Senior/Staff Data Scientist

Responsibilities

You will design and implement data science models to simulate electricity grid connections and forecast grid states. You will also collaborate with engineering teams to translate data requirements into scalable software solutions.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 5 years of industry experience in data science with strong software engineering fundamentals. Proficiency in Python, machine learning, and numerical modelling is essential for this role.

Skills

• Python
• Data science
• Machine learning
• Numerical modelling
• Applied statistics
• Software engineering
• System design
• CI/CD
• Monte Carlo methods
• Numerical forecasting
• Data discovery
• Data pipelines
• Version control
• Testing practices
• Code review
• Distributed systems

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Work from home allowance
• Health and wellness allowance
• Bi-annual in-person working weeks
• Lunch provided in office

About this role

The Role
As a Senior/Staff Data Scientist in the Connections Squad, you will provide the data insights needed to connect new facilities to the grid. You will design, implement and run the calculations needed to model new connections, and perform the statistical analysis needed to assess their impacts. Your solutions will allow electricity utilities to efficiently manage grid constraints and resources, to forecast grid state into the future, and to assess connection applications for new renewables projects in record time.

Key Accountabilities
Design, build, and maintain software products and data science models capable of simulating or predicting key components, properties and events of electricity grids, including individual connections to the grid such as power assets, commercial, industrial, agricultural and infrastructure projects
Obtain data from disparate sources to inform and support modelling, by performing data discovery and/or developing automated retrieval pipelines as needed
Ensure software and model capabilities, coverage and performance align with customer requirements, directly engaging with customers from time to time in order to do so
Collaborate with Software Engineers, Data Engineers, and other Product teams to understand data science requirements and translate them into technical solutions
Establish best practices for development, validation, and monitoring of data and software products
Contribute to technical and architectural strategy for data science
Core Requirements
Experience: 5+ years in data science roles in industry, with demonstrable impact.
Software engineering fundamentals: proficiency in Python or similar language, architecture, system design, version control, testing practices, code review, CI/CD
Numerical modelling: mathematical modelling, numerical methods, applied statistics
ML modelling: experience developing, training, testing and validating machine learning models, as well as deploying them to production
Differentiators
Experience with Monte Carlo methods
Experience with numerical forecasting methods
Experience in energy, utilities, or IoT/sensor data domains
Experience building data products for customer consumption
Experience delivering software/data products to customers, and iterating based on their feedback.
Experience discovering and integrating diverse data sources into complex modelling pipelines, both ML and otherwise
Experience designing and implementing agentic workflows
Experience optimising Python workflows, e.g. via parallel/distributed solutions or development of interfaces to optimised lower-level libraries
Experience working in remote or distributed teams
Data governance or compliance experience in regulated industries

What We Offer
Competitive salary. We hold high expectations, but pay accordingly.
Meaningful ESOP so you share in the growth of Gridsight.
$2,500 WFH allowance, $2,500 health and wellness allowance, bi-annual in person working weeks, and lunch is on us when you’re in office.
Work how you like. Fully remote, hybrid or in office with a fresh, new head office in Sydney and satellite spaces in Melbourne, Brisbane and Hobart.
Learn More
Brendan Banfield (CEO at Gridsight) in conversation with James Cameron (Partner at Airtree)
Gridsight's work with Endeavour Energy to deliver flexible exports
The problem space we're tackling

About GRIDSIGHT

Utilities · 51-200 employees · headquartered in Sydney, NSW · founded 2020