Data Science and Analytics Specialist

• Proficiency in Python, including geospatial analysis and packages (e.g., GeoPandas, Shapely)
• Demonstrated ability to work with census data, PUMS, and other economic and demographic datasets
• Proficiency cleaning, manipulating, and merging public, proprietary, and internal datasets for analysis
• Fluency with LLMs and other AI tools as part of a daily workflow, paired with the judgment to independently verify data and AI outputs and catch when they are wrong
• Clear written and verbal communication, including the ability to translate technical analysis into something a non-technical client can read and act on
• Evidence of self-directed drive: something you built, shipped, or contributed to that nobody assigned you (a side project, a tool, an open-source contribution)
• Ability to manage your own deadlines across multiple workstreams and escalate early when something is at risk
• Bachelor’s degree (master’s preferred) with a focus on data science/analytics, geographic information science/analytics, urban planning/design/data, regional science/analytics, architecture, economics, business, public policy, real estate, or other related fields

Preferred:

• Experience building web-based tools and dashboards using publicly available APIs
• Experience with front-end development (React/Next.js) and/or back-end services (FastAPI)
• Experience with spatial data infrastructure (PostGIS, vector tiles) or analytical databases (DuckDB)
• Experience conducting geospatial, vicinity/buffer, site suitability, socio-economic, and demographic analysis
• Experience in product design, rapid prototyping (including with generative AI tools), and wireframing

99 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013 Hybrid work $83,200 - $98,571 a year - Full-time, Pulled from the full job description

• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance

• Employee stock ownership plan, COMPENSATION

  The base salary range for this position is $83,200 to $98,571, plus the opportunity for a discretionary year-end bonus. Where an offer falls inside this pay range is dependent on experience. We offer competitive compensation packages, based on qualifications and experience. We are an employee-owned company, meaning you will have the opportunity to benefit from the firm’s growth over time through participation in our Employee Stock Ownership Plan. Each year, the firm will contribute funds to this long-term wealth-building account and may make contributions to other retirement accounts. We also provide a comprehensive benefits package that goes well beyond coverage of 90-95% of healthcare premiums, including dental and vision coverage.

We believe in creating vital places, building equitable and resilient communities, and improving people’s lives.

From Brooklyn to London, Medellin to Hong Kong, we have guided hundreds of clients in transforming real estate and economic development concepts, and public infrastructure, first into actionable plans and then into job-producing, community-strengthening assets.

Our clients include real estate owners and investors, hospitals and universities, cultural institutions and philanthropies, community development organizations, and governments.

HR&A has offices in Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Raleigh, Washington D.C. and the Bay Area. We come from diverse backgrounds, have a breadth of lived experience, and share a passion for cities. We are former city officials, executive directors, planners, lawyers, architects, and economists.

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This position will primarily support the design and implementation of internal data tools and be deployed onto projects to help provide data science and analytics expertise across a wide set of business lines.