Data Scientist, Education Systems and Policy

Role overview Apply quantitative research and data science to questions in education policy, systems, and evaluation. You will work with researchers and project leaders to design analyses, build reliable data workflows, and turn results into useful evidence for reports, briefings, and client work. The role also contributes technical expertise across multiple projects and helps strengthen team practices through code review and mentoring.

Responsibilities - Design and conduct quantitative research and evaluation, including inferential analyses for causal and non-causal questions. - Collect, manage, analyze, and interpret data using appropriate methods. - Build and document reproducible analytic workflows, data management practices, and quality checks. - Review and improve colleagues’ code and outputs, and guide junior staff in sound analytic practice. - Explain findings clearly in reports, technical memos, presentations, and briefings. - Coordinate analytic tasks, timelines, and deliverables, and contribute to proposals and study designs.

Requirements - Master’s or doctoral degree in statistics, mathematics, computer science, computational social science, education data science, or a related field. - Understanding of education policy and systems, including school and district finance. - Experience with quantitative research or evaluation, inferential analysis, and communicating results. - Experience maintaining analytic datasets with documentation, quality control, and reproducible workflows. - Proficiency in R, Stata, or Python, with strong analytical and communication skills. - Ability to manage multiple deadlines, review code, and support junior colleagues; education or K–12 research experience is expected. - Current authorization to work full-time in the United States is required; the source states employment-based visa sponsorship is unavailable.

Nice to have - Experience applying machine learning to causal or non-causal research. - Experience supporting public-sector, nonprofit, or education-focused projects.

Benefits and work setup - Work remotely within the United States or from a U.S. office; U.S. territories are excluded. - Listed annual salary range is $114,000–$140,000.