Quick take: Axios is a growth-stage startup dedicated to providing trustworthy, award-winning news content in an audience-first format. We're hiring a Senior Data Scientist to join our growing data teams!
Why it Matters: This Senior Data Scientist will be key in providing deeper insights, enabling data-informed decision-making, and building data-powered products by leveraging machine learning and AI. In this role, you will work within a cross-functional team to drive forward data initiatives across mission-critical Axios products.
Go deeper: As a Senior Data Scientist you will make an impact on Axios through the following responsibilities:
- Working closely with Product Managers to develop machine learning and AI-powered data products
- Develop, deploy, monitor, validate, and govern models used in production applications
- Apply natural language processing techniques to a wide range of business problems
- Identify opportunities to implement new techniques and technologies
- Extending Python libraries used for advanced analytics and machine learning
- Remaining up to date on the new and state-of-the-art applications of machine learning and AI
The Details: Ideal candidates will embody an entrepreneurial spirit, and a passion for Axios’ mission and have the following skills:
- Highly collaborative and comfortable working on a remote 1st distributed team
- Self-motivated with high attention to detail, ability to think critically and problem-solve
- Ability to learn new technologies and experience delivering on a wide range of data science projects
- Highly analytical with solid experience in analysis, math, and statistics
- Proven experience as a data scientist
- Experience applying appropriate analytical methods and experimental design (training models, feature development, regression testing)
- Understanding of NLP techniques for text representation and semantic extraction
- Experience leveraging LLM and generative AI technologies
- Excellent programming skills in Python/SQL
- Comfortable with Jupyter Notebooks, and experience with machine learning frameworks, Python libraries (like scikit-learn, HuggingFace) and GPU-accelerated computing
- Ability to write robust and testable code
- Excellent communication skills
Bonus experiences:
- Experience working in and around AWS data services
- Experience working with cross-functional data teams and with Data Engineers, Analysis, and Product Managers
- Experience working in Media
- Familiarity with MLOps
Don’t forget:
- Competitive salary
- Health insurance (100% paid for individuals, 75% for families)
- Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
- 401K
- Generous vacation policy, plus company holidays
- A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture
- Annual learning and development stipend
Additional pandemic-related benefits:
- One mental health day per quarter
- $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
- Company-sponsored access to Ginger coaching and mental health support
- OneMedical membership, including tele-health services
- Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers
- Access to the Axios “Family Fund”, which was created to allow employees to request financial support when facing financial hardship or emergencies
- Class pass discount
- Virtual company-sponsored social events
