Data Scientist

Position Summary

Candid is a nonprofit that provides the most comprehensive data and insights about the social sector. We get you the information you need to do good. Candid currently has an opportunity for a Data Scientist. Candid (candid.org), the nation’s leading authority on philanthropy, seeks a resourceful, creative, conscientious, and detail-oriented data scientist to join the Candid Data Science team. This is a generalist applied-science role, spanning work that ranges from finding and fixing data-quality problems at scale, to measuring how well our models perform in production, to exploring and prototyping new data products and derived fields. Data scientists at this level work fairly independently on project-defined scope, often embedded with a product or data team, and partner with engineers, analysts, PMs, and subject-matter experts. We hire for a broad set of skills and deploy data scientists where they are most needed as priorities shift.

Position

Data Scientist

Reporting to

Director of Data Science

Supervises

N/A

Schedule

35-hour work week, Monday through Friday

Compensation

: $100,000 - $130,000 (this range is for the NYC area and will be adjusted for other localities; additionally, factors like skills and experience will be considered).

Location

Remote. In-person attendance is expected twice per year during our annual, weeklong all-staff summits. Additional in-person meeting participation is expected at least once per quarter for senior leaders and at least once per month for the executive team. Staff not located in the NYC area are expected to travel for these meetings.

Benefits

: Health insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement contribution with additional option for a match, paid life insurance and AD&D, paid leave time (PTO, compassionate leave, volunteer, holiday, parental), short-term and long-term disability, pre-tax transit, flexible spending accounts,