Data Scientist

About the role

The Home Depot is hiring a Data Scientist in Pennant Park to support data science initiatives that drive business profitability, greater efficiencies and a better customer experience. The role applies advanced analytics to large datasets to extract business insights and solve problems, and documents developed code in a library of reusable algorithms. It is based on-site, full-time and five days a week.

Key responsibilities

• Design and develop algorithms and models on large datasets, and act as technical lead on analytics projects while leading smaller ones independently
• Communicate insights and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical leaders and partners, and prepare reports and presentations
• Work with business partners and cross-functional teams to define project goals and incorporate business knowledge into solutions
• Keep up with data science developments and build a documented library of reusable algorithms

Required profile

• Age 18 or older and legally permitted to work in the United States
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a field related to the job
• Preferred: Master's in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Math, Statistics) or equivalent experience
• Preferred: 4+ years of experience in business intelligence, advanced analytics and/or AI/ML

Required skills

• Preferred: experience designing scalable data pipelines, and a modern scripting language (preferably Python)
• Preferred: SQL/BQ and Tableau
• Preferred: statistical techniques, prescriptive modeling (optimization, computer vision, recommendation, search, NLP), and experience with generative AI, RAG and LLMs