Data Scientist - Remote

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Job Summary:

NRG is looking for a Data Scientist to develop and apply models and statistical analysis within our enterprise data science group. This individual will work within a functionally organized Enterprise Data & Analytics group with support from IT, Data Engineering and Governance, Business Intelligence, and Product Management. Its scope encompasses electricity and gas contracts, plant operations, trading, and energy services. The role will report to data science lead and will work on cross-functional project teams to deliver repeatable and scalable data solutions to drive value for the organization. This will require both an understanding of the intersection between business economics and the use of algorithms to make or aid business decisions.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Understanding of machine learning and deep learning models to select and implement for prediction, classification, and clustering projects

• Apply statistical modeling or machine learning to optimize marketing efforts with respect to customer acquisition, retention, pricing, plant operations and trading

• Understanding of the business context of projects and able to identify areas where models will be less predictive or have caveats to their predictive powers

• Ability to translate complex business issues into achievable analytical learning objectives and actionable analytic projects

• Ability to communicate and establish good relations with multi-disciplinary teams

• Proficiency with Python, including pandas, scikit-learn

• Experience in Spark or Pyspark

• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field, such as Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, or Operations Research required

• 3+ years of experience in statistical modeling and quantitative analysis in industry or full-time academic research

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced Degree (MS or PhD) in Statistics, Mathematics or Quantitative Marketing with a focus on machine learning is strongly preferred

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Retail electricity or gas experience

• Comfortable working in Linux

• Experience with Git

• Experience with AWS SageMaker

• Experience with Google Cloud Vertex AI

• Experience with Databricks

• Experience with Docker containers

• Ability to learn and apply new quantitative technicues quickly and appropriately

• Ability to interpret and communicate complex analytics results

• Ability to identify practical business implications

• Good communication skills

• Keen attention to detail

• Think critically about analyses to ensure the conclusions make sense before sharing

Physical Requirements:

• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading

• Occasional overtime work may be required

• Remote

Why NRG is a great place to work:

•    Great company culture!! Voted as a BEST employer by Forbes
•    A competitive total compensation package, including annual incentive and/or commission
•    Stock Purchase Plan 
•    Benefits on the first day of employment - Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and Short Term Disability, Wellness program, etc.   
•    Company-paid life insurance and disability insurance
•    401 (k) plan to help save for retirement
•    Generous PTO plan, plus 8 company holidays, and 3 floating holidays
•    Numerous discounts, including electricity discounts on NRG brands

If you reside in or intend to work remotely from California, Colorado, New York or Washington State, you may contact Careers@nrg.com for compensation information related to this position and other information as required by applicable law. Please include the job title in your request.

Onsite (New York, California)

The salary range for this role is  $99,000 - $140,000. Pay is based on several factors, including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc.

If you reside in or intend to work remotely from California, Colorado, New York or Washington State, you may contact Careers@nrg.com for compensation information related to this position and other information as required by applicable law. Please include the job title in your request.
 

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills. Official description on file with Talent.