Senior Data Scientist at Roark Capital
Atlanta, GA
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Aug 10, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor data scientist role at a private equity firm's in-house analytics team, responsible for building, deploying, and maintaining production-grade ML models — spanning forecasting, regression, classification, pricing analytics, and GenAI tooling — across the firm's portfolio of consumer and franchise brands. The role requires strong MLOps and software engineering depth alongside the ability to mentor teammates and partner directly with investment and business stakeholders.
Senior level · 5+ years · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 10 people in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 4–15
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $111,336 (middle half $92,500–$147,851).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 12, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The posting requires a Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline as a hard gate; a Master's degree is stated as 'preferred' only.
Experience range is stated as 5–8 years of applied data science experience; the overall years minimum is set to 5 (the lower bound).
No compensation figures are disclosed; benefits are described qualitatively (base + bonus, standard benefits package).
The role is explicitly in-office in Atlanta, GA — not remote.
Visa sponsorship is not available; candidates must already be authorized to work in the US.
GCP (Vertex AI, BigQuery, Cloud Run) is listed as 'preferred' in the qualifications header but is repeated with firm language throughout the requirements section and in the core tools list — treated as a hard gate with alternatives noted.
Generative AI / agentic development tools (Mastra, LangGraph, RAG, LLM applications) and pipeline orchestration tools (Airflow, dbt, Dataflow) appear under 'Ideal candidates may also possess' — treated as preferred.
The alt SOC (15-1252 Software Developers) reflects the role's strong emphasis on production software engineering, MLOps, and code craft alongside the core data science work.
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