Data Scientist

Responsibilities

• Develop analytic models, create and provide analysis code, and work with internal or external stakeholders to validate accuracy of production code.
• Work closely with data scientists and analysts to design and develop data mining and machine learning algorithms to solve business and customer problems.
• Implement automated processes for scaling models.
• Participate in engagement and discovery sessions between data scientists to identify problems/gaps as well as innovation opportunities that can be solved or enabled by the data analytic and modeling.
• Consult with internal and external clients regarding analytic solution implementation, score calculations, analytic output, and statistical techniques.
• Interpret, document and successfully communicate analytic work, requirements, and/or results to stakeholders, including those in non-analytic roles.
• Conduct analysis and produce reports in support of both existing and new product development and/or customer sales.
• Proactively identify and communicate data quality issues and successfully work with other teams to implement solutions.

Required Skills

• High degree of creative, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong object-oriented design and coding skills.
• Ability to learn quickly and communicate effectively.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively.
• Must be able to work independently with minimal guidance.
• Must be proactive and energetic.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a positive attitude.

Required Experience

• Experience with R, Python or similar software packages.
• Experience with database management technologies in the data analytics context.
• Experience writing queries with SQL.
• Experience working with AWS.
• Experience working with Hadoop and other distributed computing frameworks.
• Experience with version control through Git.
• Experience with data manipulation techniques.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a closely related field.