Data Scientist - short-term contract

Capstone Integrated Solutions is a comprehensive services provider. Our team consists of outstanding professionals, highly experienced in designing, building, and supporting retail software. We see ourselves as a build-as-a-service provider who follows a repeatable business pattern that can be applied to a variety of platforms and verticals. Having a culture built on outcomes and delivery at the core of the business, Capstone is providing its customers with a complete suite of services for software development, system analysis, integration, implementation, and support, as well as the option to engage a single team to perform all the services they require.  

Who You Are and What You'll Do:  

Capstone Integrated Solutions is looking for a highly motivated and talented Data Scientist. In this role you will support hands-on analysis, data preparation, validation, and feature exploration to enable accurate predictive modeling. This is an execution-focused role ideal for someone who enjoys working closely with large datasets, uncovering patterns, and collaborating with senior data science leadership.

  

Responsibilities:  

• Support data validation across historical and newly ingested datasets.
• Analyze large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and feature relevance.
• Assist with data preparation, cleansing, and transformation for modeling.
• Collaborate with the Senior Data Scientist on feature understanding and engineering.
• Evaluate data across multiple data zones to ensure consistency and accuracy.
• Help refine predictive outputs to improve demand and pricing forecasts.
• Document findings, assumptions, and validation results throughout the PoC.

Qualifications:  

• Professional experience as a Data Scientist or Applied Data Analyst.
• Strong background in data preparation, validation, and exploratory data analysis (EDA).
• Experience working with historical time-series or pricing/demand datasets.
• Proficiency with Python and common data science libraries (Pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, etc.).
• Ability to collaborate effectively with senior technical leads and stakeholders.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Nice to Have:  

• Experience with AWS data services (S3, Glue, Athena, Redshift, SageMaker).
• Exposure to pricing, demand forecasting, or supply chain analytics.
• Familiarity with structured PoC or prototype-driven projects.
• Strong documentation and communication skills.

 

“Our Culture”:  

At Capstone, the central principles that we all adhere to, and the glue that holds us together, are our keystones.  Our four keystones are:  

• "A Customer Obsessed, Delivery Focused, Culture"   

• We’re driven to exceed our customers’ expectations by listening, leading, solving problems, and delivering what we promise  

• We aim to be the most dependable and trusted partner serving our customers. TRUST = CONSISTENCY x TIME  

• "A Culture of Learning and Sharing"   

• We value “Lifetime Learners”; those who are hungry, competitive, curious, and self-motivated in their pursuit of knowledge.  

• Personal and professional growth depends on teamwork and continuous learning. By sharing knowledge, skills, ideas, and effort, we benefit our customers, ourselves, and our communities.  

• We recognize that the thoughts, feelings, and backgrounds of others are as important as our own. Everyone has something to learn and everyone has something they can teach.  

• Knowledge and ability are valued. Sharing knowledge and helping others learn new capabilities is valued exponentially.  

• "A Culture of Growth and Scalability"   

• Growth comes from not establishing barriers in your role. “Cross functional skill sets are valued and help us deliver to our customers in a truly ag