Climate Data Scientist, Economic Impacts - Contract to Hire

About Us

Jupiter is the global market leader in analytics for resilience planning and enterprise climate risk management. We are led by pioneers in data, climate, and earth and ocean sciences, as well as technology, risk management, company building, and public policy. Our climate risk modeling solutions save lives and mitigate potentially catastrophic impacts inflicted by hurricanes, floods, heat waves, wildfires, drought, and other extreme weather events on homes, businesses, infrastructure, food and water supplies, and entire economies.

Jupiter is also committed to the world community. Through our Jupiter Promise initiative we provide services to under-resourced countries and communities to promote sound decision making while including the potential impacts of climate change. Employees are encouraged to provide their expertise to various programs under the Jupiter Promise initiative.

Jupiter is bringing diversity to prepare a diverse planet for our changing climate. Jupiter was founded on the principle that with the right approaches and the right team, we can prepare Earth’s economies to meet the challenges associated with climate change. The world is a diverse place; a diverse workforce in an inclusive environment is essential to meet our goals. We go forward together.

This role could be a great opportunity for you if you are an early career individual contributor with a knowledge of economic or financial modeling pertaining to corporate financial performance. You will be developing innovative climate risk analytics that are seamlessly integrated with standard financial valuation methods. The successful candidate will use Jupiter’s groundbreaking climate data, coupled with customer and third-party data, to develop models that predict the financial impact of climate change on corporations. You will also own applied analytics initiatives that leverage data mining techniques and statistical analysis to build high-quality insights with our programs and products. Finally, you will work with our technology team to translate your prototype models into scalable, cloud-based models running within our production platform.

What You Will Do

• Statistical Algorithm Development & Implementation:
• Collaborate with the Jupiter team to design, develop, and implement statistical models and algorithms to quantify economic impacts of climate-related events and trends (e.g., extreme weather, sea-level rise, temperature changes).
• Apply a range of techniques including, but not limited to, regression analysis, time series analysis, machine learning algorithms, and econometric modeling.Use programming languages (mainly Python) to build and run analytical models.
• Economic Impact Assessment: Translate statistical findings into meaningful economic impact assessments (e.g., GDP impacts, sector-specific losses/gains, infrastructure damage costs, health-related economic burdens).
• Develop and apply methodologies for valuing both direct and indirect economic costs and benefits associated with climate change and adaptation/mitigation strategies.
• Conduct scenario analysis to project future economic impacts under various climate change pathways.
• Collaborate with economists and domain experts to refine economic methodologies and assumptions.
• Data Acquisition & Wrangling:
• Identify, source, and acquire diverse datasets from various sources (e.g., damage and loss, building attribute, population data).
• Perform extensive data cleaning, validation, transformation, and integration from disparate sources to ensure data quality and consistency
• Address missing data, outliers, and inconsistencies using appropriate statistical and programmatic methods.
• Reporting & Visualization:
• Clearly and effectively communicate complex analytical findings to both technical and non-technical audiences through reports, presentations, and interactive visualizations.
• Collaborate with financial teams at our largest customers to incorporate climate risk into their decision-making.
• Some travel required. Less than 5% expected

What You Will Bring

• Bachelors or Masters Degree in economics, finance, financial engineering, econometrics/statistics, information systems, or another relevant field.
• Demonstrated knowledge of geospatial applications in economics.
• Proven programming (Python) and data analysis skills.
• Able to work with multiple departments and collaborate as needed
• Effective written / verbal communication and presentation skills
• Strong organization and time management skills
• Strong analytical and project management skills

What Sets You Apart

• Experience in the financial services industry is a plus.
• Passion to be an expert on the product and for being part of a fast-growing company in a critical field
• Advanced financial engineering and credit risk modeling methods: structural and reduced form options pricing models
• Experience working with geospatial data.
• Familiarity with the Python data science stack.
• Familiarity with climate modeling, climate-related analyses, and physical climate risk is a plus

$65 - $80 an hour

At Jupiter we value transparency, and have a compensation plan where your full-time salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. For part-time roles, your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Base Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc.

When we say Jupiter Intelligence is an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are not just adding a legal addendum. Of course, we do not discriminate:

Jupiter Intelligence is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

In fact, we celebrate our differences as our strength and actively work to build an inclusive environment for all. If we can do anything to improve your application and interview process, please let us know!

Please also note: Successful candidates must be authorized to work in the US