Data Scientist

Responsibilities:

• Work with stakeholders, identifying opportunities for leveraging data to solve for business challenges
• Identify valuable data sources / data sets that can be leveraged to improve results
• Analyze data to interpret against business opportunity and discover trends and patterns
• Process, cleanse, and verify the integrity of structured / unstructured data used for analysis
• Research and implement custom statistical models and machine learning algorithms
• Execute analytical experiments methodically to evolve an idea into successful solution
• Coordinate with engineering and software development team to integrate model into continuous business / process / software cycle
• Present information using data visualization techniques
• Communicate results and ideas to key stakeholders / decision makers
  
  

Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Math or relevant field
• 7+ years' practical experience as a Data Scientist with proven track record
• Strong math skills (e.g. statistics, algebra, multi-variable calculus)
• Expertise with R, SQL and Python; familiarity with Scala, Java or C++ is an asset
• Extensive background in data mining and statistical analysis
• Deep understanding of real-life applicability and limitations of machine-learning algorithms
• Problem-solving aptitude
• Analytical mind and business acumen
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
  
  

Skills and Experience:

• Experience with B2B, Financial Industry, Asset Management, Sales & Marketing is highly desired
• Knowledge of a variety of machine learning techniques (clustering, decision tree learning, artificial neural networks, etc.) and their real-world advantages/drawbacks
• Knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and concepts (regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests and proper usage, etc.) and experience with applications
• Knowledge and experience in statistical and data mining techniques: GLM/Regression, Random Forest, Boosting, Trees, text mining, social network analysis, etc
• Expertise in querying Relational / No-SQL databases and using statistical programming languages like R, Python, etc
  
  

Rate range - $55-$60

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