Apptegy · 9 hours ago
Junior Data Scientist
United States
Full-time
Remote
Entry Level
1+ years expApptegy is a company dedicated to transforming school communication and shaping the future of education. The Junior Data Scientist will support personalization initiatives by utilizing data and applied modeling to enhance the parent experience, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate data insights into actionable recommendations.
Developer APIsEducationMobile Apps
Responsibilities
Build and evaluate lightweight models/scoring signals (e.g., likelihood to engage, propensity, relevance) using sound feature engineering and performance metrics
Create repeatable reporting (dashboards, recurring analyses, experiment readouts) to monitor personalization performance over time
Develop and use ETL pipelines that transform raw text communications into structured datasets that enable analysis, reporting, and insight discovery
Analyze parent engagement and product behavior using funnels, cohorts, segmentation, and journey analysis
Define and track personalization success metrics (engagement, retention, adoption, satisfaction proxies)
Build and maintain representative evaluation datasets (“test sets”) and help support annotation workflows so we can measure accuracy and consistency over time
Deliver concise insight readouts that recommend what to personalize, for whom, and what to test next, including where performance varies by context (elementary vs junior high vs high school; operations vs classroom vs athletics/clubs)
Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering to shape measurement plans and evaluate experiments or feature rollouts
Help validate instrumentation, resolve data gaps, and document metric definitions and methods so reporting is trusted and repeatable
Contribute to a quality and accuracy culture by sharing learnings from evaluation and error analysis in a way that helps the team iterate quickly
Qualification
Required
1–3 years of experience in data science, analytics, or a related role
Strong in SQL and comfortable in Python (pandas/numpy), with working knowledge of statistics and experimentation
Enjoy insight discovery—digging into messy product data, spotting patterns, and turning them into clear takeaways and next steps
Can build and evaluate lightweight models/scoring signals and care about doing it responsibly (sound evaluation, monitoring, and iteration)
Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical partners, and collaborate well across Product, Design, and Engineering
Preferred
Hands-on experience with a modern data warehouse (Snowflake/BigQuery/Redshift/Databricks) and writing efficient SQL on large event datasets
Familiarity with data build tools or analytics engineering practices (tested models, documented metrics, data quality checks)
Applied ML experience in Python (scikit-learn or similar): feature engineering, model evaluation, and basic monitoring
Exposure to personalization/recommendation concepts (segmentation, propensity scoring, ranking signals) and how to measure impact
Experience working with or evaluating NLP/LLM systems, especially around accuracy measurement, dataset construction, and error analysis
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage
Retirement 401(k) with employer match
Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
Mental Health Reimbursement
Unlimited paid time off, including seasonal (December) company-wide time off
Paid parental and medical leave
Company
Apptegy
Powering your school's identity. Our technology helps K12 leaders build a strong digital brand, without adding work to their teams.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$19.98MKey Investors
Five Elms Capital
2019-03-22Series Unknown· $13.18M
2017-05-30Series A· $5.7M
2015-11-01Seed· $1.1M
Leadership Team
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Rasesh Patel
Chief Technology Officer
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