[Remote] Data Analytics Developer - Education & Employment (Remote Eligible)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Mathematica is a company that applies expertise at the intersection of data, methods, policy, and practice to improve well-being around the world. They are seeking a Data Analytics Developer to contribute to data management and statistical programming for research projects in the Education and Employment area, focusing on data wrangling, analysis, and quality control.

Responsibilities

• Write programs in R, Stata, or Python to extract, transform, and wrangle data; create variables for use in analysis
• Perform statistical analyses and prepare tables, graphs, and visualizations
• Providing creative and best practice solutions for data processing optimization
• Ensuring data quality through all stages of data processing with rigorous quality control
• Iteratively informing requirements and specifications, which will include articulating findings and working with researchers to adjust specifications and code as interim results are found

Skills

• A bachelor's degree in economics, data analytics, computer science, statistics, mathematics, or another relevant field
• 3-5 years of programming experience in a professional or academic environment
• Programming experience using R, Stata, Python, or SQL
• Strong organizational and communication skills, and the ability to work with others
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including an ability to explain technical concepts to a non-technical audience
• Subject-matter knowledge of education and/or employment data
• Has the ability to pass a background investigation or security clearance for federally contracted project work

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package
• Advantages of being 100 percent employee owned
• Financial benefits of ESOP holdings that have increased in tandem with the company’s growth and financial strength
• Part of an independent, employee-owned firm that is able to define and further our mission, enhance our quality and accountability, and steadily grow our financial strength
• Coworking spaces where available

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