US Mobile
Data Scientist (Cost Optimization)
New York City · Mid
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$4,414 more — $144,414 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $144,414 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Data Scientists" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Data Scientists (15-2051) · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- The goal: one unified network open to any person and any device, worldwide.
- Agile, cross-functional teams built on trust and mutual respect.
- If you work fast, flexibly, and collaboratively - without compromising standards - we want to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- Build and run the cost models and optimizations that determine the most efficient plan configuration across our subscriber base.
- Validate cost models against carrier invoices and financial data
- Monitor, forecast, and manage pooled usage and network spend, recommending corrective actions with quantified impact.
- Model pricing and contract scenarios on actual usage data to support commercial decision-making.
- Design, build, and maintain the underlying data models using dbt, Redshift, and related tools.
- Validate cost models against carrier invoices and financial data; investigate and resolve discrepancies.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in data science, decision science, operations research, pricing/optimization, or cost analytics - ideally where your recommendations carried real financial impact.
- Strong SQL skills, including experience with large datasets, complex transformations, and performance optimization.
- Proficiency in Python.
- Experience validating analytical models against external financial data (invoices, bills, or settlements).
Nice to have
- Telecom, MVNO, or other usage-based/wholesale cost domain experience
- cloud cost management (FinOps).
- Experience with dbt and a modern orchestrator (Dagster, Airflow, or similar).
- Think you're a good fit?
- Apply here to learn more!
- one unified network open to any person and any device, worldwide.
- Connection without walls.
- All three major networks on one phone and one plan, plus home internet from Starlink.
Compensation
- $140k-$190k
Company info
- We're getting there by empowering customers.
This listing is sourced directly from US Mobile's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.