Data Scientist

Description

Affinaquest empowers colleges and universities to unlock their data potential. Offering unparalleled business intelligence, advanced data analytics, and innovative CRM software native to the Salesforce platform, Affinaquest equips clients to be the architects of their success – surfacing opportunities for increased and more personal engagement, resulting in meaningful revenue growth. Our approach to innovation is not about reinventing the wheel – it's about transforming it. Together, we drive the quest for affinity and create lasting relationships that shape our clients’ futures.

KEY FACTS

• Market-leading Salesforce ISV in Institutional Advancement and Collegiate Athletics
• The preferred next-gen Advancement solution of the “Top 300” fundraising institutions.
• Serving over 50% of the Power-5 athletic programs.
• 10+ years in data warehousing, data quality, lifecycle hygiene, analytics, and CRM.

POSITION DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

Affinaquest seeks a data scientist to join our Product Engineering team. In this role, you'll work on our Client Data Platform (CDP) and analytics platform, applying machine learning and software engineering practices to empower institutions in fundraising and athletic operations. We analyze client data to uncover actionable insights that drive our clients’ missions forward.

You'll work with Azure Machine Learning, Snowflake, dbt, Python, and Airflow to enhance our data stack and evolve our machine learning outputs from our current supervised learning models to emerging unsupervised and prescriptive analytics.

We’re looking for someone with a strong software engineering background, fluent in modern tooling and open frameworks, who will collaborate with Product Engineering peers and client innovation partners to shape our platform’s evolution and value to our clients. A passion for technical curiosity for uncovering hidden metrics, fresh statistical insights, and untapped value within data.

In this role, you'll have a heavy hand the architecture, processes, and tools behind our machine learning and data analytics initiatives, delivering predictive models and backend data discovery processes that pave the way for future modeling.

Working closely with Product Leaders and Data Engineers, you'll ensure your models offer accurate, actionable insights, while actively participating in Scrum ceremonies with your team to refine user stories and acceptance criteria.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Reports to : Sr Manager of Product Engineering

Other key relationships :  Product Leaders and the Product Delivery Team

Requirements

MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS TO APPLY

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDE

IDEAL ATTRIBUTES

POSITION LOCATION

TRAVEL REQUIRED

Affinaquest is an equal-opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.