WMATAs Data Lab, your work will directly contribute to making transit smarter, more accessible, and sustainable for the community.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education
Experience
Minimum/Certification/Licensure
Preferred Qualifications
Medical Group
Satisfactorily complete the medical examination for this position, if required. The incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of this position either with or without reasonable accommodations.
Summary
The Data Scientist/Engineer I supports data science and data engineering activities of the Data Lab within the Department of Performance, Data and Research. The incumbent supports internal task teams executing a work program of quantitative analysis and research, and development and maintenance of data infrastructure. The primary duties of the Data Scientist/Engineer I include supporting data modeling and analysis, the development of data pipelines, and data documentation. This position supports peer offices and other teams developing data-informed, action-oriented, and equity-focused recommendations and insights for executive leaders and managers
Job Duties
Other Duties
The functions listed are not intended to limit specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Nor is it intended to limit in any way the right of managers and supervisors to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision.
Evaluation Criteria
Consideration will be given to applicants whose resumes demonstrate the required education and experience. Applicants should include all relevant education and work experience.
Evaluation criteria may include one or more of the following:
Closing
WMATA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable federal law.
This posting is an announcement of a vacant position under recruitment. It is not intended to replace the official job description. Job descriptions are available upon confirmation of an interview.
Are you passionate about using machine learning to make a meaningful impact in your city? Come join us! Data Lab, a new data science team at WMATA, is on a mission to transform public transit in the DC metropolitan area through data-driven solutions. We conduct research ourselves and also partner with academic departments to drive innovation.
Were excited to add a data scientist to our team who brings hands-on experience in Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision. This is a great fit for someone with an entrepreneurial spirit who combines good coding skills with a practical understanding of applied machine learning someone who can speak to the trade-offs of training smaller models from scratch and leveraging larger pre-trained models for efficiency. In this position, youll help productionize proofs of concept developed by our academic partners and will guide internal projects from prototype to full deployment. Youll apply good engineering and machine learning practices to ensure that our data tools are not only effective but also robust and reliable for production.
We work primarily in Python and are building out our analytical infrastructure, so creativity and adaptability are key. If you bring a clear, thoughtful approach to fairness, accountability, and transparency in AI, we think youll be a great addition to our team.
Join a team dedicated to both innovation and public service. At WMATAs Data Lab, your work will directly contribute to making transit smarter, more accessible, and sustainable for the community.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Civil/Transportation Engineering, Data Science, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or a related field
Experience
- Minimum of two (2) years of relevant data mining/analysis experience. Experience must include at least one (1) year of experience using programming languages or enterprise database systems to develop data flows, data models, data warehouses and/or data marts.
Minimum/Certification/Licensure
- N/A
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Civil/Transportation Engineering, Data Science, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or a related field
- Advanced experience using R, Python, SQL or similar tools to extract, manipulate, and clean data; Advanced experience in Oracle relational database management and/or application development.
Medical Group
Satisfactorily complete the medical examination for this position, if required. The incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of this position either with or without reasonable accommodations.
Summary
The Data Scientist/Engineer I supports data science and data engineering activities of the Data Lab within the Department of Performance, Data and Research. The incumbent supports internal task teams executing a work program of quantitative analysis and research, and development and maintenance of data infrastructure. The primary duties of the Data Scientist/Engineer I include supporting data modeling and analysis, the development of data pipelines, and data documentation. This position supports peer offices and other teams developing data-informed, action-oriented, and equity-focused recommendations and insights for executive leaders and managers
Job Duties
- Maintains, supports, and develops documentation for internal projects and helps empower analysts and other data users to develop actionable intelligence confidently and consistently for specific business uses.
- Aids in the implementation and support of data pipelines, including the capture, transformation, aggregation, and publication of new and existing raw data sets to provide analyst teams and other internal customers with advanced tools to support business needs.
- Assists senior staff with the design and development of advanced data models using a variety of statistical and data science methodologies to provide near-term to long-range predictive analytics for a variety of real-time, performance, maintenance, and planning applications.
- Provides technical support for the creation and maintenance of architecture diagrams, system documentation, data models, mapping documents, business rules, data flow diagrams and other design related artifacts in a manner consistent with team standards to ensure understanding of teammates and as needed, other audiences, both technical and non-technical.
- Contributes to the development and deployment of tools and datasets for partner teams within Planning and Performance and others to support advanced analytics and data-informed decision making throughout the agency.
- Develops automated test scripts, conducts root cause analyses in response to data issues, and develops cost-effective resolutions for data anomalies to monitor and report on data quality, validity, accuracy and usability, identifies opportunities for corrections, and implements fixes that ensure internal customers have the highest quality data for decision making.
Other Duties
- Maintains and promotes awareness and accountability with safety policies and procedures while performing job functions. Promotes a positive safety culture and encourages reporting of safety concerns consistent with our Agency Safety Plan, other regulatory requirements within the Safety Management System and just culture principles.
The functions listed are not intended to limit specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Nor is it intended to limit in any way the right of managers and supervisors to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision.
Evaluation Criteria
Consideration will be given to applicants whose resumes demonstrate the required education and experience. Applicants should include all relevant education and work experience.
Evaluation criteria may include one or more of the following:
- Skills and/or behavioral assessment
- Personal interview
- Verification of education and experience (including certifications and licenses)
- Criminal Background Check (a criminal conviction is not an automatic bar to employment)
- Medical examination including a drug and alcohol screening (for safety sensitive positions)
- Review of a current motor vehicle report
Closing
WMATA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable federal law.
This posting is an announcement of a vacant position under recruitment. It is not intended to replace the official job description. Job descriptions are available upon confirmation of an interview.
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