Data Scientist II, Forward Market Solutions

Role Overview

MISO is seeking a Data Scientist II to help drive analytics, insights, and innovative solutions that support forward markets. The role involves partnering with engineers, operators, analysts, and fellow data scientists to develop data-driven tools and applications that improve operational awareness, optimize market outcomes, and support strategic decision-making.

What You Will Do

As a Data Scientist II, you will develop and support data-driven solutions that enhance market operations and business decision-making, apply advanced analytics, machine learning, AI, and visualization techniques to solve complex operational challenges, and design and build interactive applications and analytical tools that empower users to explore data and generate insights.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of MISO’s Forward Market Solutions tools, applications, and market operations processes, develop expertise in the Market Funding Efficiency (MFE) metric and the key drivers that influence market outcomes, and build trusted relationships with Agile teams, business partners, and Market Operations stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Data Science, Data Analytics, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related technical field
• Proficiency programming with Python or R
• Familiarity with machine learning, cloud-based analytics, or AI-driven solutions
• Experience translating Complex Enterprise data into clear business insights
• Strong collaboration and communication skills in cross-functional environments
• 2+ years of Professional experience in at least two of the following areas: Predictive modeling and Pattern recognition, Data preparation and cleansing, Data visualization and Statistical Models, Segmentation analysis, Natural language processing (NLP), Graph databases

Benefits

• 401k
• Vacation
• Sick and safe time