Engineering & IT · Detroit, MI

Data Scientist jobs in Detroit, MI

Data scientists turn raw data into decisions and products, using statistics, experimentation, and machine learning to answer questions the business could not otherwise settle.

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Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure

Equinox · Southfield, MI

to excellence. By refusing to settle, you can help redefine what’s possible and shape the future of mobility.About the Team The ADAS Data Infrastructure team builds and operates the foundational systems that power autono…

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AI/ML Data Scientist (GPSSC)

General Motors · Warren, MI · Full-time

connected, shaping the future of transportation on a global scale.. The Role Our Product Safety Data Analytics team is seeking an experienced AI/ML Data Scientist with hands-on experience in the full end to end data scie…

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Data Engineer - Resource Demand

General Motors · Warren, MI · Full-time

more connected, shaping the future of transportation on a global scale. The Role The Resource Demand team is building trusted data pipelines, analytical datasets, and reporting applications that improve engineering plann…

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Recruitment Manager

Fierce Staffing Services and Consulting · Detroit, MI · Full-time
$4,600 - $5,400 per month

Company: Fierce Staffing Services Location: Remote (with occasional on-site event coverage) Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire (W2) Reports To: Arielle Johnson, Founder & CEO About Fierce Staffing Services: Fierce Staffin…

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Data & Reporting Analyst

EPIC Health System LLC · Southfield, MI

Job Description Job Description Job Title: Data & Reporting Analyst Location : Southfield, MI (Fully in-person) Job type : Full Time Role Summary The Data & Reporting Analyst is responsible for transforming complex opera…

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Senior Data Engineer

Strategic Resources International USA · Detroit, MI

portfolio analytics experience - A minimum of three (3), and preferably four to seven (4-7) years, of professional experience in data engineering, business intelligence, data analytics, or a related information technolog…

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Expert Data Scientist

DTE Eng Corp Svcs LLC · Detroit, MI

a technical expert and project leader for the most challenging data science projects. Provides highly technical and analytical assessments... ...decision-making culture. Oversees and coaches the team of data scientists t…

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What data scientists earn in Detroit

Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives

ExperienceHourlyAnnual, full-time
Entry level $36–$49 $74k–$102k
Mid level $49–$67 $102k–$140k
Senior $65–$89 $135k–$186k

Adjusted for the Detroit market from national ranges.

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What employers ask for

The skills these listings keep naming

Python (pandas, scikit-learn)SQLStatistics and A/B testingMachine learning fundamentalsData visualizationExperiment designCommunicating with stakeholdersDomain and product sense
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Interview questions worth rehearsing

With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for

Walk me through a data project that changed a decision.

Structure it as question, approach, finding, action. Projects that ended in a decision — even 'we did not launch' — beat technically impressive analyses that went nowhere.

How would you design an A/B test for a new feature?

Cover the metric, randomization unit, sample size, and duration, plus a pitfall like peeking or interference. Practical rigor is what is being tested.

Your model performs well offline but poorly in production. Why might that be?

Discuss train/serve skew, data leakage, distribution shift, and feedback loops. Listing several plausible causes and how you would check each is the strong answer.

Explain p-values or confidence intervals to a non-technical stakeholder.

Use plain language and a concrete scenario, and resist overstating certainty. They are testing whether your statistics survive translation.

How do you handle missing or messy data?

First ask why it is missing — the mechanism matters more than the imputation method. Then discuss options and how the choice affects conclusions.

When would you not use machine learning for a problem?

When a rule, a query, or a simple heuristic wins on cost and interpretability. Knowing when ML is overkill signals maturity.

How do you decide which metric a team should optimize?

Talk about proxy versus true goals, gameability, and counter-metrics. A story about a metric that backfired is very effective here.

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Resume tips that move the needle

For data scientists specifically — generic advice costs you here

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Lead every bullet with the business result — revenue, retention, cost — and put the method second.

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Specify your stack concretely: Python libraries, SQL dialects, experimentation platforms, and any production ML experience.

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Distinguish shipped work from research; 'model serving 2M users' and 'notebook analysis' are different claims.

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Keep one or two public projects or publications linkable, tailored to the industry you are targeting.

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Name the size and kind of data you worked with — event streams, tabular, text — so teams can map you to their problems.

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Where this role goes

Typical progression

01 Junior Data Scientist
02 Data Scientist
03 Senior Data Scientist
04 Staff Data Scientist
05 Head of Data Science
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