Applied Scientist

The American higher education system is a beacon of innovation, opportunity, and transformation, shaping future leaders and advancing knowledge on a global scale. Yet, it faces unprecedented challenges—from rising costs to increasing demands for accessibility and relevance.

At CollegeVine, we’re on a mission to not only address these challenges, but also unlock new possibilities for operational efficiency, student success, and alumni advancement. We deploy safe AI Agents to drive real outcomes across campus and bring cutting-edge AI to the industry. Hundreds of universities trust us with the important job of communicating, advising, and helping millions of their constituents every single day.

About The Role

As an Applied Scientist at CollegeVine, you will have the opportunity to work alongside exceptional teammates and collaborate directly with our Product teams. You’ll contribute to deploying cutting-edge machine learning models, conducting rigorous A/B testing, and solving impactful data challenges. If you’re excited about using AI technology to make higher-education more accessible, this role is your opportunity.

This role is fully remote.

Responsibilities

• Innovate and Implement: Dive into machine learning modeling and data analysis to solve real-world problems. Turn innovative ideas into tangible solutions that directly impact our users.
• Collaborate with Experts: Work closely with senior team members, domain experts, and other engineers to understand complex challenges and deliver AI-powered solutions. Be part of a dynamic team where creativity thrives.
• Drive Impact: Engage in modeling and implementation tasks that significantly enhance our products and services. Your work will influence how we guide millions of students on their educational journeys and help hundreds of universities support them.
• Learn and Grow: Stay ahead of the curve by engaging with the latest developments in data science and AI. Benefit from mentorship opportunities and contribute to maintaining high-quality engineering practices.
• Make a Difference: Leverage data effectively and create data tools for internal and external use. Your contributions will help shape the educational experiences of countless students.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in data science.
• Degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related field. Master degree or higher preferred.
• You enjoy building systems that account for interpretability, messy data, drift, and risk, because you know model accuracy never tells the full story
• Proficient in programming languages such as Python and SQL; familiar with relational databases and frameworks like Spark.
• You can translate complex, qualitative business objectives into quantitative frameworks – and translate results back for communication with stakeholders and partners
• You have a scientist’s mindset – you can recognize when something feels off about data or model results, and are interested in investigating until you discover the underlying causes
• Ability to move quickly in an environment where requirements may be loosely defined, requiring you to navigate the ambiguity.
• You are effective collaborating in a fully remote environment

Why you’ll love working at CollegeVine

• Enjoy actually meaningful work: Spare yourself the dread of having to do mental gymnastics about your company’s mission by working on something that’s high impact and clearly beneficial for society.
• Iterate quickly and see the impact of your decisions and hard work: You’ll find that the teammates who you serve are not only appreciative, and also celebrate your ideas and innovations.
• Be part of a strong consumer brand: We’ve been closing the guidance gap in the United States since 2015 and have one of the most valuable brands in the space. Mention you work on CollegeVine to any college-bound family and see their faces light up.
• Experience remote work at its best: We claim to do remote right and can’t wait to talk to you about it!

CollegeVine was originally founded in 2015 in Cambridge, MA and reaches over 20 million families annually in search of guidance. Our roots are in delivering near-peer mentorship at scale, which has since evolved to delivering lifelong guidance through AI and a vast professional network. We have raised over $66m in venture funding from dedicated investors such as Morningside Technology Ventures (Xiaomi, TikTok), the founding partner of 5Y Capital, Fidelity, University Ventures, and more. In 2020, after years of being a remote-friendly company, CollegeVine became a fully remote company centered on Eastern Time with a diverse cast of team members based predominantly in the United States, but also around the world.