Lead Data Scientist

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**ADP WFN is hiring a Lead Data Scientist.**
- _Does the thought of working with one of the most comprehensive employment data sets in the US excite you? _
- _Are you inspired by transformation and making an impact on the lives of millions of people every day?_

**Well, this may be the role for you. Ready to design what's next?**

ADP Workforce Now (WFN) is a cloud-based platform for handling payroll, time and attendance, talent management, benefits administration, and other HR processes. It enables organizations to efficiently manage the complexities of the employee lifecycle. In this role, you'll acquire, clean, and analyze large data sets and do exploratory analysis to understand our data and if it meets project requirements. It's more than digits and dials - you're making huge decisions that impact millions of customers.

Every day you'll work on a global team with multiple stakeholders to identify, design, develop and implement advanced analytics projects that assist our clients on their daily basis. You'll work with your team to provide, interpret, and predict necessary metrics for decision-making. You'll code with machine learning tools like Python, AWS, and ML Ops techniques, to synthesize millions of data sets into patterns that answer ad hoc requests and generates valuable insights for our clients.

To thrive in this career, you should know how to identify errors and reactively fix them. You'll need to have some formal education in quantitative analytics and know design patterns and data structures. You have the skills to leverage existing models or create new models using the technologies above. But given the scale of our data sets and the complex problems we give you to solve, you will stay challenged and engaged with years of exciting projects ahead—all while growing your skills and progressing in a rewarding career.

**WHAT YOU'LL DO**:
**Here's what you can expect on a typical day**:

- **Advanced Analytics & Predictive Modeling.** You bring prior experience to the role of formulating analytical problems, extracting & analyzing data from multiple systems, summarizing critical findings/insights, and developing a compelling visual representation of analyses with actionable recommendations—this will set you up for success on Day 1.
- **Own and Manage Projects. **You will identify, design, develop, and implement advanced analytical projects.
- **Collaboration and Communication. **You'll be part of a collaborative team, listening to needs, then finding and sharing solutions. You're comfortable and skilled at presenting to both peers and leadership on your projects and findings.
- **Experience.** Strong experience in relevant skills gained and developed in the same or similar role.

**TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE**:

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering or a related field.
- Advanced English skills (able to interact daily with a distributed team).
- Fluency in Python - including popular data science packages (pandas, sklearn, etc) and quality tests.
- Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms and methods used in the data science field.
- Experience with Machine Learning model development and deployment.
- Knowledge of Natural Language Processing.
- Experience with Cloud solutions (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Interest in LLMs and Generative AI.
- Willing to work with ML Ops and Software Development activities as well.

**BONUS POINTS FOR THESE**:

- Master's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field.
- Knowledge of Computer Vision.
- Good understanding of Software Engineering.
- Exposure to Jupyter notebooks and/or Databricks platform.
- Experience with AWS cloud solutions (S3, Glue, Lambda, SageMaker).
- Knowledge of Continuous Integration & Delivery methodologies.
- Experience with Vector Databases.

**YOU'LL LOVE WORKING HERE BECAUSE YOU CAN**:

- **Have courageous team collaboration.** Courage comes from how associates are willing to have difficult conversations, speak up, be an owner, and challenge one another's ideas to find the best solution.
- **Deliver at epic scale.** We deliver real user outcomes using strong judgment and good instincts. We're obsessed with the art of achieving simplicity with a focus on client happiness and productivity.
- **Be surrounded by curious learners.** We align ourselves with other smart people in an environment where we grow and elevate one another to the next level. We encourage our associates to listen, stay agile, and learn from mistakes.
- **Act like an owner & doer.** Mission-driven and committed to leading change, you will be encouraged to take on any challenge and solve complex problems. No tasks are beneath or too great for us. We are hands-on and willing to master our craft.
- **Give back to others. **Always do the right thing for our clients and our community and humbly give back to the community where we live and work. Support our associates in times of need through ADP's Philanthropic Foundat