Data Scientist

at  Ascend Analytics LLC

Data Scientist, Boulder, CO / Remote
Ascend Analytics’ climate technology software and services provide critical insights to power the energy transition. The company’s products enhance critical power supply decisions from short-term operating strategies to long-term investment and resource planning. Ascend’s solutions serve as the core analytic infrastructure for electric utilities, independent power producers, electric retailers, and financiers of energy infrastructure. To learn more about Ascend, please visit us at www.ascendanalytics.com.

• Prototype and experiment with novel machine learning models and mathematical algorithms for short term energy market forecasting
• Optimize and enhance computational efficiency of algorithms and software design
• Work with our team of analysts to integrate new data sources, evaluate performance, automate, and generalize data science models within production software
• Design and write clean, scalable, production code in Python
• Refactor code for improved performance, stability, and scalability
• Implement systems for collecting, storing, and working with data at scale
• Communicate clearly and effectively (orally and in writing) with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders
• This position involves working collaboratively both within your software team and outside with the analyst team. The software development team follows an agile scrum process, and all team members are expected to contribute to technical design reviews, implementation strategies, operational system support, and sprint planning