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On-Call Maintenance Specialist, Data Science - Contract Role (India)

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Job type
Contract
Work mode
Remote
Posted
6 Oct 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

This contract role is suited for data professionals who want to maintain and update online educational content on a remote basis. The On-Call Maintenance Specialist, Data Science position involves joining a contractor pool to review, update, and troubleshoot online courses and programs for Udacity in India.

Role Overview

Udacity, an Accenture company, operates an online learning platform providing corporate technical training. The School of Data Science is building a contractor pool to ensure its catalog of courses and Nanodegrees remains technically accurate, pedagogically sound, and aligned with industry practices. Contractors work as individual contributors while collaborating with Udacity team members and other roles like Content Developers, Program Managers, and Learning Architects.

Key Responsibilities

Analyze course performance metrics such as lesson ratings, pass rates, and qualitative feedback to identify content requiring updates.
Review student feedback at scale to prioritize actionable improvements.
Address student-reported issues through bug fixes by updating classroom instructions, debugging code in Jupyter notebooks, VS Code workspaces, and SQL exercises, and fixing broken queries or outdated screenshots.
Update course content to align with the latest tools and technologies by refreshing tutorials, exercises, projects, project rubrics, starter code, and data sets.
Update Udacity Workspaces using the in-house Studio tool, install and validate updated Python and R packages, and update project starter code for newer programming environments.
Test and troubleshoot Cloud Labs for data engineering and architecture content to verify necessary cloud services are enabled, and troubleshoot student access and permission issues in AWS and Azure.

Requirements

Strong understanding of core data skills including data wrangling, exploratory data analysis, basic statistics, writing and optimizing SQL queries, and building data visualizations and dashboards.
Hands-on experience.

Skills and Tools

Python
R
SQL
Power BI
Tableau
Spreadsheets
Airflow
Kafka
Spark
AWS
Azure
Redshift
Synapse
Databricks
Jupyter Notebooks
VS Code Workspaces

About the Company

Udacity is an Accenture company operating an immersive online learning platform that powers corporate technical training in fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Autonomous Systems, and Cloud Computing. Recognized as a CNBC Top 50 Disruptor, the organization addresses talent shortages and skill gaps during digital transformation journeys.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should apply on the official company careers page.

Skills and tech stack

PythonRSQLPower BITableauAirflowKafkaSparkAWSAzureRedshiftSynapseDatabricksJupyterVS CodeDockerKubernetesMachine Learning

Questions candidates ask

What is the format of this position?

This is a contract role operating on an on-call basis as a member of a contractor pool.

Where is the position located?

The position is remote in India.

What tools and environments are used to manage course content?

Courses utilize Udacity Workspaces such as Jupyter Notebooks, SQL workspaces, and VS Code workspaces, alongside Udacity Cloud Labs for AWS and Azure.

Who do contractors collaborate with at Udacity?

Contractors work closely with Udacity team members and may collaborate with Content Developers, Program Managers, and Learning Architects.

What triggers a course maintenance project?

Key performance metrics, student satisfaction, lesson ratings, and page-level feedback help determine when a course requires maintenance.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Udacity careers page.

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