Adecco is hiring : Senior Data Scientist - Education & Publishing in New York Jo

Overview

Senior Data Scientist - Education & Publishing

Base pay range

70.00 / hr - $80.00 / hr

For over a century, our clients organization has been a trusted partner to schools, educators, and families, inspiring a lifelong love of reading and learning in children around the world. We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our analytics and technology team to help shape the future of how millions of young readers discover and access books.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain robust data pipelines using SQL and Python (Pandas) to support analytics, business intelligence, and modeling initiatives.
• Build, evaluate, and optimize machine learning models (e.g., XGBoost, Random Forest, and other algorithms) to solve high-impact business problems.
• Deploy and monitor models in production environments, ideally leveraging AWS SageMaker, Airflow, Docker, and Jupyter Notebooks.
• Apply best practices in version control and collaborative coding using Git.
• Partner with product, marketing, sales, and operations teams to translate business objectives into data science–driven solutions.
• Present findings and recommendations in a clear, actionable way to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a data science role with demonstrated success applying ML techniques to real-world problems.
• Strong expertise in SQL and Python (Pandas).
• Hands-on experience with standard ML algorithms such as XGBoost and Random Forest.
• Experience deploying ML models to production (e.g., using Airflow and / or Docker).
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in economics, finance, computer science, mathematics, statistics, engineering, or other quantitative disciplines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Forecasting experience using tools such as AutoGluon or Darts.
• Experience working with AWS SageMaker and Jupyter Notebooks.
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL and experience with customer data sets.
• Experience with Git for collaborative coding.
• Exposure to LLM fine-tuning for emerging AI applications.

This is a rare opportunity to combine advanced data science skills with a mission-driven focus—helping shape the way millions of children discover the joy of reading.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Analyst

Industries

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• Primary and Secondary Education