P3P3 — Mid-Level Professional
Data Science Data Scientist
Responsible for developing models and algorithms to extract deeper insights or drive product features from data.
What this level means
Fully competent professional; works independently on standard projects
- Scope
- Features or a sub-system end-to-end
- Autonomy
- Works independently on standard work; reviewed on the non-standard
- Complexity
- Diverse problems; adapts existing approaches
- Impact
- Project / team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Owns implementation decisions for own scope
- Leadership
- Mentors juniors informally
- Typical experience
- 3–5 yrs
What you'd do
- Designing experiments and statistical tests
- Creating predictive models
- Developing machine learning pipelines
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams
- Communicating findings to stakeholders
- Improving data collection and analysis processes
- Conducting data-driven research
- Implementing data solutions to business problems
- Develop predictive models
- Design and conduct experiments
- Implement machine learning solutions
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Python/R programming
- Machine learning
- Statistical analysis
- Data modeling
- Data pipeline development
- Experiment design
- Predictive analytics
- Data visualization
- Machine learning algorithms
- Statistical methods
- Data science tools
- Data engineering
- Business acumen
- Data ethics
- Advanced SQL
- Research methodologies
- Strong programming ability (Python/R, SQL)
- Mathematics and statistics knowledge
- Familiarity with machine learning techniques
- Critical thinking
- Problem-solving
- Data storytelling
- Collaboration
- Project management
What good looks like
- 3-5+ years of experience
- Critical thinking and domain knowledge
- Master's degree in Data Science or related field
- Proficiency in Python/R and SQL
Common titles
Data Science IIIData Science 3Mid-Level Data ScienceData Science Data ScientistIntermediate to Advanced IC Level
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
O*NET / SOC: 15-2051.00 — Data Scientists