Data Scientist
Company: Ascend Analytics
Location: Boulder
Posted on: April 1, 2025
Job Description:
Data Scientist, Boulder, COAscend 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.Your Impact at Ascend AnalyticsThis
position will be a key member supporting Ascend Analytics'
SmartBidder team, which works on optimization and management of
energy storage and renewable assets. You will be part of a
collaborative team advancing software solutions and analytics to
support the clean-tech power revolution. Your strong software
engineering skills will support mission critical decision analytics
for renewable and battery storage power providers around the
globe.Job Responsibilities
- 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.Required Qualifications
- 2+ Years experience in a highly related role.
- BS or MS in Engineering, Computer Science, Data/Information
Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research,
Statistics, Economics, or Power Systems (or related fields).
- Demonstrated academic or professional software coding
experience in Python.
- Experience performing independent research.
- Familiarity with data processing in Python (including Pandas,
Numpy, Sympy, Scikit-Learn) and machine learning development in
Pytorch (or similar).
- Strong interpersonal skills, teamwork skills, and work
ethic.
- Demonstrated interest in the energy sector (e.g. coursework,
professional development activities, podcasts, independent reading,
etc.).Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity or exposure to cloud computing platforms and
ecosystems, e.g., Azure, AWS, and containerization, e.g.,
Docker.
- Ability to communicate with impact and confidence, both orally
and in writing.
- Understanding of basic microeconomic principles.
- Knowledge of wholesale electricity markets.Compensation:
$110,000-140,000Negotiable based on qualifications and experience.
Ascend highly values our employees and often pays above industry
average.We offer flexible work hours in a relaxed environment with
opportunities for advancement and excellent benefits, including
medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, parental
leave, dependent care spending account, and a 401k plan.We
celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive
environment for all employees. Ascend Analytics is proud to be an
Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based
upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including
pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual
orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a
protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability,
genetic information or other applicable legally protected
characteristics.Ascend Analytics is committed to providing
reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with
disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application
procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a
disability, please contact us at
recruiting@ascendanalytics.com.
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Keywords: Ascend Analytics, Boulder , Data Scientist, Other , Boulder, Colorado
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