Lead AI Engineer - J.D. Power

Title: Lead AI Engineer - P5

Location: Remote USA

Reports To: Managing Director, Data Science

J.D. Power is a global leader in consumer insights, advisory services and data and analytics. A pioneer in the use of big data, artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithmic modeling capabilities to understand consumer behavior, J.D. Power has been delivering incisive industry intelligence on customer interactions with brands and products for more than 50 years. The world's leading businesses across major industries rely on J.D. Power to guide their customer-facing strategies.  

The Role:  

As part of the Data and Analytics division of JD Power, you will work to understand the features that drive the price of a vehicle and predict what future vehicle values will be. Our data science team is accountable for every data point we output and provides accurate, transparent, industry-leading analytics. We are looking for an AI Engineer who will have the freedom to utilize the latest technologies to solve challenging problems, create innovative machine learning processes from the ground up, deploy them into production on our AWS server and/or Palantir, and develop cutting-edge tools for monitoring our ML suite of algorithms. We are a mature and tight-knit data science team looking to add another top-shelf team member who is ready to make a difference in the automotive industry. Join us!    

The Impact You Will Have in This Role: 

We make data products and every new data product we output will solve problems in the auto industry. Our AI Engineers will build models that go into production and directly impact our core products for our clients.

What You'll Be Doing in This Role: 

• Experience daily immersion in automotive industry data.
• Working with business units to articulate a pipeline of AI projects to drive operational efficiency and revenue growth.
• Create reusable frameworks to integrate multiple AI models into production workflows.
• Lead the creation of multiple AI models simultaneously and put them into production.
• Communications to customer success, product, and senior data science leadership while requiring minimal feedback for communication documents and presentations.
• Coach team members on exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, and data transformations.
• Leads PI (Program Increment) planning for activities to be conducted in the next quarter, with limited supervision, for major developmental modules or projects.
• Fluent in other data science models, data sources, and data limitations within business units.
• Strong expectation to bring up, propose, and coordinate solution execution to resolve issues, with help from leadership if needed.

Qualifications of this Role: 

• Enthusiasm for the automotive industry
• Curiosity and passion for solving problems with data
• Ability to lead the creation of multiple AI models simultaneously and put them into production.
• Demonstrated proficiency of AI programming languages like Python.
• Demonstrated use of AI evaluation metrics including accuracy, precision, recall, ROC, AUC, F1 scores, MSE, R-squared, etc, in model building & evaluation.
• Focuses on designing innovative solutions for challenging AI problems.
• Requires effective collaboration with stakeholders for AI adoption and best practices.
• 8+ years of professional experience working with large datasets
• 8+ years of professional experience with statistical programming software (Spark, R, Python preferred)
• 10+ years of professional experience with database software (RedShift, Hive, SQL, MYSQL)
• 5+ years of professional experience deploying cloud-based automated analytic processes 
• 5+ in machine learning model deployment with automate model monitoring
• Master's Degree in Statistics, Data Science, Economics, or a related field 

Nice to Have:  

• Experience with automotive market data
• Experience working with AWS tools (like Sagemaker, Glue, Batch, Lamdba)
• Experience working with Palantir
• Experience deploying machine learning models into production with an API
• PhD in Statistics, Data Science, Economics, or related field 

The Hiring Manager says: 

Grow as a full-stack AI Engineer who has put models into production as part of a medium-sized team. JD Power is the leader in automotive data in both the North American and European markets. You will have the opportunity to build impactful models with the best data available. You will pipeline data, build models, deploy them in the cloud, and build monitoring suites leveraging industry-standard tools.

The Way We Work: 

• Leader Led
• Remote First
• Foster Flexibility
• Reward Performance
• Time Off Matters

Company Mission  

J.D. Power is clear about what we do to ensure our success into the future. We unite industry leading data and insights with world-class technology to solve our clients' toughest challenges.   

Our Values  

At J.D. Power, we strive to be Truth Finders, Change Makers and Team Driven - the distinct behaviors that, together, define our unique culture.   

Truth Finders - At J.D. Power, we are proud of the unbiased data and findings we provide. As individuals, each and every member of our team is dedicated to living this same objectivity and embodying the highest ethical and professional standards – the only 'favorite' we have is the truth.   

Change Makers - At J.D. Power, we never stand still. We constantly seek better ways – innovating and evolving in everything we do to support our colleagues and our clients alike – and all in service of delivering data and insights that drive meaningful business impact.   

Team Driven - At J.D. Power, we are one team and we are activated. Regardless of individual role, every member of our team is dedicated to supporting their immediate colleagues and our broader J.D. Power family to deliver on our collective purpose and make us greater than the sum of our parts. At J.D. Power, these values are more than words. 

J.D. Power is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. 

Should you require accommodations during the recruitment and selection process, please reach out to tarecruitment@jdpa.com. 

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