Job Summary:
Continental Resources is a leading company in the energy sector, and they are seeking a Senior Engineer, Data Science to design and operationalize advanced analytics and AI/ML solutions. This role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to develop data-driven solutions that enhance operations across subsurface, drilling, and production functions.
Responsibilities:
โข Leads the design, development, and deployment of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning solutions for upstream subsurface and well operations, including physics-informed and hybrid modeling approaches for reservoir, drilling, and production optimization.
โข Builds advanced Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning solutions for commercial analytics use cases such as pricing, supply chain, marketing, and trading to improve profitability and decision speed.
โข Executes complex AI initiatives from ideation and discovery through model development, deployment, and sustainment as part of integrated, enterprise-level teams.
โข Architects and implements reliable data pipelines and features using modern data platforms (e.g., Databricks, cloud services), ensuring data quality, lineage, and performance for analytics workloads.
โข Applies Machine Learning Ops best practices to automate training, testing, deployment, monitoring, and model lifecycle management at scale in production environments.
โข Translates complex business problems into analytical approaches with clear hypotheses, success criteria, and measurable outcomes across upstream and commercial domains.
โข Develops and delivers communications that convey a clear understanding of technical concepts, model results, and business implications to diverse technical and non-technical audiences.
โข Builds strong partnerships and cross-functional relationships with geoscience, engineering, operations, commercial, IT, and leadership stakeholders to drive adoption and sustain business impact.
โข Gains the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and follow-through while championing responsible and secure use of data and AI.
โข Actively seeks new ways to grow and be challenged by staying current on emerging Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, generative AI, optimization, and computational techniques relevant to energy and integrating them where they add value.
โข Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Required:
โข Bachelor of Science in Petroleum, Mechanical, Chemical, or related Engineering discipline from an accredited college or university and Master of Science in Data Science, or a closely related data science or analytics field, from an accredited college or university.
โข Minimum five (5) years of hands-on experience delivering production-grade data science/Machine Learning solutions, including end-to-end lifecycle from discovery to deployment and sustainment.
โข Proficiency in Python and SQL; experience with Machine Learning frameworks and tooling (e.g., scikit-learn, PyTorch/TensorFlow), and data platforms such as Databricks and cloud services.
โข Experience building and maintaining data pipelines and features and applying Machine Learning Ops practices for model deployment and monitoring in enterprise environments.
โข Demonstrated ability to partner with technical and business domains in energy, including upstream subsurface, drilling/completions, production operations, and/or commercial analytics such as pricing, supply chain, marketing, or trading.
โข An acceptable pre-employment background and drug test.
Preferred:
โข Oil and gas industry experience, particularly in upstream engineering, subsurface, drilling and completions, production operations, or commercial energy analytics.
โข Background in computational sciences, optimization, or high-performance computing for engineering applications.
โข Familiarity with enterprise data governance, security, and responsible AI practices in regulated environments.
โข Five (5) or more years of combined oil and gas engineering/domain experience and applied data science experience.
Company:
Continental Resources is focused on the exploration and production of onshore oil prone plays and is a Top 10 independent oil producer. Founded in 1967, the company is headquartered in Oklahoma City, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.