Data Scientist

Req# 29996103

Title: Senior Data Analyst IV - Music Insights

Location: Culver City, CA / Santa Clara Valley, CA – Hybrid

Duration: 6 Months

Pay rate: $69.50/hr. on W2

Responsibilities:

• A key responsibility of the contractor is to move the team in the direction of scale and optimization.
• Build automated data pipelines and data solutions in Python using tools like Datalab and cron jobs.
• Help the team with an exploration of APIs and new data solutions.
• Move the team in the direction of a self-self-serve analytics model for ongoing and repeated insights asks which can be served directly to the Music Editorial team.
• Assist the team with basic data engineering tasks using Python, Tableau Prep, and Excel.
• Take over ad hoc insights solutions that have the potential to scale and convert them into long-term automated and scalable data solutions for optimization.
• Heavily worked with Tableau to design centralized data sources.
• Work with both Content and Industry Insights teams.
• Partner with DS&A and ADE teams to collaborate on centralized data aggregates and data solutions.
• Potential opportunity to work with Big Data systems and Snowflake as we explore access to databases.

Key Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience as a data analyst, data engineer, or data scientist.
• 2+ years of experience with the Hadoop Ecosystem e.g. Spark, PySpark, Hive, Presto, HMS.
• 5+ years of experience with programming languages (Python and Scala).
• 6+ years of strong experience building data and analytics solutions using APIs.
• 5+ years of experience in developing and optimizing Tableau data sources, dashboards, and stories.
• Data exploration, Transformation, and ETL experience and experience working with data from multiple data sources is strongly preferred.
• Ability to understand API Specs, identify relevant API calls, extract/transform data, and implement SQL-friendly data structures.
• Technical proficiency with SQL and relational databases.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work with multiple teams to complete critical achievements under pressure with tight deadlines.
• Experience with Jupyter Notebook preferred.
• A strong understanding of large-scale content management systems and data modeling is strongly preferred.

Description:

• Develop end-to-end reporting solutions for complex processes.
• Gather business requirements, and design and build automated reporting solutions inTableau.
• Create visually engaging reports and dashboards for effective communication of insights.
• Analyze, inspect, and create reports against various data sources including APIs.
• Enable data-driven decision-making by analyzing data from multiple sources and presenting coherent insights.
• Provide Tableau reporting expertise and knowledge to implement decision-based reporting solutions.
• Enhance and maintain existing production Tableau dashboards.

Education: BS degree, preferably with a technical background.