Transportation Data Scientist

Job overview

The Transportation Data Scientist role is listed in Washington, DC. Compensation is not specified. The role supports Citian, a SaaS technology company developing software for transportation and infrastructure systems, with stated aims including reducing traffic fatalities and improving pedestrian accessibility. The data scientist develops and evaluates machine learning and AI models, especially for textual and transportation data, and collaborates with engineering, product, and domain teams to turn business needs into data science solutions.

What you'll do

• Develop and optimize models for varied data sources
• apply machine learning and AI techniques
• clean and transform large datasets
• engineer features
• design evaluation frameworks and monitor model performance
• collaborate with cross-functional teams
• follow NLP and AI research and apply relevant advances.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

transportation data scientist

washington dc

citian

machine learning

artificial intelligence

nlp

python

sql

geospatial data

llms

transportation safety

saas

cross-functional collaboration

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, generous paid time off, 401(k) company match, monthly commuter transportation benefit, on-site gym, free snacks, and advancement opportunities.

Why this role

The posting seeks 3+ years of data science experience and knowledge of Python, SQL, NLP, geospatial data, transformers or LLMs, and cloud platforms such as Snowflake and AWS.

About the employer

Citian is hiring for this role. Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Sector: 51.