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Our name comes from the Greek word for excellence: “Areté.”And excellence is exactly what we strive for.\nWe’recelebrating our fourth year as one of Forbes’ World’s Best Management Consulting Firms- and our success starts with our people.From robust career development planning to competitive life and wellness benefits, AArete’s“Culture of Care” takes a holistic approachto the employee experience.\nAAretians(our team members) are leaders at every level. You are encouraged to unlock your full potential by directly contributing to our mission and prioritizing personal development and fulfillment.\nThe Role\nWe are looking for a Data Scientist who will support our client teams with insights gained from analyzing data leveragingadvanceanalytics techniques. They must have a proven ability to drive business results with their data-based insights. They must be comfortable working with a wide range of stakeholders and functional teams. The right candidate has the capability to formulate data driven solutions in collaboration with stakeholders’ business requirements. In the new age of AI, this role will help design, evaluate, and operationalize advanced Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions that responsibly augment analytical workflows, accelerate client delivery, and convert complex data into practical business action.\nWork You’ll Do\nMine and analyze data to drive optimization and improvement of business strategies\nDevelop custom AI/ML models and algorithms to apply to data sets\nDevelop processes and tools to create and monitor data models while maintaining accuracy and other associated metrics necessary for the business objective\nDesign, prototype, and evaluate Agentic AI workflows, including tool-using agents, retrieval-augmented generation, orchestration patterns, and human-in-the-loop controls\nApply advanced Generative AI techniques, including prompt engineering, model evaluation, grounding, safety guardrails, and responsible AI practices, to solve client business problems\nLeverage AI assistive engineering tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar platforms to improve development velocity, code quality, documentation, and experimentation\nPartner with business and technical stakeholders to rapidly learn new domains, frame ambiguous problems, and translate AI/ML opportunities into measurable client outcomes\nOther duties as assigned\nRequirements\n3-5 years of work experience with a bachelor’s degree in quantitative field such as Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, Math, Engineering, advanced degree preferred \nPrevious experience working with relational databases and developing advanced SQL queries is a must\nHands-on Agentic AI experience, including building or evaluating AI agents, multi-step AI workflows, tool/function calling, retrieval-augmented generation, or workflow orchestration frameworks\nAdvanced Generative AI experience, including prompt engineering, LLM application design, model evaluation, responsible AI practices, and practical implementation of AI-enabled solutions\nStrong Python experience for data science, machine learning, model experimentation, automation, API integration, and production-quality analytical workflows\nSolid AI/ML background with practical experience across supervised learning, unsupervised learning, model validation, feature engineering, statistical analysis, and business-focused experimentation\nDemonstrated ability to learn and adapt quickly in fast-changing AI environments, with passion for AI, curiosity, and a continuous learning mindset\nStrong problem-solving skills with the ability to structure ambiguous business questions, test hypotheses, and deliver practical analytical recommendations\nExperience leveraging AI assistive tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar tools to accelerate coding, analytics, documentation, testing, and solution development\nExperience working with businessintelligence platforms: Tableau, Power BI, etc.\nMust be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship\nPreferred Requirements\nBased in Chicago, IL, and flexible to work from our Chicago office as needed\nHealthcare industry experience, especially with payer, provider, clinical, claims, revenue cycle, population health, or healthcare operations data\nAWS cloud experience, including familiarity with services such as Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Bedrock, Lambda, S3, or related cloud-native AI/ML services\nSnowflake experience, including data modeling, SQL optimization, secure data sharing, or analytics engineering in cloud data warehouse environments\nConsulting background with experience working directly with clients, managing ambiguity, and delivering executive-ready recommendations\nAWS AI or machine learning certifications, such as AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer, AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty, AWS Certified AI Practitioner, or related AWS credentials\nCompensation & Benefits\nFlexible PTO, monthly half-day refuels, volunteer time off, 10 paid holidays\nOwn Your Day flexible work policy\nCompetitive majority employer-paid benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K Match\nGenerous paid parental leave options\nEmployer-paid Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability\nCharitable contribution matching program\nNew client commission opportunities and referral bonus program\nBike share discount program\nThe estimated base salary range for this position is $90,000 - $120,000. In addition to this base salary, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. This range is a part of a competitive, total compensation package together with our majority employer-paid benefits and incentive pay for eligible roles. Please note that this range is a guideline, and individual total compensation may vary due to numerous factors, including but not limited to experience level, certifications, and other relevant business considerations.\nAArete will accept applications until the position is filled. The job posting will be removed once the role is no longer available.\nWe put humans at the center of our work\nWe’rea global management and technology consulting firm specializing in strategic profitability improvement, digital transformation, and strategy & change for clients. Our cross-industry solutions are powered by a digital-first mindset, market intelligence, and data-driven approach to deliver purposeful change, actionable insights, and guaranteed results.\nBut what sets us apart is our people. We are guided by our deeply embedded guiding principles: Excellence, Passion, Loyalty to Clients, Stewardship, Family, Community, Sustainability, and Inclusion.\nAnd we’vebeen recognized as a top firm to work for by companies like Forbes, Top Workplaces Chicago Tribune, and Consulting Magazine.\nWe’ve earned a Great Place to Work Certification™ and been named a World’s Best Management Consulting Firm by Forbes, Vault’s Top 50 Firms to Work For, Crain's Chicago Business Fast 50, Inc 5000’s Fastest Growing Firms, and Consulting Magazine's Fastest Growing Firms.\nLearn more about our award-winning culture\nAArete, LLC (“AArete”) may utilize Artificial Intelligence/Automated Decision-Making Technology/Automated Employment Decision Technology tools and resources (“AI” or “tools” or “resources”) to assist humans in generating job descriptions and postings, recruitment, analyzation of information, screening candidates, evaluation of candidate information, and assisting humans in the selection of potential candidates by all levels of AArete employees for all positions.\nAArete may use Microsoft Co-Pilot, OpenAIChatGPT, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, LinkedIn Recruiter AI and Hiring Assistant, Jobvite Talent Fit and AArete HireSense. AArete may use all the information you provide. Submission of information to AArete shall serve as consent to AArete’suse of AI tools and resources. AArete complies with all applicable lawand does not use AI to discriminate against any individual and does not use location or geographic data like zip codes to act in a discriminatory or illegal manner. Your personal data may be used in relation to prospective employment with AArete and will only be retained for so long as legally necessary.\nAArete shall comply with its posted privacy policies and candidates may contact Recruiting or Privacy Departments, as identified below, to request accommodationsor to exercise any of your applicable rights, pursuant to applicable law:\nRecruiting: \nPrivacy:\nWe are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer\nAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.","description_format":"text","description_chars":8985,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Continuous learning","Flexible schedule","Life insurance","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-02T06:16:36Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 5","filings_12m":5,"filings_prev_12m":13,"green_card_filings_12m":0,"median_offered_wage_usd":142500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-03T21:08:04+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":1}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":37,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-04T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":120000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/aarete-data-scientist","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/aarete-data-scientist.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-05T00:51:11Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1022,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":3978,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-06T00:00:00Z"}}}