Senior Data Scientist

About this role

3rd Party Candidates WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED!!

Our client is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead the design and deployment of advanced machine learning solutions that power a next-generation water utility intelligence platform. This high-impact role focuses on transforming large-scale IoT data from millions of smart water meters into predictive insights that drive operational efficiency, water conservation, and enhanced customer service.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in machine learning, cloud-based data platforms, and production-grade AI systems. You will partner closely with Product Management and Engineering to translate business objectives into scalable data science solutions while helping shape our client’s long-term AI strategy.

*This role requires a hybrid work schedule in the client's Duluth, Georgia offices.*

Key Responsibilities

• Communicate complex technical decisions, model designs, and analytical outcomes clearly to stakeholders across the organization
• Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver high-quality, scalable machine learning solutions
• Refine and enhance AI feature requirements in partnership with Product Management
• Design and implement models for:
• Water consumption forecasting
• Anomaly detection
• Leak detection
• Predictive maintenance
• Develop and deploy production-ready ML pipelines in AWS cloud environments
• Analyze and model large-scale time-series IoT data from water utility operations
• Build and optimize distributed data processing workflows using PySpark
• Perform exploratory data analysis (EDA) to uncover patterns, trends, and actionable insights
• Conduct feature engineering, model selection, and hyperparameter tuning to optimize predictive performance
• Evaluate, monitor, and maintain production ML systems using MLOps best practices
• Partner with software engineers to integrate ML models into a cloud-based utility platform
• Provide technical guidance on data science feasibility and AI cap...