Company Description
Palmetto is a leading clean tech company on a mission to accelerate the transition to a clean energy future. With a belief that consumers can have it all, we are an uncompromising energy company that makes coming clean a no brainer. Our award-winning technology platform empowers homeowners, businesses, and entrepreneurs to adopt renewable energy through simple, scalable, and innovative solutions. Operating at the intersection of B2B and D2C, we offer software, financial products, and services that drive real environmental impact—without compromising value. We deliver end-to-end solutions for whole home electrification that put clean energy within reach for all.
Our employees are our most valuable resource. We foster a promote-from-within culture that prioritizes talent development, career growth, and purpose-driven work. Palmetto offers a comprehensive benefits package—including unlimited PTO, medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid parental leave, retirement plans, and more—so you can have it all both personally and professionally. Palmetto prioritizes people, planet, and profit—backed by a culture that values collaboration, impact, and balance. Join us in building a brighter, cleaner world.
Location
This position will be based remotely in the US
Summary of Role
As the first Data Scientist working on Palmetto’s Consumer business, you will partner closely with Product and Engineering counterparts to optimize the consumer journey. Backed by a strong team of data analysts and engineers who work across the rest of Palmetto’s business, you will be responsible for developing metrics, analysis, experiments, and production machine learning models that impact the consumer experience.
Strategic and Tactical
- Design, develop, implement and maintain machine learning and statistical algorithms, ranging from simple consumer insights to recommendations to developing data-driven customer journeys
- Own the consumer data model through its entire lifecycle, from instrumentation and application data storage through the BI & data product layers, enabling product partners, business users, and fellow data analysts & scientists to reliably and efficiently access data at scale
- Partner with product & engineering to structure, set up, and execute hypothesis tests to measure the impact of your work on relevant business metrics.
- Understand evolving requirements of the business and expand the capabilities of the data science practice accordingly, including partnering with business stakeholders and product managers to source and scope new projects and evolving our data platform.
- Implement quality control measures and proactively identify and address any data-related issues, ensuring data integrity and enhancing data trust across the organization.
- Continuously improve our performance, stack, and organization by staying updated with the latest industry tools and best practices.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or relevant experience)
- 5+ years experience working in data science or machine learning. Bonus points for experience in consumer tech.
- Deep expertise using Python and SQL for data processing, analytics, and machine learning modeling. Bonus points for experience with other programming languages and delivering production services/algorithms.
- Experience working with time series data, with incomplete and dirty data to extract insights and recommendations for people
- Familiarity with modern data tools and technologies, such as: Snowflake, Amplitude, Python, Airflow, dbt, Fivetran, Stitch, and Looker.
- Strong understanding of data modeling, data warehousing, and data integration concepts.
- Strong written & spoken communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong opinions weakly held. You are knowledgeable in your domain and able to move quickly based on that knowledge, but humble enough to change your mind.
- Demonstrated experience & heavy bias for using AI to accelerate your ability to deliver fast, cutting edge results
- Insatiable curiosity and love of learning
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Flexible and excited to work in fast-paced, changing environment
Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Palmetto embraces diversity and is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
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