Data Scientist 2 Family History Department

The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints

Job Location:

Lehi, UT - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

The Family History Department (FamilySearch International) seeks to enable inspiring journeys that bring joy to all people as they discover gather and connect their familypast present and future.

The Business Intelligence team empowers leaders across FamilySearch to develop strategy and make datainformed decisions. This Data Scientist role will play a pivotal part in automating evaluations of digitized image quality and indexed records collected over many years helping surface opportunities for improvement. The position focuses on building scalable analytical and machinelearning solutions that assess image readability index accuracy and process qualityultimately guiding innovation prioritizing investment and ensuring longterm data reliability.

This is a fulltime benefitted position. It is not a remote role; candidates must be available to work onsite at our Lehi Utah office 45 days per week.

Responsibilities

Work with structured and unstructured data from multiple sources to build strategic data models and machinelearning solutions that deepen insights and address business problems.

Develop machinelearning models or analytical processes to evaluate large volumes of genealogical record data based on businessdefined quality standards categorize results and recommend the scope and scale of remediation efforts.

Communicate interpret and visualize analytical findings for department leadership.

Define data sources data capture methods and data flow requirements.

Ensure usability statistical validity and proper modeling/structuring of data including aggregation logic.

Deliver data where needed for predictive modeling machinelearning algorithms forecasting and statistical analyses.

Create actionable reporting and dashboards based on business requirements enabling leaders to make informed decisions.

Qualifications

BS/BA degree in data science mathematics statistics computer science or a related field.

Minimum 5 years of experience as a Data Scientist or in a closely related role.

Intermediate proficiency with Python R and SQL; familiarity with Scala or Java preferred.

Experience with business intelligence tools (e.g. Tableau Power BI) and modern data frameworks.

Understanding of machine learning techniques and operations research principles.

Ability to work with minimal to moderate oversight while meeting established deadlines.

Strong problem solving and debugging skills including designing and implementing solutions to complex technical issues.

Ability to work effectively both independently and within a collaborative team environment.

Demonstrated curiosity and a commitment to applying scientific methodology to learning and discovery.

Required Experience:

DescriptionThe Family History Department (FamilySearch International) seeks to enable inspiring journeys that bring joy to all people as they discover gather and connect their familypast present and future.The Business Intelligence team empowers leaders across FamilySearch to develop strategy and ma...