Play a strategic role in advancing the capabilities of Cotality’s flagship geocoding product.
Build robust systems to handle the nuances of US addressing.
Innovate new mechanisms to transition geolocation precision.
Develop validation loops using multiple contributor data sources.
Evaluate and benchmark third-party geocoding services vs. in-house builds.
Evolve automated “confidence” scoring systems to measure and report on the health of addressing and geocoding data over time.
Perform hands-on explorations using modern open-source, cloud-native geospatial tools.
Work with in-house data acquisition team to evaluate data vendors.
Drive awareness and education of address hygiene internally and externally to customers.

Mastery of USPS CASS/NCOA processes, TIGER data, and the nuances of the US postal system.
Experience of working with commercial as well as publicly available road networks datasets.
US land parcel data and relationship to addresses.
Census data.
5+ years of relevant experience.
Must be able to prototype and demonstrate ideas through hands-on coding in a Jupyter notebook oriented environment.
Python and SQL coding skills are a must.
Emphasis on geospatial and address and routing focused Python libraries (Geopandas, Shapely, Proj, Kepler/Pydeck, Libpostal, Valhalla).
Working knowledge of REST APIs, JSON structures, PostMan.
Some experience with a BigData stack such as Apache Spark is nice to have.
Cloud-based spatial analytics platforms such as Carto is nice to have.
Geospatial pattern matching/recognition algorithms is nice to have.

Generous PTO and 11 paid holidays, plus well-being and volunteer time off.
Up to 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave and a baby stipend.
Multiple medical plan options with mental health and wellness support offerings.
401(k) with company match and vesting after one year.
$400 annual well-being stipend and tuition assistance up to $5,250.
Recognition Rewards, Referral bonuses, exclusive discounts and more!

Senior Data Scientist, Address and Geocoding Data

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