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Mid-Level Data Scientist

Data privacy, business opportunity.

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The Challenge

With a rapidly growing backlog, the Mid Data Scientist was overwhelmed. The manual nature of the work led to inconsistent outputs and delayed turnaround times, directly impacting the company's ability to scale its Data & Analytics operations effectively.

"A company automated feature engineering, model evaluation reports, and A/B test statistical analysis."

Interactive ROI Model

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Live Model
$160,000

Includes salary, benefits, equity, and taxes.

$5,400

Includes SaaS fees, tokens, and maintenance.

Your Projected Savings
$154,600
97% cheaper than human labor
ROI Multiple
29.6x
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The Solution

The team built a multi-step agentic pipeline using Claude Opus with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) over their internal knowledge base. The agent ingests context, generates work product, self-evaluates against a rubric, and only surfaces items that need human review.

Model Architecture
Claude Opus
Primary Function
Autonomous Data Scientist Workflow

Productivity Analysis

Human Capacity
1,880 hrs/yr

40hr week, minus PTO, holidays

Agent Capacity
8,760 hrs/yr

24/7/365 · No downtime

4.6x Productivity Multiplier

An AI agent delivers 6,880 additional operational hours per year compared to a human employee — equivalent to hiring 5 additional FTEs.

Key Results

Six months post-deployment, the team hasn't looked back. The agent generates 6,880 additional productive hours annually. The $155k savings funded two new strategic hires in positions that actually require human judgment.

Why This Works

Zero Payroll Tax Burden

No FICA, FUTA, or state UI taxes.

No Equity Dilution

Eliminate stock grants and vesting liabilities.

Instant Knowledge Transfer

No 3-6 month ramp-up period.

Deterministic Output

Consistent quality with no fatigue.

No Benefits Overhead

No health insurance or 401k match.

Infinite Scalability

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