The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  Illinois Tool Works is hiring a Data Analyst in Cambridge, MA.

• Role description

  Our Data Analyst role in Cambridge, MA is a chance to build Plotly infrastructure from a clean slate, which at Illinois Tool Works happens rarely and matters enormously. A $113,000 - $157,000 contract role for a mid-level professional ready to own deliverables and grow within a high-trust team.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Build Scikit-learn dashboards so Illinois Tool Works's technology team stops asking engineers for numbers
  • Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and Scikit-learn libraries
  • Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging Plotly and Process Improvement
  • Pair with technology analysts so Illinois Tool Works's MLOps models match real behavior
  • Ship incremental improvements to Illinois Tool Works's Cambridge platform on a regular cadence
  • Guard the Feature Engineering codebase quality through reviews that teach as much as they catch

  What You'll Bring

  • The grit to debug at 4pm on a Friday without complaint
  • Fluency in Scikit-learn earned the hard way, not just from a tutorial
  • A history of leaving technology processes better than you found them
  • Hands-on command of Decision Making, with Feature Engineering as a close second
  • Familiarity with Illinois Tool Works-scale workflows, or the appetite to reach them
  • Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
  • Comfort with an Illinois Tool Works pace that rarely sits still

  Everything Illinois Tool Works ships starts as a community-minded argument in a Cambridge conference room about how TensorFlow should really work. We hire for character and genuinely-flexible thinking, then trust the rest to follow.

  Your offer at Illinois Tool Works: $113,000 - $157,000, a mentor, generous benefits, and the Cambridge, MA flexibility to grow on your own clock.

  Live and hiring this very moment for the Cambridge, MA team.

  Whatever brought you to this listing, let it carry you all the way to the apply form.

• Required skills

  • MLOps
  • Scikit-learn
  • Power BI
  • Plotly
  • Clustering
  • TensorFlow
  • Feature Engineering
  • Decision Making
  • Process Improvement

• Benefits & perks

  • Fully remote position
  • Compressed Workweek
  • Assistive technology support
  • Identity theft protection
  • 401(k) matching
  • Spot bonuses and recognition awards
  • Health coaching

• Apply before 2026-08-29

  Submit your application for this Contract technology position.