WPAi is seeking a Data Scientist to join our Data Science team. In this job, you will produce high quality models of public opinion, voting behavior, media usage, and other politically-relevant views and activities, and use these models to shape campaign strategy for political campaigns, party organizations, and advocacy groups.
We are a passionate and intellectually curious team that enjoys delivering wins for conservative causes, solving interesting puzzles, and engaging in gonzo social science for a cause.
We are looking for one or more data scientists of a flexible level of experience. Depending on the candidate, they may enter as a Junior Data Scientist, Data Scientist, or Senior Data Scientist. Pay will be negotiated in accordance with experience and skillset, typically ranging from 55k-95k plus bonuses and benefits.
Responsibilities
- Building models of public opinion and political behavior, constructing target universes, and participating in advising clients as to data-driven campaign strategy.
- Developing surveys and survey experiments informed by political science.
- Conducting quantitative analysis of electoral data and other information to help clients’ achieve their goals.
- Building data visualizations and graphic representations of data.
- Assisting in analytics product development.
Skills & Qualifications
- Solid foundation in R, preferably Tidyverse
- SQL knowledge is strongly preferred
- LLM skills, including prompting, interfacing, embedding, and systematic usage are a plus.
- Additional tool knowledge such as QGIS, Tableau/PowerBI, and Python are a plus.
- Intellectual curiosity and the desire to ask novel questions and find interesting answers.
- Ability to think through problems critically and solve problems independently
- Ability to manage time and prioritize tasks from many different stakeholders
- Close attention to detail
- Ability to follow instructions closely
- Proficient in American politics is a plus
- Experience in political campaigns is a plus
- The desire to work for Republican candidates and conservative causes