Civitech
Austin
51-200 employees
Civitech is a public benefit corporation that builds solutions for candidates, activists, and local/state governments to improve access to government services.
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Data Scientist
Data Scientist
Civitech is a public benefit corporation dedicated to creating a fairer and more equitable democracy by building the tools and infrastructure needed to increase civic participation, empower Democratic candidates to win, and support the success of progressive causes. Since its founding in 2019, over 500 partners -- a range of nonprofit organizations, national political committees, and individual campaigns -- have utilized Civitech’s tools to reach tens of millions of voters to help create a more equitable and progressive democracy.
Civitech is a remote-first company hiring within our current footprint of 22 states (AK, CA, CO, DE, FL, HI, IL, MA, MN, ND, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, SD, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI, WY); Civitech does have an office in Austin, TX.
It is important that our team reflects the diversity of the organizations we seek to serve. We strongly encourage women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ people, and others otherwise underrepresented in the technology sector to apply.
The Data Scientist will design, implement, and rigorously evaluate experiments as a means to identify voters and inform campaign strategies throughout the Democratic ecosystem.
About our Data Team:The Data Team is focused on building and constantly improving our best-in-class database of known likely unregistered eligible voters to empower our partners to create a more representative electorate. We run and evaluate hundreds of experiments to determine the most efficient methods of converting unregistered eligible people into habitual progressive voters.
The Data Scientist is an individual contributor on our Data Team, and reports to our Director of Data and Analytics.
Why Work at Civitech:
- Medical, Vision, & Dental Insurance
- 401(k) plan
- Employee Stock Options
- Employer-paid Life Insurance
- Optional Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
- Flexible Time Off & Paid Company Holidays
- Flexible Spending Account
- Parental Leave
- Flexible Schedules
- Professional Development Stipend
- Monthly Office Upkeep Stipend
Civitech's Values:
- We act with Integrity – At Civitech, we hold ourselves to the highest standards and value open and transparent communications with all of our stakeholders. Our rigorous approach to product design, testing, and data science leads to accurate assessments of our outcomes and challenges us to constantly improve our tools.
- We are Changemakers – As a team, Civitech seeks to make transformational change in our democracy by eliminating obstacles meant to hamper contribution from every member of the community.
- We are Collaborators - Buoyed by our mission, we look for opportunities to partner with everyone committed to making democracy easier to participate in. We seek to understand the challenges our partners face and use our skills and creativity to help them solve them.
- We are Bold – We recognize that disruptive change won’t come with doing business as usual. Civitech seeks to revolutionize civic participation by bringing innovation and creativity to politics.
What You Will Do:
- Collaborate with internal and third-party validation teams to rigorously examine impact of various interventions, both controlled and observed, in the outcomes of the 2024 election cycle
- Build and iterate on models to help users understand and make actionable decisions on our datasets (ex: model to determine how likely someone is to vote or not)
- Help design and build systems for matching records across databases
- Contribute to the design and implementation of experiments on our voter outreach products, helping to improve efficiency of our client programs and informing the ecosystem on best practices
- Develop and manage automated processes that ingest, clean, and standardize large amounts of data from multiple disparate sources to increase the breadth and accuracy of our voter datasets
About You:
- 2+ years of industry experience as a data scientist, and have experience applying computer science, statistics, or a related technical discipline
- Strong background in experimental design and implementation
- Proficient at performing robust statistical analysis
- Excellent SQL skills, proficient in Python, familiar with dbt
- Committed to leveraging technology and data products to help Democratic candidates run for office and win, empower progressive causes, and increase civic participation
Additional Qualifications (desired but not required):
- On the ground campaign experience (paid or unpaid)
- Experience building CLI tools and dockerizing them
- Willingness to travel to Austin for onboarding week
$95,000 - $117,000 a year
Classification, Salary, and Benefits: Full-time, competitive salary ($95,000 - $117,000 commensurate with location and experience).
Civitech is headquartered in Austin, TX, with employees in various states across the country. The Data Scientist can work from our Austin co-working space or remotely in any of the 22 states currently in Civitech’s footprint (AK, CA, CO, DE, FL, HI, IL, MA, MN, ND, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, SD, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI, WY).
Civitech is not able to provide visa sponsorship at this time.
Civitech provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
No recruiters or agencies, please!