Data Scientist/Engineer Washington, DC Posted: 10/14/2026
IT/Technical
Associate - W2
We have an outstanding Contract position for a Data Scientist/Engineer to join a leading Company located in the Washington, DC surrounding area.
Pay Rate: $55.55
US Citizenship is required.**
Candidate must possess an Active Public Trust.**
Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable data ingestion, processing, and transformation pipelines using tools such as Python, Spark, Databricks, Airflow, or cloud-native services (Azure, AWS).
Develop and optimize data models, data warehouses, and lakehouse architectures to support both analytical and machine learning workloads.
Build, train, deploy, and monitor machine learning and deep learning models for various use cases, including prediction, classification, recommendation, and generative AI.
Perform feature engineering, exploratory data analysis (EDA), and statistical analysis to support model development and business insights.
Implement MLOps practices including model versioning, CI/CD for ML , containerization, and monitoring of production models .
Conduct statistical analysis, A/B testing, causal inference, and predictive analytics to solve complex business problems.
Ensure high data quality , implement data validation, monitoring, and governance processes across the data lifecycle.
Work closely with business teams, analysts, and leadership to understand requirements, translate them into technical solutions, and communicate findings effectively .
Optimize data pipelines and ML models for scalability, cost-efficiency, and performance at scale.
Leverage modern data stack technologies including SQL, Python (Pandas, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow/PyTorch), Spark, Databricks, MLflow, and cloud platforms.
Maintain clear documentation of data pipelines, models, and processes. Mentor junior team members and promote best practices.
Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies in data engineering and data science and evaluate their potential value for the organization.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering or a related quantitative field.
5+ years' experience working in a hybrid Data Scientist and Data Engineer capacity.
Advanced proficiency in Python and strong command of SQL for complex data querying and manipulation.
Nice-to-haves
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