Time Series Forecasting Jobs - Remote & On-site

Time Series Forecasting jobs hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $215,174/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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Oneture Technologies

oneture.com
Oneture Technologies delivers IT services like end to end cloud implementation, big data analytics, mobile apps & web development, open source software. It also built payment gateways for CTIL & other solutions.
oneture.com • Mumbai • Big Data • Information Technology • Cloud Computing • Est. 2016
Mumbai • Big Data • Information Technology • Cloud Computing • Est. 2016
$29k – $56k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 2+ years expIn office (Mumbai, India) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Python
Databases
Amazon Redshift
AI/ML
NumPy
Pandas
Scikit-learn
TensorFlow
Time Series Forecasting
Amazon SageMaker
Hadoop
Spark
DevOps
AWS
Amazon S3
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Smartsheet

smartsheet.com
Smartsheet is a leading enterprise work management platform that enables organizations to plan, track, automate, and report on work at scale. Combining the familiarity of spreadsheets with powerful features like automated workflows, dynamic dashboards, and project tracking tools, it enhances team collaboration and operational efficiency.
smartsheet.com • HQ: Bellevue, United States • Software • Productivity Software • Project Management • Est. 2005
HQ: Bellevue, United States • Software • Productivity Software • Project Management • Est. 2005
$23k – $54k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (Bengaluru, India) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
SQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Time Series Forecasting
Analytics
Power BI
Tableau
Management
Smartsheet
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FourKites

fourkites.com
FourKites is the fastest-growing predictive supply chain platform, backed by top-tier VC firms in Silicon Valley, Boston and Chicago, delivering real-time visibility and execution for Fortune 500 companies and third-party logistics firms. Using a ...
fourkites.com • Chicago • Chennai • Artificial Intelligence • Transportation & Logistics • Supply Chain • 51-200 employees • Est. 2014
Chicago • Chennai • Artificial Intelligence • Transportation & Logistics • Supply Chain • 51-200 employees • Est. 2014
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Senior Data Scientist

$26k – $52k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • Chennai • Remote (India) • Part-Time • Senior
Python
SQL
Databases
Amazon Redshift
Snowflake
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
LLM
NLP
Scikit-learn
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
Amazon EC2
AWS
Grafana
Amazon S3
Robotics
Digital Twin
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RP Sanjiv Goenka Group is a diversified Indian multinational conglomerate that owns, operates, invests, and promotes business in the fields of power, energy, retail, IT services, media, sports, healthcare and more.
rpsg.in • Noida • Media & Entertainment • Consumer Goods • Est. 2011
Noida • Media & Entertainment • Consumer Goods • Est. 2011
$28k – $70k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years expIn office (Noida, India) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Python
SQL
AI/ML
Computer Vision
Kubeflow
MLFlow
NLP
NumPy
Pandas
PyTorch
RAG
Scikit-learn
TensorFlow
Vertex AI
Amazon SageMaker
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
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Bright

bright.ai
BrightAI deploys autonomous AI devices, edge sensors, and foundation models to transform critical infrastructure from reactive to proactive. Maximize asset life and eliminate catastrophic downtime.
bright.ai • Palo Alto • Electronic Components • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence
Palo Alto • Electronic Components • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence
Open 388 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 1 year ago

AI Engineer, Time-Series Signal Processing

$78k – $196k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years expIn office (Palo Alto, United States) • Junior
Python
AI/ML
Anomaly Detection
DVC
Keras
LightGBM
MLFlow
Multimodal AI
ONNX
PyTorch
SHAP
TensorFlow
TFLite
XGBoost
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
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Open 388 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 1 year ago

Senior AI Engineer – LLM, RAG

$125k – $261k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (Palo Alto, United States) • Master's Degree • Senior
Python
Databases
FAISS
Pinecone
Weaviate
AI/ML
Claude
LLM
Mistral
NLP
Prompt Engineering
RAG
Semantic Search
Semantic Search
AI Agents
Falcon
Fine-tuning
LangChain
LlamaIndex
Multimodal AI
PyTorch
Reinforcement Learning
Transformers
Hugging Face
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
Vector
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Netsmart Technologies (ntst.com) is a healthcare software and IT solution provider headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. Founded in 1968, the company specializes in developing integrated electronic health record (EHR) systems, revenue cycle management (RCM) platforms, data analytics, and care coordination tools tailored for community-based healthcare providers. Its software suites primarily serve human services, behavioral health, addiction treatment, autism care, and post-acute healthcare sectors (including home care, hospice, and senior living communities).
ntst.com • HQ: Overland Park, United States • Mental Health • Artificial Intelligence • Health Care • 501-1000 employees • Est. 1968
HQ: Overland Park, United States • Mental Health • Artificial Intelligence • Health Care • 501-1000 employees • Est. 1968
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Senior Data Scientist

$31k – $60k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (Bengaluru, India) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Python
SQL
R
R
ggplot2
Databases
Chroma
Pinecone
AI/ML
BERT
Claude
Embeddings
Fine-tuning
Hadoop
Hallucination
LangChain
Llama
LLM
Multimodal AI
NLP
Prompt Engineering
PyTorch
RAG
Scikit-learn
Spark
TensorFlow
Transformers
Hugging Face
OpenAI
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
AWS
Azure
Docker
GCP
Git
Kubernetes
Vector
Cybersecurity
HIPAA
Analytics
Matplotlib
Power BI
Tableau
A/B Testing
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Bristol Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, and delivering innovative prescription medicines for serious diseases. The company focuses on key therapeutic areas including oncology, hematology, immunology, cardiovascular disease, and neuroscience. Formed through historical mergers and major strategic acquisitions, it produces several widely used treatments such as Eliquis and Opdivo.
bms.com • Los Angeles • Minneapolis • Princeton • Cambridge • Little Rock • Biotechnology • Pharmaceuticals • Health Care • 1001-5000 employees
Los Angeles • Minneapolis • Princeton • Cambridge • Little Rock • Biotechnology • Pharmaceuticals • Health Care • 1001-5000 employees
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Data Scientist II

$20k – $49k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 2+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Hyderabad, India) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
Python
SQL
Databases
Databricks
Google BigQuery
Snowflake
AI/ML
LLM
MLFlow
AI Agents
Time Series Forecasting
Spark
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
AWS
Azure
GCP
Analytics
Matplotlib
Plotly
Power BI
Seaborn
Tableau
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Pinterest

pinterest.com
Pinterest is a visual discovery platform that empowers users to find and share creative ideas, allowing them to dream up new possibilities and plan lasting memories. It's designed for anyone seeking inspiration, from DIY enthusiasts to event planners, making it a hub for innovation and unique experiences.
pinterest.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Media & Entertainment • Digital Media • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Media & Entertainment • Digital Media • 1001-5000 employees
Verified live · 2 hours ago 2 months ago

Staff Data Scientist, Finance & Business Ops

$176k – $367k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 8+ years expRemote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
JavaScript
Python
SQL
TypeScript
AI/ML
Ignite
LLM
PyTorch
AI Agents
Model Context Protocol
Time Series Forecasting
Analytics
Tableau
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 3 months ago

Staff Data Scientist, Forecasting

$176k – $367k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • Remote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Relocation • PhD • Staff
Python
SQL
Databases
Presto
AI/ML
Anomaly Detection
Ignite
Spark
PyTorch
Time Series Forecasting
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Open 97 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 4 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, Observability

$220k – $412k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 7+ years expRemote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
Go
Java
Python
Scala
Databases
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Flink
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
Grafana
Kubernetes
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
Service Mesh
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Snowflake

snowflake.com
Snowflake is a cloud software company that helps organisations store, process, and analyse large volumes of data in a way that is designed for modern cloud infrastructure. Many businesses struggle with data spread across different systems, slow reporting cycles, and the cost and complexity of managing traditional data warehouses.
snowflake.com • HQ: Bozeman, United States • Database Management • Data & Analytics • Data Warehousing • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: Bozeman, United States • Database Management • Data & Analytics • Data Warehousing • 1001-5000 employees
Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 7 days ago

Engineering Manager - Cost Intelligence

$236k – $339k per year • Lead • 8+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Bellevue, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
Snowflake
AI/ML
Anomaly Detection
AI Agents
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
AWS
Azure
FinOps
GCP
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Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 19 days ago

Senior Software Engineer - Observability

$200k – $288k per year • Senior • 7+ years expIn office (Bellevue, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Go
Java
Rust
Databases
Apache Kafka
ClickHouse
Snowflake
AI/ML
Flink
AI Agents
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Jaeger
OpenTelemetry
Platform Engineering
Prometheus
Pulumi
Self-Healing
SLI/SLO/SLA
Terraform
Thanos
eBPF
HPC
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Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 26 days ago

Staff Data Scientist, Finance

$184k – $265k per year • Staff+ • 5+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Menlo Park, United States, Dublin, Ireland) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
Python
SQL
Databases
Amazon Redshift
Google BigQuery
Snowflake
AI/ML
Anomaly Detection
Spark
AI Agents
Time Series Forecasting
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HEXA

myhexa.com
myhexa.com • Paris • New York • Information Technology
Paris • New York • Information Technology
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AI Applied Researcher

$79k – $187k per year (Estimated)In office (Paris, France) • Full-Time
Fine-tuning
Multimodal AI
Self-Supervised Learning
Pre-training
Time Series Forecasting
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Falkonry

falkonry.com
Falkonry's operational machine learning system empowers operations team to improve throughput, uptime, yield, and quality using pattern discovery, condition recognition & predictive analytics preventing failures.
falkonry.com • Mumbai • Predictive Analytics • Industrial Automation • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2012
Mumbai • Predictive Analytics • Industrial Automation • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2012
$20k – $84k per year (Estimated)In office (Mumbai, India)
Bash
Python
Databases
ElasticSearch
AI/ML
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
Ansible
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Configuration Management
Docker
GCP
GitHub Actions
Grafana
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Prometheus
Terraform
GitHub
Pulumi
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2 months ago

Software Engineer

$20k – $86k per year (Estimated)In office (Mumbai, India)
Java
Python
Scala
SQL
Databases
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Time Series Forecasting
AI Agents
Flink
DevOps
AWS
Azure
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
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Artefact

artefact.com
Artefact is a Paris consultancy founded in 2015 that combines data science, marketing and technology deployment. It builds data platforms, artificial intelligence use cases and digital marketing programmes for consumer goods, retail and luxury groups. The company has grown into a global firm with offices in more than twenty countries.
artefact.com • HQ: Paris, France • Data Governance • Artificial Intelligence • Data & Analytics • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2015
HQ: Paris, France • Data Governance • Artificial Intelligence • Data & Analytics • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2015
Open 190 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 7 months ago

Senior Data Scientist – MMM Expert

Senior • 2+ years expIn office (Brussels, Belgium) • Master's Degree • Senior
Python
SQL
AI/ML
Computer Vision
NLP
Time Series Forecasting
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 3 months ago

Senior Data Scientist

$125k – $135k per year • Senior • 4+ years expIn office (New York, United States) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Python
SQL
AI/ML
NLP
Time Series Forecasting
Recommender Systems
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
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Mindbox

mindboxgroup.com
Mindbox is a Warsaw technology company founded in 2007 and specialised in DevOps, cloud and application lifecycle tooling. It is a long-standing partner of Atlassian, GitLab and Red Hat in Central Europe and delivers migration and automation projects. The company also runs training and support services for engineering teams.
mindboxgroup.com • HQ: Warsaw, Poland • Financial Services • Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2007
HQ: Warsaw, Poland • Financial Services • Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2007
Verified live · 1 day ago 8 days ago

Junior Data Engineer

Junior • Remote/Hybrid • Junior
Clojure
Haskell
MATLAB
Python
Scala
Wolfram
Databases
KDB+
AI/ML
Time Series Forecasting
Marketing
Mindbox
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Data Engineer

Remote/Hybrid
Bash
Python
Databases
KDB+
AI/ML
Time Series Forecasting
Anomaly Detection
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
Marketing
Mindbox
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Getnet

getnet.com.br
Getnet provides merchant acquiring and payment technology in Brazil. Its terminals and gateway process card and digital transactions. The company operates as part of a large international banking group.
getnet.com.br • HQ: Novo Hamburgo, Brazil • Est. 2003
HQ: Novo Hamburgo, Brazil • Est. 2003
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Senior Machine Learning Engineer

$50k – $127k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (Boadilla del Monte, Spain) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior • English: C1
Python
SQL
Python
pySpark
Databases
Databricks
Delta Lake
AI/ML
AI Agents
Anomaly Detection
AWS Bedrock
CrewAI
LangChain
Langfuse
LangGraph
LightGBM
LLM
MLFlow
NumPy
Prompt Engineering
RAG
Scikit-learn
SciPy
Spark
Statsmodels
Transformers
XGBoost
Amazon SageMaker
OpenAI
OpenAI Agents SDK
Function Calling
Model Context Protocol
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
Amazon EKS
AWS
AWS Lambda
Azure
Azure AKS
CI/CD
Git
Kubernetes
Amazon S3
AWS Step Functions
Analytics
A/B Testing
QA
Pytest
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Careem

careem.com
Careem is the Dubai technology company founded in 2012 that built the first large ride hailing network in the Middle East, South Asia and North Africa. After its acquisition by Uber it evolved into a multi-service super app covering rides, food and grocery delivery, payments and bill services. Careem Technologies, majority owned by e&, now develops the everything app while Uber operates the ride hailing business.
careem.com • HQ: Dubai, United Arab Emirates • Est. 2012
HQ: Dubai, United Arab Emirates • Est. 2012
Verified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago

Senior Data Scientist II - Personalization

Senior • 6+ years expDubai • Remote (United Arab Emirates) • Full-Time • Senior
Python
SQL
Databases
Db2
Google BigQuery
MS SQL
MySQL
Oracle
Teradata
AI/ML
Hadoop
LLM
RAG
Spark
Time Series Forecasting
Knowledge Graph
Analytics
Tableau
A/B Testing
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Graphcore

graphcore.ai
Graphcore is a British semiconductor company founded in Bristol in 2016 that designs the Intelligence Processing Unit, a processor architected specifically for machine learning rather than adapted from graphics. Its chips place large amounts of memory directly on the die and expose fine-grained parallelism, an approach aimed at sparse and irregular models that map poorly onto conventional accelerators. The company sells IPU systems and the Poplar software stack to research and enterprise customers, and has operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of SoftBank Group since its acquisition in 2024.
graphcore.ai • HQ: Bristol, United Kingdom • Hardware • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • AI Infrastructure • Semiconductors • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2016
HQ: Bristol, United Kingdom • Hardware • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • AI Infrastructure • Semiconductors • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2016
Verified live · 2 hours ago 8 days ago

Observability, Data Scientist

$63k – $101k per year (Estimated)In office (Gdańsk, Poland) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree
Python
Databases
InfluxDB
AI/ML
Anomaly Detection
NumPy
Pandas
SciPy
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
Prometheus
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 2 months ago

Senior QA Engineer - Observability

$51k – $83k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Gdańsk, Poland) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Python
C++
Databases
Apache Kafka
ClickHouse
AI/ML
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
CI/CD
Docker
gRPC
Kubernetes
Ansible
Grafana
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
Terraform
HPC
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Ripik AI

ripik.ai
Ripik AI is an industrial AI and computer vision platform founded in 2021 that develops automated software solutions for heavy manufacturing environments. The company provides vision AI agents that act as real-time monitoring systems to track materials, machinery, and production processes across sectors like steel, cement, aluminum, and power. By eliminating human error and enabling continuous operational oversight, the platform helps large enterprises optimize plant efficiency, reduce process variability, and improve overall throughput.
ripik.ai • Noida • Industrial Automation • Manufacturing • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2021
Noida • Industrial Automation • Manufacturing • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2021
8 days ago

Engineering Manager

$36k – $81k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 8+ years expIn office (Noida, India) • Contractor • Staff
Java
TypeScript
Kotlin
JavaScript
Python
Java
Hibernate
Spring Boot
Spring Cloud
Spring Security
Testcontainers
Kotlin
Mockito
Databases
Apache Kafka
InfluxDB
PostgreSQL
RabbitMQ
Redis
TimescaleDB
AI/ML
Computer Vision
LLM
Time Series Forecasting
Feature Store
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
Mobile
JUnit
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
Grafana
gRPC
Jaeger
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Loki
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
GitHub
GitLab
GitOps
Pulumi
Terraform
Cybersecurity
SonarQube
ISO 27001
SOC 2
IoT
MQTT
OPC UA
QA
Swagger
Gatling
JMeter
k6
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Ford Pro

fordpro.com
Manage your fleet with Ford Pro and maximize productivity with vehicle health data, EV charging solutions, vehicle tracking & driver behavior insights.
fordpro.com • Glendale • Naucalpan • Louisville • Chennai • Salt Lake City • Corporate Events • EV Charging • 5000+ employees
Glendale • Naucalpan • Louisville • Chennai • Salt Lake City • Corporate Events • EV Charging • 5000+ employees
Verified live · 24 min ago 8 days ago

Senior Software Engineer

$138k – $179k per year • Senior • Remote/Hybrid • High School Diploma • Senior
Java
SQL
TypeScript
JavaScript
Java
Spring Boot
Databases
ElasticSearch
Snowflake
AI/ML
Spark
Time Series Forecasting
Frontend
Angular
DevOps
Rest API
Analytics
ETL/ELT
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Top 25% payVerified live · 24 min ago 12 days ago

Integrated Services Analytics Product Manager

$133k – $251k per year • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree
Google BigQuery
AI/ML
Anomaly Detection
Time Series Forecasting
Vertex AI
DevOps
GCP
Kubernetes
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Fugro

fugro.com
We are the world's leading Geo-data specialist, collecting and analysing comprehensive information about the Earth and the structures built upon it. Through integrated data acquisition, analysis and advice, we unlock insights from Geo-data to help our clients design, build and operate their assets in a safe, sustainable and efficient manner.
fugro.com • Rio de Janeiro • Houston • Bergen • Navi Mumbai • Los Angeles • Professional Services • Ammunition • Wind Energy • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1962
Rio de Janeiro • Houston • Bergen • Navi Mumbai • Los Angeles • Professional Services • Ammunition • Wind Energy • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1962
Verified live · 1 day ago 8 days ago

Metocean Data Analyst

In office (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jakarta, Indonesia) • Master's Degree • Full-Time
MATLAB
Python
AI/ML
Time Series Forecasting
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Verified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago

Data Scientist – Laboratory & Geo-Data Analytics

$65k – $164k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years expIn office (Singapore) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
Python
SQL
AI/ML
Time Series Forecasting
Robotics
Digital Twin
Analytics
Power BI
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Merck & Co

msd.com
MSD (Merck & Co., Inc. on NYSE: MRK) is a global research-intensive biopharmaceutical leader headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey. Founded in 1891 as the American affiliate of the original German Merck family enterprise, the company operates as MSD (Merck Sharp & Dohme) across all international markets outside the United States and Canada.
msd.com • HQ: Rahway, United States • Health Care • Biopharma • Pharmaceuticals
HQ: Rahway, United States • Health Care • Biopharma • Pharmaceuticals
Verified live · 3 hours ago 8 days ago

Associate Director - Brand Strategy Analytics Oncology

$33k – $70k per year (Estimated) • Executive • 8+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Hyderabad, Pune, India) • Relocation • Visa sponsorship • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Architect
Python
SQL
Databases
Databricks
Snowflake
AI/ML
AI Agents
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
AWS
GCP
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Time Series Forecasting Jobs - Remote & On-site
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