Data Scientist (AI)

Location: Remote anywhere in the continental United States or onsite at the corporate office in Utah

Company

hirify.global provides in-store and e-commerce lease-to-own solutions and operates as a FinTech subsidiary of PROG Holdings.

What you will do

• Build, maintain, and improve decision systems and predictive models supporting competitive advantage.
• Explore internal and external data sources to improve model performance.
• Design and implement in-market experiments for new algorithms, technologies, and processes.
• Prototype data-driven solutions to business problems using advanced technologies.
• Recommend and support strategic changes through rigorous analytics and creative problem solving.
• Identify, evaluate, and help implement advanced analytics methods.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in product or data analytics.
• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or technical field such as mathematics, statistics, economics, engineering, physics, or computer science.
• Experience with R, Python, machine learning tools, and SQL.
• Evidence of applying advanced models to real-world problems.
• Ability to develop rigorous research and evaluation designs.

Nice to have

• Experience in engineering environments.
• Knowledge of DevOps and Git.
• Experience using and implementing agentic AI.

Culture & Benefits

• High-ownership, entrepreneurial team focused on data-driven decisions and real-world impact.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits.
• Company-matched 401(k), paid time off, and volunteer hours.
• Parental leave, tuition reimbursement, charitable gift matching, and employee resource groups.
• Employee stock purchase program and necessary equipment and services.