.senior Data Scientist - Energy (oil & Gas)

Senior Data Scientist - Energy (Oil & Gas)

Houston, Texas

About this position:
Context Labs is seeking a Data Scientist to support the deployment of Context Labs’ Decarbonization as a Service™ platform, built on our Immutably™ Data Fabric technology. The candidate will perform research and analysis required by customer projects to deploy data-driven business products related to greenhouse gas mitigation within the energy industry. Responsibilities include understanding, integration, testing and analysis of data from a wide variety of data sources, developing and documenting methodology for scalable emissions analytics, building and testing predictive models for the anomaly detection and other use cases. This is a diverse role requiring skills from software development to applied mathematics and statistics. This position reports to the Chief Data and Analytics Officer.

In this role you will:

• Perform exploratory and diagnostic data analysis to derive business insights.
• Be responsible for data mining using state-of-the-art methods.
• Develop predictive models using classification and regression analysis techniques.
• Process, cleanse, and verify the integrity of data used for analysis.
• Document requirements and resolve conflicts or ambiguities.
• Documenting the types and structure of the business data (logical modeling) and lineage.
• Reporting on the results of the analysis in succinct form.
• Regularly work with colleagues in our Cambridge, MA and Amsterdam, NL offices.
• Anything else as may reasonably be required by the company.

Experience:

• Good understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms.
• Solid understanding of research design principles.
• Strong programming skills in Python. Experience with JavaScript is a plus.
• Broad experience with elements of Python’s data science and machine learning ecosystem including NumPy, Pandas, Jupyter, SciPy, Scikit-Learn, Statsmodels, Altair, etc.
• Strong communications skills with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with data visualization tools and frameworks such as Vega/Vega-Lite, D3.js, Plotly, Gephi, Tableau, etc.
• Proficiency in using SQL for data transformation and aggregation.
• Familiarity with conceptual and logical data modeling principles.

Preferred Experience:

• Previous experience performing data analysis in oil & gas or climate science applications would be viewed favorably but not required.
• 4+ years of experience in a relevant data science role
• Master’s degree in computer science, data analytics, applied mathematics, or related field.
• Degree in environmental science or climate science with strong experience in data analysis

Why you’ll like it here:

• Context Labs is collaborative at its core. You’ll work within your team and across the organization allowing for continuous learning and discovery.
• We set goals that matter and provide value in all that we do, from building meaningful products to positively impacting carbon reduction and climate change.
• Context Labs’ mission is to transform complex data into continuously proven information. Powered by Immutably™, an innovative, trusted data fabric platform, our integrated solutions deliver context-driven insights that enable human networks to spot patterns, correlate trends - and reveal the ground truth hidden inside the world’s most complicated, persistent problems.

We understand that applying for a job can be intimidating. Applicants rarely meet every single job requirement, and we know there are many skills and backgrounds that will contribute to success in this role. If you’re interested in applying, please do so.

Context Labs embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe the more inclusive we are, the better our products will be. Context Labs will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please contact Human Resources at HR@contextlabs.com.

Who we are:

Context Labs is dedicated to sourcing, organizing, and contextualizing the world’s climate information. The company enables data to become trusted, shared, and utilized as Asset Grade Data (AGD™), providing insights and solutions to inform markets. Context Labs mission is to provide the world’s trusted data fabric platform, delivering Asset Grade Data to customers using the Immutably™ Enterprise Data Fabric platform, deploying machine learning, Artificial Intelligence, and cryptographic blockchain technologies, for context-driven insights. 

Building on the Immutably™ Enterprise Data Fabric platform, the company has deployed customer service layers (1) Decarbonization-as-a-Service™ (DaaS™), tailored to accelerate the Global Energy Transition, and its (2) CLEAR Path™ platform to enable customers to optimize value creation with the highest quality carbon credits. The company was formed out of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) research and is comprised of a leadership team that has been instrumental in the at-scale growth of the Internet, in prior companies. The company has offices in Amsterdam, Cambridge, Mass., and Houston. 

We are a team that is hiring and growing! Learn more about Context Labs here:

www.contextlabs.com