Data Scientist II

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Data Scientist II developing optimization, machine-learning, and automated workflow solutions. Improving PODS logistics capacity planning, routing, scheduling, and resource allocation.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and support optimization models for capacity planning, routing, scheduling, and resource allocation
  • Formulate business problems using decision variables, objectives, and operational constraints
  • Assist in root-cause analysis to identify optimization and automation opportunities across field operations
  • Build, test, and maintain forecasting, regression, classification, and anomaly-detection models for operational problems
  • Prepare and validate data, engineer features, and evaluate model results
  • Build reproducible data pipelines and automate recurring analyses, model runs, and reporting
  • Contribute to shared tooling, frameworks, and standards so solutions are repeatable
  • Maintain data models in Snowflake used by analysts and downstream tools
  • Create dashboards and decision-support tools that make results actionable
  • Document logic, methodology, and assumptions alongside models, tools, and pipelines
  • Present findings and limitations in plain language to the team and operational stakeholders
  • Report to the Director, Operations Data Science & AI and partner with engineers and operational stakeholders

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field such as Data Science, Statistics, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, or a related field required
  • Master’s degree preferred
  • 3+ years of applied data science, machine learning, or quantitative analytics experience
  • Relevant internship, co-op, or graduate research may count toward experience
  • Hands-on experience formulating and solving mixed-integer linear programming models
  • Experience with Gurobi, Pyomo, OR-Tools, PuLP, CPLEX, or a similar optimization library or solver required
  • Strong SQL on a modern cloud data warehouse, preferably Snowflake
  • Python for analysis and model development
  • Experience building, testing, and validating forecasting, regression, classification, or other predictive models
  • Experience building reproducible data pipelines and automating recurring analyses and model workflows
  • Ability to communicate analytical and model outputs through clear visualizations and practical decision-support tools
  • Ability to explain methods and results clearly and document work so it is reproducible and reviewable
  • Ability to turn loosely defined operational problems into clear analytical questions and practical solutions
  • Experience or coursework in machine learning and mathematical optimization
  • Exposure to cloud-based data platforms such as Snowflake or AWS
  • Experience supporting an Operations, Supply Chain, logistics, or other capacity-constrained business is a plus
  • Ability to sit at a desk and use a computer for up to 8 hours a day
  • Ability to use hands and fingers to type on a keyboard and use a mouse to navigate
  • Vision sufficient to view small details on a computer monitor
  • Ability to stand and walk up to 8 hours a day; ability to stoop, bend and lift boxes weighing up to 50 lbs.
  • Ability to hear and verbally communicate using a telephone handset and/or connected headset device
  • Regular attendance and punctuality required
  • May be subject to pre-employment criminal background check and/or drug screening as well as random drug screenings in accordance with company policy

Benefits:

  • Full-time remote work
  • Climate-controlled office environment during normal business hours
  • Regular business hours
  • Negligible travel requirements