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Senior Data Scientist

TEKsystems
$45.00 - $55.00 / hr
life insurance, sick time, 401(k), retirement plan
United States, Ohio, Columbus
Apr 10, 2026
Description CANDIDATES MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO WORK ON W2. Candidates must have a Masters Degree with 3 years of experience or a PHD. Our client's Enterprise Data and Analytics team is growing, and we're looking for an outstanding Senior Data Scientist to join their team. You will leverage machine learning, segmentation, and statistical inference on huge data sets to improve how we understand our customers and the communities we serve. Their goal is to be the Best performing Regional Bank in America, and they need data and analytics to meet that goal. As they advance their data science and analytics capabilities, they want experts in modeling complex business problems and discovering business insights using statistical, algorithmic, mining, and visualization techniques. The Senior Data Scientist contributes to building and developing the organization's data infrastructure and supports the Senior leadership with insights, management reports, and analysis for decision-making processes. Responsibilities: * Performs advanced analytics methods to extract value from business data * Performs large-scale experimentation and build data-driven models to answer business questions * Conducts research on cutting-edge techniques and tools in machine learning/deep learning/artificial intelligence * Determines requirements that will be used to train and evolve deep learning models and algorithms * Articulates a vision and roadmap for the exploitation of data as a valued corporate asset * Influences product teams through presentation of data-based recommendations * Evangelizes best practices to analytics and products teams * Owns the entire model development process, from identifying the business requirements, data sourcing, model fitting, presenting results, and production scoring Skills: * Up-to-date knowledge of machine learning and data analytics tools and techniques * Strong knowledge in predictive modeling methodology * Experienced at leveraging both structured and unstructured data sources * Willingness and ability to learn new technologies on the job * Demonstrated ability to communicate complex results to technical and non-technical audiences * Demonstrated ability to work effectively in teams as well as independently across multiple tasks while meeting aggressive timelines * Strategic, intellectually curious thinker with focus on outcomes * Professional image with the ability to form relationships across functions * Strong experience with R/RStudio, Python, SAS, SQL, NoSQL * Strong experience with Cloud Machine Learning technologies (e.g., AWS Sagemaker) * Strong experience with machine learning environments (e.g., TensorFlow, scikit-learn, caret) * Strong understanding of statistical methods and skills such as Bayesian Networks Inference, linear and non-linear regression, hierarchical, mixed models/multi-level modeling * Financial Services background preferred Experience: * 1-3 years' work and/or educational experience in machine learning or cloud computing, experience using statistics and machine learning to solve complex business problems, experience conducting statistical analysis with advanced statistical software, experience scripting languages, and packages, experience building and deploying predictive models, experience web scraping, and scalable data pipelines and experience with big data analysis tools and techniques. Education: Master's degree in computer science, statistics, economics or related fields Job Type & LocationThis is a Contract to Hire position based out of Columbus, OH. Pay and BenefitsThe pay range for this position is $45.00 - $55.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: * Medical, dental & vision * Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital * 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available * Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) * Short and long-term disability * Health Spending Account (HSA) * Transportation benefits * Employee Assistance Program * Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Workplace TypeThis is a fully onsite position in Columbus,OH. Application DeadlineThis position is anticipated to close on Apr 23, 2026. h4>About TEKsystems: We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.