Associate Data Scientist

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Date: Oct 7, 2025

Location(s): Miami, FL, US, 33134

Company: NextEra Energy

Requisition ID:  91016 

Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., providing reliable energy to nearly 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s most fuel-efficient, cost-effective power generation fleets and industry-leading reliability, we’re redefining what’s possible in energy. Want to be part of something powerful? Join our outstanding team and help shape the future of energy.

 

Position Specific Description

We are seeking a capable individual to make a direct impact on company profitability by leveraging analytics to detect and prevent revenue loss.
 
Employees in this role will:
1) Transform complex datasets from multiple sources into actionable insights that drive business decisions.
2) Develop and deploy machine learning algorithms to identify revenue loss conditions using smart meter data, usage patterns, and customer characteristics.
3) Design and operationalize analytical models in production environments, ensuring scalability and reliability.
4) Other ad-hoc analysis to improve business processes.
 
Preferred Qualifications
  • Programming Skills: High-level proficiency in R/Python for data wrangling, feature engineering, and model development
  • Data Acquisition and Visualization: Strong skills in SQL, Excel, R ggplot, and other visualization tools 
  • Analytical Mindset: Experience conducting quantitative and qualitative research to support business initiatives
  • Cloud Platform Experience: Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) 
  • Industry Knowledge: Eagerness to learn about electrical systems, metering infrastructure, and utility operations

Job Overview

This position is responsible for developing algorithms, modeling techniques, and optimization methods that support many aspects of NextEra and FPL business. Employees in this role use knowledge of machine learning, optimization, statistics, and applied mathematics along with abilities in software engineering with a focus on distributed computing and data storage infrastructure (i.e., “Big Data”).

Job Duties & Responsibilities

  • Develops machine learning, optimization and other modeling solutions
  • Prepares comprehensive documented observations, analyses and interpretations of results including technical reports, summaries, protocols and quantitative analyses
  • Works with big data and distributed computing platforms
  • Develops software and contributes to product development
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Experience: 0+ years

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's Degree

 

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

 

Employee Group:  Exempt
Employee Type:  Full Time
Job Category:  Science, Research, and Technology
Organization:  Florida Power & Light Company 
Relocation Provided:  No

 

NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. 

 

NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you. Alternatively, you may call 1-844-694-4748. Please do not use this line to inquire about your application status.

 

NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

 

NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies. Please see our policy for more information.

 


Nearest Major Market: Miami

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