Tavern Research

Data Scientist I

Chicago, IL

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 20 days ago

PythonMachine LearningData ScienceLLMsAgentic AI5G/LTEResearchCommunicationCollaborationAdaptability

About the role

That means taking on problems like tracing how narratives spread through social platforms, or analyzing how different messages land with different audiences.
The data is messy, the questions are ambiguous, and the stakes are high.
As a member of the Data Science team, your role is to help make this work possible.

cleaning, debugging, and engineering features that support effective models.
Support the design and execution of numerical experiments by handling data prep, fitting models, and running standard analyses.
Contribute to feature engineering and model building, taking ownership of clearly defined components of modeling projects.
Collaborate with researchers and engineers to scope and execute tightly defined tasks.
You'll run exploratory analyses to surface patterns, build features, and support experiments.
While you'll collaborate closely with senior modelers, we expect new hires to ramp quickly and take ownership of clearly scoped modeling and data tasks.
You'll have support from senior team members, but you'll also be expected to bring rigor, patience, and persistence to your work.
Work hands-on with real-world, unstructured data: cleaning, debugging, and engineering features that support effective models.

Learn and apply best practices and emerging tools in machine learning, AI, and causal inference.
Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset Humility, patience, and attention to detail.

Benefits Premium health insurance Unlimited PTO Office closed for all federal holidays 401k match Equity Tavern Research is an
Bonus: exposure to model deployment, large language models, or causal inference.

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