HOW WE WORK
Our team is made up of innovators and entrepreneurs. We're passionate about driving breakthroughs in data science, creating novel solutions to global challenges, and leading the way toward an inclusive future by setting an example. We work creatively to help customers better understand people around the world in a way that wasn't possible five years ago. Here, work life is a combination of constructive collaboration and focused productivity.
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OUR VALUES
We believe the greatest innovations arise when different disciplines, perspectives, and experiences converge. As a company, we live these values that push us toward discovery.
| Diversity | Empathy |
| Integrity | Ingenuity |
| Purpose | Collaboration |
| Delight | Candor |
WORKING & GROWING
We want people at Fraym to be healthy and happy.
Below are some of the benefits we provide to promote work-life balance.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
OPEN POSITIONS
If the intersection of data science, business, and international affairs sounds like the place for you, let us know why. We’re looking for talented folks to join our expanding team.
ARLINGTON, VA /FRAYM – PRODUCT DELIVERY /FULL TIME
About Fraym:
Our company has pioneered the use of geospatial data to understand population dynamics. Governments and organizations around the world rely on Fraym data to make strategic and operational decisions while tackling challenges like inequity and insecurity, climate vulnerability, public health, and more. Our advanced AI/ML models are the first to generate high-resolution insights about human characteristics and behaviors at the sub-neighborhood level and make them commercially available at scale.
Summary of Position:
Fraym is seeking a data analyst to play a vital role in the mission of supporting decision-making. As part of the Fraym Data Production and Delivery team, you will support the end-to-end production and delivery of high-resolution geospatial data, using custom surveys, machine learning tools, and web applications. You will collaborate across teams to conduct learning experiments to generate or improve methodologies. The role is poised for significant career growth.
For success in this position, you need a strong research inclination, quantitative background, experience working with statistical packages (Stata or R), experience or interest in Python and SQL, attention to detail, an ambitious and collaborative mindset, and enthusiasm for continuous learning and improvement. Preference will be given to applicants with knowledge of geospatial analysis, survey design, and analysis, language skills, and/or experience in emerging economies. You will report directly to a Project Manager (PM) on the Data Production and Delivery (DPD) team
Location: Remote, Washington DC area preferred
You will have a range of responsibilities including the following:
- Perform contextual and data research on new and existing countries in the DPD team portfolio.
- Participate in designing mixed-methods surveys and work with survey vendors in deploying them.
- Work with survey data and apply Fraym’s machine learning models to generate geospatial datasets using R and Python scripts.
- Collaborate with other teams in contributing to the development of product offerings and capabilities, such as machine learning applications, data packages, inventive data visualizations, and learning experiments to improve our methods and approach.
- Participate in developing automated solutions to increase the efficiency and scalability of data production.
- Prepare presentations, briefings, and other materials for a broader audience including documentation on Git and Fraym’s Wiki.
- Manipulate geospatial data to work with DATAfraym® - Fraym’s online geospatial visualization and analytics dashboard - using Python scripts, SQL queries, and CSS objects.
- Perform DATAfraym demos for customers and field questions about Fraym products
- Support Go-To-Market, Analytics, and Data Science teams as necessary.
- Support junior colleagues with their tasks and serve as a good role model.
- Offer feedback to management on how the Team is being run.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a related field, such as economics, geography, statistics, international development, or public policy with a strong technical background.
- Training in statistical methods, econometrics, and/or geospatial analysis.
- Stata, R, or Python for descriptive and econometric analysis of micro-data from surveys. R, ArcGIS, or QGIS for geospatial analysis.
- Experience applying quantitative methods for analysis (May include school projects ).
Bonus Qualifications
- Excel, SQL, JS, CSS, AWS, machine learning, or other software skills are a definite plus.
- Experience with process automation/ability to think algorithmically about redundant processes
- Experience with survey design and methods. (May include school projects.)
- Understanding how to draw insights from data for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Eager to learn; bring creativity, confidence, and a can-do attitude to problem-solving.
- Ability to advance discrete projects both independently and in coordination with others.
- Good attention to detail.
- Language skills preferred.
- Experience and interest in emerging markets.
- Strong interpersonal skills, including collaboration with a team and the ability to interact with senior executives.
Benefits
- Great compensation package, including base salary, and annual performance bonus.
- Medical, dental, vision, and other ancillary benefits.
- Opportunities for significant career advancement in a fast-growing young company.
- Opportunity to contribute and build a company and team culture.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Flexible location and work environment.
Fraym recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetics, disability, age, family status, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.
Fraym offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience, a full benefits package, dedication to professional development, and a flexible work environment.
We would love to hear from you.
Please submit a resume, cover letter, 2 references, and a quantitative research project, or sample Stata .do file or R or Python script showing relevant technical skills using this link. For any questions, please contact jobs@fraym.io.”
ARLINGTON, VA /FRAYM – PRODUCT DELIVERY /FULL TIME
About Fraym:
Our company has pioneered the use of geospatial data to understand population dynamics. Governments and organizations around the world rely on Fraym data to make strategic and operational decisions while tackling challenges like inequity and insecurity, climate vulnerability, public health, and more. Our advanced AI/ML models are the first to generate high-resolution insights about human characteristics and behaviors at the sub-neighborhood level and make them commercially available at scale.
Summary of Position
We are looking for an Operations Specialist to join the Data Production and Delivery team to start as soon as possible. We want someone who has a keen attention to detail, meticulous work habits, desktop research skills, interest in geospatial machine learning and web-based technology, clear communication skills, and is eager to learn and grow in an exciting company. This role will report directly to a Project Manager (PM) in the Data Production and Delivery (DPD) team.
Location: Washington DC area preferred, Remote considered
Your responsibilities in this role include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative research for new and existing countries in the DPD team’s portfolio
- Participate in survey design and testing processes.
- Work with other Ops Specialists, Analysts, and PMs to process R and Python scripts in the machine learning process to generate high-resolution geospatial datasets.
- Upload data to Fraym’s online geospatial data dashboard - DATAfraym ® and configure customer requirements.
- Work with PMs to document processes, maintain the documentation of the existing processes on Git and Wiki. Write “How To”s and update them for the Fraym internal Wiki and customer-facing tools such as Intercom.
- Suggest improvements to processes to streamline them.
- Do DATAfraym demonstrations and answer customer questions.
- ·Attend weekly PM-led strategy and technical meetings. At these meetings, you will be assigned rotas (tasks with hard deadlines – typically involving a customer deliverable). You will be expected to:
- Understand the business case for our task priorities,
- Prioritize the assigned procedures together with the PM,
- Execute processes from the assigned rotas,
- Escalate to the PMs when there is an unexpected problem with the procedures.
- Offer feedback to management on how the Team is being run.
- Offer feedback to the management team on how they are doing their job.
- Support Go-to-Market, Analytics, and Data Science teams as required.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Science, Geography, or a STEM field.
- Some programming experience with Python, R, or some other programming language (coursework or school projects acceptable).
- Comfortable working in a remote setting and across multiple time zones – the Fraym team is internationally distributed.
- Open and clear communicator (verbal and written) – you will be writing Wikis, documenting processes, responding to customer emails, writing FAQs, monthly reports, etc.
- Comfortable communicating through Slack and Zoom.
- Fast learner, i.e.: you are quick to pick up a workflow and able to work through it independently.
- Comfortable with Excel and Google Sheets.
- Ability to collaborate with multiple team members and across teams.
- Self-motivated and independent but comfortable working with a diverse team.
- Desire to learn about technical problems and business concepts.
Bonus Qualifications
- Interested in emerging markets development work.
- Interest in learning about machine learning, geospatial analytics, and data analytics.
- Experience or interest in other software such as SQL, JS, CSS, Stata, ArcGIS, QGIS.
Benefits
- Great compensation package, including base salary, and annual performance bonus.
- Medical, dental, vision, and other ancillary benefits.
- Opportunity for significant career advancement in a fast-growing young company.
- Opportunity to contribute and build a company and team culture.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Flexible location and work environment.
Fraym recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetics, disability, age, family status, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.
Fraym offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience, a full benefits package, dedication to professional development, and a flexible work environment.
We would love to hear from you.
Please submit a resume, cover letter, 2 references, and a quantitative research project, or sample Stata .do file or R or Python script showing relevant technical skills using this link. For any questions, please contact jobs@fraym.io.”
WASHINGTON, DC /FRAYM – ANALYTICS /FULL TIME
About Fraym:
Our company has pioneered the use of geospatial data to understand population dynamics. Governments and organizations around the world rely on Fraym data to make strategic and operational decisions while tackling challenges like inequity and insecurity, climate vulnerability, public health, and more. Our advanced AI/ML models are the first to generate high-resolution insights about human characteristics and behaviors at the sub-neighborhood level and make them commercially available at scale.
Summary of Position
Fraym is seeking several data analysts to play a vital role in the mission of supporting decision-making for our public sector defense customers.
As part of the Fraym Analytics Team, you will deliver tailored insights, craft impactful visualizations and stories from data, and collaborate across teams to generate or improve methodologies. The role is poised for significant career growth.
For success in this position, you will have a strong quantitative background, an ambitious mindset, and enthusiasm for connecting with Fraym’s global team.
Preference will be given to applicants with a U.S. security clearance, experience in the national security sector, experience working with statistical packages (Stata and/or R), language skills, and/or knowledge of geospatial analysis.
Your responsibilities in this role include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Applying data, communication, and inquiry skills to frame and address use cases in support of customized engagements for the United States national security sector.
- Preparing analytical products, including presentations, briefings, and other materials.
- Contributing to the development of product offerings and capabilities such as machine learning applications, data subscription packages, and inventive data visualizations.
- Working with different types of datasets (large household surveys, conflict data, and attitudinal data) to expand, deepen, and refine the Fraym data platform.
- In addition to the defense analytics products, you will work with the broader Analytics team on projects across our international development and commercial sectors.
Skills and Qualifications
The candidate must have the following qualifications and skills:
- Essential software skills: Stata, R, and/or Python for descriptive and econometric analysis of micro-data.
- Experience applying quantitative methods for analysis (may include school projects).
- U.S. citizen. An active security clearance is a big plus.
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and skills:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a related field, such as economics, statistics, strategic studies, geography, or public policy.
- Training in statistical methods, econometrics, and/or geospatial analysis.
- Experience and interest in an array of national security issues (e.g., global power competition, extremist violence, and humanitarian operations).
- Understanding how to draw insights from data for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Excellent communication and writing skills.
- Eager to learn; bring creativity, confidence, and can-do attitude to problem-solving.
- Ability to advance discrete projects both independently and in coordination with others.
- Strong interpersonal skills, including collaboration with a team and the ability to interact with senior executives.
- Good attention to detail.
- Foreign language skills are a plus (in particular Mandarin, Russian, Arabic, and other Asian languages).
- PowerPoint, R, ArcGIS/QGIS (or other geospatial data platforms), Python, machine learning, or other software skills are a definite plus.
Fraym recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetics, disability, age, family status, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.
Fraym offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience, a full benefits package, dedication to professional development, and a flexible work environment.
We would love to hear from you.
Please submit a resume, cover letter, and sample quantitative research project (security-related is preferred, but not required; can be a school project) using this link. For any questions, please contact jobs@fraym.io.
ARLINGTON, VA/FRAYM GO-TO-MARKET / FULL-TIME
About Fraym:
Our company has pioneered the use of geospatial data to understand population dynamics. Governments and organizations around the world rely on Fraym data to make strategic and operational decisions while tackling challenges like inequity and insecurity, climate vulnerability, public health, and more. Our advanced AI/ML models are the first to generate high-resolution insights about human characteristics and behaviors at the sub-neighborhood level and make them commercially available at scale.
Summary of Position:
Fraym seeks an established business development manager to grow our engagement with the US government, with a focus on the DoD. Specifically, s/he will identify new opportunities, manage proposals, build industry partnerships, and cultivate relationships with current and prospective customers.
Success will be measured by annual revenue goals, pipeline development goals, and account progress goals.
Responsibilities:
- Master Fraym’s product, services, and applications. Be able to effectively articulate our unparalleled value for prospective customers, ideally with personal experiences and relevant examples.
- Identify and capture new revenue. Work with the technical team to build account strategies and lead resulting proposal efforts.
- Receive and grow a portfolio of key USG accounts. Cultivate customer relationships and achieve account expansion goals.
- Achieve greater exposure and brand awareness for Fraym. Lead on opportunities (conferences, meetings, demonstrations, etc.) to secure market position.
- Develop and maintain relationships with Prime contractors and other strategic partners
Requirements:
- 5+ years of successful business development experience, including specific experience with DoD
- Significant experience with US federal government contracting. Experience pitching complex ideas. Excellent problem solving skills
- Ability to quickly understand and articulate Fraym’s product. Background in statistics, technology, GIS, and/or data analysis is critical
- Excellent writing skills (with relevant examples to demonstrate writing quality).
- Commitment to grow the company and make an outsized impact on decision-making in national security
- Global experience, familiarity with areas of responsibility outside the United States.
- Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
- US citizen. Active security clearance a big plus
- The role is based in Arlington, VA
Preferred Requirements:
- Experience working with startups/early stage companies
- B2G/B2B experience
- Experience in emerging markets (Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Latin America)
Working at Fraym:
- Competitive, market-based salary commensurate with experience, including base salary and annual performance bonus
- Professional development and learning opportunities
- Stay healthy and happy through our comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance including other ancillary benefits
- Save for the future with our 401(k) program
- Health & Wellness stipend for self-care
- Take time away from the office through our Flexible Paid Time Off
- We are committed to fostering a positive work-life balance culture
- Be a part of a community and take part in our lunch & learns and team outings
- We are a “Growth Culture” that provides opportunities for career advancement and professional development in a fast-growing company
Not sure you tick all the boxes? We encourage you to apply. We have a culture of learning, and if this job description sounds exciting, we’d love to hear from you.
Fraym recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, family status, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.
ARLINGTON, VA/FRAYM DATA SCIENCE / FULL TIME
About Fraym:
Our company has pioneered the use of geospatial data to understand population dynamics. Governments and organizations around the world rely on Fraym data to make strategic and operational decisions while tackling challenges like inequity and insecurity, climate vulnerability, public health, and more. Our advanced AI/ML models are the first to generate high-resolution insights about human characteristics and behaviors at the sub-neighborhood level and make them commercially available at scale.
Summary of Position:
Fraym is seeking a Data Science Team Lead to help their team grow a portfolio of analytical product offerings and improve predictive algorithms in a small data context. Your contributions will support decisions made in emerging markets across international development and intelligence sectors. Your work will be split between people management (50%) and technical leadership (50%) responsibilities.
You enjoy managing a team that builds client-driven solutions from data wrangling to delivered products. You should have a strong data science background and experience working with geospatial data, libraries, and software. Preference will be given to applicants with experience in growing teams as well as algorithm design and/or analytic solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Managing a small, talented team of ML engineers and data scientists who are responsible for creating and deploying new methods to meet existing client needs.
- Collaborating with data science team leadership to determine, drive, and pivot the data science team and overall Fraym vision
- Coordinating with our data analytics team in the execution of data science workflows
- Contributing to the development of product offerings and capabilities such as machine learning applications, data subscription packages, and inventive data visualizations
- Developing workflows and identifying new applications of methodologies for company-initiated use-cases leveraging multiple data sources, as well as generalizing methodologies developed in-house
- Managing and growing research projects from inception to full scale workflows, products, and applications in coordination with data engineers and data architects
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a related field
- At least 3 year of working in a data science context, including people management in a data science, or adjacent, industry
- Proven ability to mentor and guide the professional trajectory of individuals they have managed
- Essential skills:
- GIS / geospatial tools (Arc/Q, gdal/rasterio, raster package),
- Working in the nitty gritty of Machine Learning modeling, including applying suitable best practice techniques for model testing, tuning,, accuracy, and validity
- Python (geopandas, sklearn, numpy, etc.) and/or R (raster, tidyverse, caret, etc.)
- cloud computing environment (AWS).
- Git, version control
Preferred Requirements:
- Communicating methodology to non-technical audiences
- Knowledge management experience
- Formal training or experience in project management best practices (such as Agile)
- Experience working with or in the intelligence sector
Working at Fraym:
- Competitive, market-based salary commensurate with experience, including base salary and annual performance bonus
- Professional development and learning opportunities
- Stay healthy and happy through our comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance including other ancillary benefits
- Save for the future with our 401(k) program
- Health & Wellness stipend for self-care
- Take time away from the office through our Flexible Paid Time Off
- We are committed to fostering a positive work-life balance culture
- Be a part of a community and take part in our lunch & learns and team outings
- We are a “Growth Culture” that provides opportunities for career advancement and professional development in a fast-growing company
Fraym also offers visa sponsorship of international candidates. Interested? Please submit your application with a resume and short statement answering, Why Fraym?
Not sure you tick all the boxes? We encourage you to apply. We have a culture of learning, and if this job description sounds exciting, we’d love to hear from you.
Fraym recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, family status, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.
ARLINGTON, VA/FRAYM ANALYTICS / FULL TIME
About Fraym:
Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:
You will have the following qualifications and skills:
- Interest in or passionate about Fraym’s mission
- Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- At least 2 years of data engineering; preference will be given to applicants with practical experience building and maintaining cloud-based data processing pipelines
- Essential skills: Experience with databases, Object-Oriented Programming in Python, engineering best practices (testing, deployment management, containerization)
- Experience or ability to collaborate within a distributed team and communicate effectively with colleagues of different technical backgrounds
- Ability to quickly develop skills, learn new tools, and solve problems independently
- Bonus Points For Experience working with raster or survey data, common AWS products, SQL/Postgres databases, distributed processing (Spark, Dask), and/or RESTful APIs
Fraym recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, family status, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.