Principal Data Scientist (Forecasting)

📄Job Description – Principal Data Scientist (Forecasting)

Location: Juni Beach, FL (Onsite – U.S. resources)
Company: NextEra Energy

🔍Position Overview

The IT Forecasting team is seeking aPrincipal Data Scientist to lead the development and production deployment of advanced forecasting models forLoad, Solar, and Wind generation across NextEra Energy operations.

This role supports critical decision-making for:

• Energy Management (EMT)
• Power Marketing (PMI)
• System Operations (SysOps – FPL)

You will own theend-to-end model lifecycle—from ideation to production—leveraging advanced feature engineering, weather data integration, and scalable cloud infrastructure.

🚀Key Responsibilities

Model Development & Production

• Lead end-to-end forecasting model development (Load, Solar, Wind)
• Deploy production-ready models with monitoring and retraining pipelines
• Build automated evaluation frameworks and performance dashboards

Data & Infrastructure

• Develop data connectors for weather APIs and internal data systems
• Design scalable pipelines for real-time and batch forecasting
• Build interactive dashboards (Streamlit/Plotly) for stakeholders

Collaboration & Delivery

• Partner with trading, operations, and engineering teams
• Work within Agile frameworks (Scrum ceremonies, sprint planning)
• Deliver high-quality, cost-effective solutions within strict timelines

🛠️Required Skills & Experience

• Python Expertise: pandas, numpy, scikit-learn, statsmodels
• Time-Series Forecasting: ARIMA, SARIMAX, Gradient Boosting
• Production Deployment: End-to-end ML lifecycle (versioning, monitoring)
• API Integration: Weather data ingestion & pipeline integration
• Cloud (AWS): EC2, S3, Lambda, SageMaker
• Database Skills: SQL, large-scale query optimization
• Dashboarding: Streamlit, Plotly or similar

⭐Preferred Skills

• Advanced feature engineering & probabilistic forecasting
• Renewable energy / power market domain experience
• Agile tools: Jira, Confluence