<div>Nelnet Business Services (NBS), a division of Nelnet, Inc., provides payment technology, education services, and learning management solutions to education and faith-based organizations, serving more than 1,300 higher education institutions, 11,500 K-12 schools, 3,500 churches, and millions of individual students, families, and supporters across the globe. Our culture of service enables us to form long-lasting and trusted partnerships, while our focus on creativity and innovative solutions empowers our customer communities to thrive.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>As a Nelnet company, the perks at NBS go beyond our benefits package. You’re part of a community, invested in you as an individual and united by our mission to create opportunities for people where they live, learn and work.</div><div>The Senior Data Scientist is responsible for leading the development and implementation of machine learning models to solve complex business problems.&nbsp; This position works with large datasets, cleans and pre-processes data, and performs exploratory data analysis to understand the underlying patterns and trends.&nbsp; The Senior Data Scientist is also responsible for mentoring more junior Data Scientists, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and presenting findings and recommendations to senior leadership.</div><div><br><strong>JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:</strong><br>1.&nbsp; &nbsp; Conduct advanced analyses and statistical deep dives, with a focus on producing actionable recommendations and strategic guidance for decision makers.<br>2.&nbsp; &nbsp; Develop and deploy custom models and algorithms using data and machine learning libraries to solve complex business problems.<br>3.&nbsp; &nbsp; Mine, clean, process, transform and join data from a variety of sources including SQL servers, AWS environments, Azure, SnowFlake, SalesForce, internal systems, and flat files.<br>4.&nbsp; &nbsp; Identify, wrangle, scrape, and assemble new data sources from the web, data aggregators, and public sources.<br>5.&nbsp; &nbsp; Build rich, interactive dashboards and visualizations from the ground up using PowerBI.<br>6.&nbsp; &nbsp; Compile and present key findings and reports to all levels of the organization, including senior leadership.&nbsp;<br>7.&nbsp; &nbsp; Continuously seek out opportunities to add value through process automation and programmatic solutions to manual tasks and monitor and improve Data Science model performance.&nbsp;<br>8.&nbsp; &nbsp; Act as a subject matter expert within the data science field. Continuously learn, grow, and explore new emerging technologies. (Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices.<br>9.&nbsp; &nbsp; Problem-solve, generate new ideas, and provide creative solutions.<br>10.&nbsp; &nbsp; Mentor, model, act as a resource, and provide guidance for more junior analysts and team members.&nbsp;<br>11.&nbsp; &nbsp; Lead development, testing and implementation of machine-learning models and algorithms using data and machine learning to solve complex business problems.<br>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Salary range for this role is: $63,000- $127,000</strong><br>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>EDUCATION</strong>:&nbsp;<br>PHD degree required in a Quantitative (heavy in mathematics, statistics or analysis, such as Applied Mathematics, Optimization, Psychology, or Economics) or Programming discipline.&nbsp;</div><div><br><strong>EXPERIENCE</strong>:&nbsp;<br>1.&nbsp; &nbsp; 2+ years of experience in data analysis.<br>3.&nbsp; &nbsp; 1+ years of programming experience.&nbsp;<br>4.&nbsp; &nbsp; Significant experience working with large, complex data sets and common data science tools.<br>5.&nbsp; &nbsp; Experience working with database Python.<br>6.&nbsp; &nbsp; Experience designing, building, deploying, and validating machine-learning predictive models, ideally within a business framework.</div><div>7. Experience training multi model design to structure and train for unstructured data matching.</div><div>8. Experience training LLM models for specialized use cases</div><div><br><strong>COMPETENCIES – SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES:</strong><br>1.&nbsp; &nbsp; Highly inquisitive and self-motivated.<br>2.&nbsp; &nbsp; Ability to map out solutions with a starting point and end goal, but with few steps identified in-between.<br>3.&nbsp; &nbsp; Exceptional ability to analyze and synthesize data.<br>4.&nbsp; &nbsp; Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python.&nbsp;<br>5.&nbsp; &nbsp; Competency navigating and working within the AWS cloud suite.<br>6.&nbsp; &nbsp; Competency designing self-learning models that result in logarithm trends to identify trends in data to predict potential outcomes or missing data fields.<br>7.&nbsp; &nbsp; Core understanding of statistical concepts and methods.<br>8.&nbsp; &nbsp; Competency in the MS Office Suite.<br>9.&nbsp; &nbsp; Highly accountable and inquisitive, able to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.&nbsp;<br>10.&nbsp; &nbsp; Self-motivated.<br>11.&nbsp; &nbsp; Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and interpersonal) to coordinate across teams and deliver polished presentations.</div><div>12. Experience with training NumPy and Pandas models.<br><br>Our benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA, generous earned time off, 401K/student loan repayment, life insurance &amp; AD&amp;D insurance, employee assistance program, employee stock purchase program, tuition reimbursement, performance-based incentive pay, short- and long-term disability, and a robust wellness program.&nbsp;</div>

Senior Data Scientist

<div><strong>Hobby Lobby </strong>is looking for a highly energetic and versatile individual with 3+ years hands-on experience with software delivery and development. Must be able to help develop, test, deploy, monitor, and enhance Hobby Lobby’s dynamic, ever-evolving web and applications infrastructure. <br><br>This is an in-person office position in Oklahoma City, located on a 1,000+ acre campus with an on-site clinic and pharmacy.<br>&nbsp; <br><strong>Primary Functions/Job Description</strong></div><ul><li>Application Performance Monitoring<ul><li>Configure, maintain, and optimize an APM implementation to improve observability</li><li>Facilitate collaboration between development, operations, and network teams to improve application performance and reliability&nbsp;</li><li>Proactively identify application and infrastructure enhancements</li><li>Perform root cause analysis and improve the mean time to repair (MTTR)</li></ul></li><li>Manage software deployments including automated software delivery pipeline development, release / deployment management, and release troubleshooting</li><li>Design, write, and deliver software to manage applications and application infrastructure</li><li>Collaborate with IT Security to address compliance and ensure a secure application environment</li><li>Provide input on and execute development, deployment, security, and APM best practices</li><li>Participation in an on-call rotation</li></ul><div><br><strong>Job Description - Requirements</strong></div><div><strong>Required Qualifications</strong></div><ul><li>3+ years of hands-on experience with software delivery, including<ul><li>Software release management</li><li>Continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline design and development</li><li>Administration of CI/CD tools</li></ul></li><li>3+ years of hands-on software development experience in an enterprise environment with one or more of the following programming languages<ul><li>C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Groovy</li></ul></li><li>Experience with&nbsp;<ul><li>In-depth debugging and troubleshooting&nbsp;</li><li>Vulnerability scanning and mitigation&nbsp;</li><li>Scripting languages</li><li>DevOps principles and practices</li><li>Web server administration and automation&nbsp;</li></ul></li><li>Degree in MIS or Computer Science</li></ul><div><br><strong>Preferred Skills</strong></div><ul><li>Hands-on experience with Application Performance Monitoring tools, including&nbsp;<ul><li>Distributed tracing and code level diagnostics</li><li>Constructing dashboards and executing meaningful alerts</li><li>Implementing custom metrics and integrations&nbsp;</li><li>Maintaining an APM system and configuring features / settings</li></ul></li><li>Experience administrating hosted and proxied repositories (maven, npm, nuget, go, pypi, ruby)</li><li>Familiar with release engineering, version management, and packaging</li><li>Experience administering web and application servers</li><li>Understanding of certificates (TLS)&nbsp;</li><li>Understanding of load balancing algorithms</li></ul><div><br><strong>Benefits include:</strong></div><ul><li>Competitive Wages</li><li>Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Plan</li><li>401(k) Program with Company Match</li><li>Paid Vacation</li><li>Sick / Personal Pay (SPP)&nbsp;</li><li>Employee Discount</li><li>Life Insurance and Long Term Disability Insurance (LTD)</li><li>Flexible Spending Plan</li><li>Holiday Pay</li><li>Integris Clinic and Pharmacy on campus</li><li>Chaplain Services on campus</li></ul>

DevOps Developer

<div>GiveDirectly has delivered more than $1B in cash directly to 2+ million people living in poverty across 15 countries since 2011. We believe cash transfers are one of the most scalable, cost-effective, and dignified forms of aid, with the research to back it up. Our work has been covered by The Economist, NPR, TED, and The Washington Post. We are one of Time100’s Most Influential Companies of 2026.&nbsp;<br><br></div><div>Our culture is candid, analytical, and non-hierarchical. We support high ownership and real professional growth. Curious about what it's really like to work here? Read our values and hear from the people who do. If they resonate, this could be a great fit!<br><br></div><div><strong><br>Location: </strong><strong><em>This role is fully remote but must be available to meet with East Africa timezone by at least 2 hours a couple of times a week. </em></strong><em>We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visas in the U.S. or U.K. at this time.<br></em><br></div><div><strong><br>About this role<br></strong><br></div><div>Technology plays a central role in how GiveDirectly delivers cash—whether that’s identifying recipients in hard-to-reach places, sending payments quickly after disasters, or powering the platforms our donors use to give.<br><br></div><div>We’re hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help build the systems behind this work. Our engineering team still operates like a startup within GiveDirectly—lean, fast-moving, and high-autonomy. You’ll lean into product thinking, help shape the roadmap, and collaborate closely across disciplines to solve real-world problems. The specific team you’ll join is still being finalized—it could be:<br><br></div><ul><li>Our <strong>Programs Engineering</strong> team (getting cash in the hands of people experiencing extreme poverty),</li><li>Our <strong>Fundraising Engineering</strong> team (raising more money for recipients), or</li><li>Our <strong>International Rapid Response</strong> team (getting cash to disaster-affected communities within 5 days of a crisis—anywhere in the world)</li></ul><div><br>No matter the team, you’ll play a central role in scaling our impact: getting more money, to more people, more efficiently.</div><div><br>This is a hands-on role with real ownership. You’ll help shape architecture, ship production-ready code, and work side-by-side with teammates across product, data, and operations. We’re looking for someone excited to wear multiple hats, move quickly, and define what great engineering looks like in a mission-driven org<br><br></div><div><strong>Level: Senior Software Engineer<br></strong><br></div><div><strong>Travel Requirement: </strong>Must be able to travel ~1-2 times per year to one of our countries of operation for team retreats or field visits.<br><br></div><div><strong>What you’ll do:<br></strong><br></div><ul><li>Design and build scalable, reliable systems that power our core operations—whether that’s donor platforms, systems that deliver payments directly to recipients, or crisis response tools reaching hundreds of thousands of people globally.</li><li>Own end-to-end development of new features and services, from architecture through deployment and monitoring.</li><li>Improve our developer workflows by strengthening CI/CD pipelines, reducing manual steps, and increasing test coverage.</li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product, ops, data) to understand real-world needs and ship tools that directly support program delivery in the field.</li><li>Debug and resolve production issues across our stack, with a focus on root cause analysis and long-term fixes.</li><li>Advocate for sustainable engineering practices, including testing, documentation, and monitoring</li><li>Help shape our tech roadmap with an eye toward scale, maintainability, and recipient experience</li></ul><div><strong><br>What you’ll bring:<br></strong><br></div><ul><li><strong>Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values</strong> and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve.</li><li>Language Requirement: English</li><li>4+ years of industry experience creating production-caliber software and systems</li><li>Experience with backend architecture: databases, cloud services, APIs</li><li>Experience building infrastructure to deploy software</li><li>Experience with strongly-typed, object-oriented programming such as Java, C#, Go, etc. and scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, etc.</li><li>High degree of ownership and autonomy - you proactively advocate for ways to improve systems and constantly leave our codebase in a better state than you found it</li><li>Strong analytical skills and communication - able to break down complex problems, describe technical trade-offs, and collaborate with cross-functional partners (e.g. technical program managers, product managers)</li><li>Bonus: Experience using Python and AWS in a production environment</li><li>Bonus: experience with payments/financial software and/or experience with microservice/serverless architecture</li></ul><div><strong><br>Compensation<br></strong><br></div><div><br>At GiveDirectly, we strive to pay our employees generously and equitably. We use an accredited third party salary aggregator to calculate what we believe to be competitive pay based on role, location, and cost of living. We also have a no negotiation policy to ensure we are paying staff equitably across roles. Read more about our compensation philosophy <strong>here</strong>.<br><br></div><div><br>Unless otherwise noted, the benefits stipend may be used to cover benefits or taken as additional taxable income.</div><div><strong><br>United States<br></strong><br></div><ul><li><strong>Base Salary:</strong> $157,500</li><li><strong>Bonus at Target Performance:</strong> 15% (~$23,625, with potential for upside. For reference, with the organization’s current performance multiplier, this amount would be $27,641 in 2025)</li><li><strong>Estimated Total Compensation at Target: $181,125+</strong></li><li><strong>Annual Benefits Stipend:</strong> $21,393</li></ul><div><strong><br>United Kingdom<br></strong><br></div><ul><li><strong>Base Salary:</strong> £108,150</li><li><strong>Bonus at Target Performance:</strong> 15% (~£16,223, with potential for upside. For reference, with the organization’s current performance multiplier, this amount would be £18,981 in 2025)</li><li><strong>Estimated Total Compensation at Target: £124,373+</strong></li><li><strong>Annual Benefits Stipend:</strong> £2,760</li></ul><div><strong><br>Kenya<br></strong><br></div><ul><li><strong>Base Salary:</strong> $91,500</li><li><strong>Bonus at Target Performance:</strong> 15% (~$13,725, with potential for upside. For reference, with the organization’s current performance multiplier, this amount would be $16,063 in 2025)</li><li><strong>Estimated Total Compensation at Target: $105,225+</strong></li><li><strong>Annual Benefits Stipend:</strong> $8,453</li></ul><div><br>This role is fully remote, so if you are not based in the US, UK or Kenya, we will share an estimated salary benchmark for the country you are based in during the hiring process.&nbsp;<br><br></div><div><strong><br>Why work at GiveDirectly?<br></strong><br></div><div><br>At GiveDirectly, we work to ensure that you have everything you need to excel in your role and on your team, including:<br><br></div><ul><li>A positive and supportive team with opportunities for advancement&nbsp;</li><li>A demonstrated commitment to helping all staff develop and grow</li><li>A competitive salary, including bonus</li><li>A robust health benefits plan (exact details will vary by country)</li><li>Unlimited PTO (that we encourage staff to take!)</li><li>Desk allowance and flexible work location</li></ul><div><strong><br>About this specific hiring process<br></strong><br></div><ul><li>Take-home coding assignment</li><li>Live Coding (60 mins)</li><li>Systems Design (60 mins)</li><li>Project Deep Dive + Behavioral (60 mins)</li></ul><div><br>*It’s possible that there will be adjustments to this interview process. Any changes will be communicated to you during the process.</div>

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