Sr. Data Scientist - People Analytics (AI)

Location: Miami, Florida, United States; primarily a sedentary office position with physical and office/site presence requirements.

Salary: Annual base compensation of $122,713.49–$163,618; bonuses and commissions may also apply.

Company

hirify.global is a Fortune 500 homebuilder that develops quality homes and provides customer and community services across the United States.

What you will do

• Partner with HR leaders to define forecasting and automation needs and build trusted models and AI agents.
• Build, deploy, monitor, retest, and refine predictive models in Python and SQL as new data arrives.
• Develop AI agents that query People data, reason over it, use tools, and take action safely with appropriate orchestration and guardrails.
• Apply predictive modeling, experimentation, causal inference, uncertainty quantification, and appropriate validation methods.
• Use LLMs to identify patterns in survey comments and exit interview notes and incorporate findings into models.
• Work with People data and Data Engineering on data extraction, structuring, quality gaps, and supporting pipelines; explain results to HR and business audiences.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Statistics, Economics, Math, Computer Science, or a related analytical field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of relevant experience, or 1+ year with a PhD or 3+ years with an MS, producing models and engineering solutions in a production environment.
• Depth in predictive modeling, including regression, time series forecasting, and classification.
• Strong statistical foundation in experimentation and causal inference, with judgment to select appropriate methods.
• Ability to work independently, design validation approaches, and explain methodology to technical and non-technical reviewers.
• Hands-on experience building with LLMs, including agents, tool use and function calling, retrieval, or prompt-driven workflows; experience using tools such as Claude.
• Experience with large, complex operational or HR datasets, including cleaning, structuring, and extracting data through SQL or APIs.
• Fluency in SQL and strong proficiency in Python.
• Ability to explain model results and agent behavior in plain language to non-technical HR and business leaders.
• Ability to operate computer equipment, speak, hear, bend, stoop, reach, lift, and move or carry up to 25 lbs; finger dexterity is required.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with a $1-for-$1 company match up to 5%.
• Paid parental leave, sick leave, holidays, personal days, and up to three weeks of vacation from hire.
• Education assistance, up to $30,000 in adoption assistance, an associate assistance plan, referral bonuses, and home purchase discounts.
• Benefits are provided in accordance with company policy and applicable plan terms.