Special Projects Engineer, Services

StreetLight pioneered the use of Big Data analytics to help transportation professionals and data analysts measure, analyze and improve transportation. Applying proprietary machine-learning algorithms to location data from mobile phones, vehicle navigation devices and IoT, StreetLight sheds light on travel patterns and makes them available on-demand via the world’s first SaaS platform for mobility, StreetLight InSight®. From measuring traffic volumes to optimizing new infrastructure to planning for autonomous vehicles, StreetLight powers more than 10,000 global projects every month.
This is an opportunity to be a part of a growing team at StreetLight. The Special Projects team creates solutions that directly benefit our most cutting-edge customers. We are looking for a creative, collaborative, and self-driven project engineer to.... In this role you will use your strong data science and structuring skills as well as your strong ability to design visualizations and dashboards that convey insights from data. You will gain a deep understanding of customers’ unique needs, and develop creative solutions for them. You will dive deep into StreetLight's massive repository of transportation data and develop efficient queries to get the answers customers need, explore new visualization techniques, and blend together new data sets. Location: We are flexible on the location of this position - it could be in any one of our three offices (San Francisco, CA, Richmond, VA, or Vancouver, BC) - or remote within the US or Canada.
Key Responsibilities- Design algorithms to infer key transportation patterns from various data sources, both StreetLight’s own data and metrics as well as third party data.- Collaborate with the leads of the Skunkworks and Special Projects teams to turn high-level specifications into clean, accurate analytics and collaborate to convey them via mock-ups, using third party data visualization tools like Tableau / Looker / Etc.- Research and implement suitable strategies (from neural networks to a simple SQL filter, if that’s more actionable) for solving data science problems.- Use statistical tools for analysis and validation of results.- Present final result to stakeholders, including - documentation and supporting interactive visualizations of data.- Work collaboratively with Sales, Solutions Engineers and Account Management to turn customer requests into clearly defined outputs, on time, that delight and empower the customer.- As part of a rapidly growing team at StreetLight, identify opportunities for process improvements.
Qualification & Skills- BS / MS in Computer Science, Mathematics, or an Engineering discipline- 5+ years' experience in exploratory data analysis and statistics, using tools such as R,  Python, and PostgreSQL- 5+ years' experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred) and SQL, including strong understanding of concepts- Basic understanding of techniques in data science (machine learning algorithms, forecasting, regression analysis, data visualization etc.).- Ability to accurately estimate how long it will take you to finish a complex task, to meet those targets, and make compromises to enable scalability and productization of algorithms.- Knowledge of geospatial data and statistics is a plus.- Knowledge of transportation data / industry is a plus. This includes working in a transportation-focused role within government, consulting, private-sector mobility, or a non-profit.- Good communication skills - written, visual (presentations, charts, maps), and verbal. StreetLight Data is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. StreetLight Data provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Interested? Learn more about our competitive salary and benefits package!
StreetLight Data is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. StreetLight Data provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.