Data Scientist - Migration Intelligence

About the Role

Datafold is hiring a Data Scientist - Migration Intelligence. In this role, you will evaluate platforms and emerging technologies for data migration, build quantitative models to assess risk and data quality, and coordinate end-to-end delivery of customer data migration projects.

This position is fully remote for candidates located in the continental United States.

What You’ll Do

• Evaluate third-party tools, platforms, and emerging technologies relevant to data migration, data infrastructure, and AI-assisted workflows, including technical benchmarking, integration feasibility analysis, and build-versus-buy assessment.
• Develop and apply quantitative models and analytical frameworks to assess migration risk, predict data quality issues, and validate data consistency across source and target database environments throughout migration project delivery.
• Coordinate end-to-end delivery of customer data migration projects, including scoping, sequencing, milestone planning, risk identification, dependency management, and cross-functional execution across internal teams, customers, and external partners.
• Design, build, and maintain internal data pipelines and supporting infrastructure that integrate diverse structured and unstructured data sources for analytics, reporting, and operational use cases.
• Develop repeatable analytical playbooks, migration frameworks, and data-driven operational accelerators based on hands-on project delivery experience.
• Implement data quality monitoring, automated regression validation, and lineage analysis workflows using Python and SQL to support platform development and customer migration engagements.
• Evaluate cloud and multi-cloud data environments for cost efficiency, reliability, and integration risk, producing analytical recommendations that inform architectural and sourcing decisions.
• Implement data models, dashboards, and internal reporting structures that unify multiple sources of information into actionable insights for product, sales, and operational teams.
• Support technology partnerships and external cooperation efforts by assessing integration opportunities and coordinating the technically sound implementation of partner solutions.
• Act as an internal subject matter resource for data pipeline evaluation and migration methodologies, validating analytical workflows on internal data and translating operational findings into structured product feedback.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Data Science, Applied Mathematics, or a closely related quantitative field.
• At least 2 years of previous experience in Data Science, Technology Evaluation, or Applied Analytical roles.
• Demonstrated experience in the performance assessment of AI/ML technologies.
• Strong proficiency with Python and SQL for data quality monitoring, pipeline development, and lineage analysis.

Salary

• $155,000 / year