Website Kaygen Inc.
Kaygen Inc.
Company : Kaygen Inc.
Role: Data Scientist
Period of Performance: Through December 31, 2025 (Initial Period) Upon full execution of work order. The District will follow up with a formal work order and purchase order indicating the firm project start date.)
Location (on-site): LAUSD Administrative Headquarters, 333 S. Beaudry Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Minimum Qualifications: Proposers shall meet each of the minimum qualification requirements at the time of proposal submittal.
Master s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Applied Math, Statistics, Data Science or equivalent from an accredited University in the United States
Proposer s Resource must have at least Eight (8) years of experience in providing services as listed in the Statement of Work (SOW).
Submittal Requirement & Evaluation factors:
Minimum Qualifications: Provide a cover letter addressing, in detail and explicitly, how the candidates meet the Minimum Qualifications. Attach Master s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Applied Math, Statistics, Data Science or equivalent from an accredited University in the United States Documentation.
Experience and Qualifications: Provide resume(s) with a detailed summary of work experience as listed in Appendix A MSA Work Order Statement of Work. The District reserves the right to request additional resumes should those submitted be deemed unacceptable for this project.
Experience and Qualifications: Provide a minimum of three (3) candidate references closely related to services as listed in the statement of work.
Number of Resources: The proposed work order will require at least one (1) resource. Provide no more than one (1) carefully selected candidate and resume that meet the criteria as outlined in this solicitation.
A. GENERAL
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) seeks qualified proposers to provide a Data Scientist on behalf of the Information Technology Services. LAUSD intends to use the results of this solicitation process to award a contract to the responsive/responsible proposer.
B. QUALIFICATIONS AND DUTIES
1) Experience coding data science solutions using R programming language and/or Python.
2) Experience building statistical models, creating predictive/forecasting models, and understand algorithmic bias in stats & implications.
3) Experience shepherding a data science model from requirements gathering from business stakeholders, to coding, to releasing to production, to assessing performance, to refining/optimization.
4) Clearly express the details of a data science model to peers and support finding with simulations measuring the effectiveness the model and optimize for constraints.
5) Experience in a government, school district, or related setting is preferred
6) Support a Data Science Team in using collaboration software using Posit Workbench, Databricks, Hex, or similar
7) Train Data Science team on how to check in code and collaborate using GIT and provide training and knowledge transfer on statistical models and methods.
8) Explaining complex statistical models and concepts into clear, understandable language for non-technical users who have minimal level knowledge of statistics.
9) Configure and troubleshoot Linux servers for hosting data science tools.
10) Document code, server settings, software settings, and workflows to facilitate lasting processes.
C. WORK SCHEDULE
The resource(s) shall be available to begin work upon full execution of the agreement. Standard work hours will be Monday thru Friday between 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, unless other arrangements are mutually agreed upon. The actual schedule may be adjusted based on project needs by the sponsor.
D. OTHERS
For the duration of the project, the proposed firm and/or resource are expected to bring their own laptop computer equipped with appropriate tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, SharePoint, etc. A performance review will be conducted by the District to ensure services are performed satisfactorily by the Contractor and its resource. Contractor will be notified by the District of their performance. If the review is unsatisfactory, the contractor will be required to submit a corrective action plan to address the deficiencies. If the performance is not improved, the contract will not be renewed, and the option years will not be exercised.