Antuit - Senior Data Scientist

About antuit.ai :

Antuit.ai is the leader in AI-powered SaaS solutions for Demand Forecasting & Planning, Merchandising and Pricing. We have the industry's first solution portfolio - powered by Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - that can help you digitally transform your Forecasting, Assortment, Pricing, and Personalization solutions. World-class retailers and consumer goods manufacturers leverage antuit.ai solutions, at scale, to drive outsized business results globally with higher sales, margin and sell-through.

Antuit.ai's executives, comprised of industry leaders from McKinsey, Accenture, IBM, and SAS, and our team of Ph.Ds., data scientists, technologists, and domain experts, are passionate about delivering real value to our clients. Antuit.ai is funded by Goldman Sachs and Zodius Capital.

The Role :

Antuit.ai is interested in hiring a senior data scientist who has knowledge and experience of implementing machine learning algorithms, particularly in forecasting with data science toolkits like Python and Spark to implement scalable and modular machine learning models. These machine learning models are the building blocks of Antuit's AI-powered solutions to be used by hundreds of leading Retail and Consumer Goods companies.

In this role, you will design the approach, develop, and test machine learning algorithms, and implement the solution. The candidate should have excellent communication skills and be results driven with a customer centric approach to problem solving. Experience working in the CPG / Retail demand forecasting or supply chain domain is a plus. This job also requires the ability to operate in a multi-geographic delivery environment. Excellent opportunity to learn and contribute to solving world-class data science problems.

Responsibilities :

Responsibilities includes, but are not limited to the following :

- Design, develop, test, and implement robust machine learning algorithms

- Collaborate with the client to align business requirements with data science systems and process solutions that ensure client's overall objectives are met.

- Create meaningful presentations and analyses that tell a - story- focused on insights, to communicate the results and ideas to key decision makers in Antuit and client companies

- Collaborate effectively with other development teams and solution experts to solve complex problems

- Contribute to standard business processes and practices of the DS team

- Be the subject matter expert across multiple work streams and clients

- Set a clear vision for the team members and working cohesively to attain it

- Mentor and coach team members

Qualifications and Skills :

The successful candidate will have the following profile/experience :

- Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Statistics, Math, or related fields

- 5+ years- experience implementing data analytics solutions with Python and Spark

- 5+ years- experience in forecasting and optimization problems, particularly in the CPG / Retail industry

- Experience in working with cloud Big Data Stack to orchestrate data gathering, cleansing, data preparation, and modeling

- Excellent machine learning and data analytics skills

- Excellent pattern recognition and predictive modeling skills

- Effective communication and presentation skills

- Strong inter-personal and leadership skills, and a passion to work collaboratively

- Experience working in start-up type environment preferred