CarDekho.com - Data Scientist/Analytics Specialist

Job Description for Data Scientist :

Overview :

- CarDekho is looking for a Analytics Specialist/Data Scientist, who can bring his or her quantitative abilities to bring out predictive insights.

- The individual will act as a source of truth for all statistical questions/hypothesis/algorithms

- He or She will be a part of Central Analytics team and build statistical models for their predictive modelling exercise.

Duties & Responsibilities :

- Make use of exploratory and descriptive data mining techniques in order to fully characterize the nature, structure, quality, and information content of the data.

- Create predictive models based on high-complexity, high-dimensional data sets

Design and develop statistical models that will include :

- Research on innovative algorithms/methods

- Define Objective function and build hypothesis

- Identify, Prioritize and Transform variables for model building

- Build, validate, and Refine model output based on use cases and scenarios

- Work with the technology team to deploy models in production environment

- Contribute in sharing the impact of the model to the business

Qualification :

- Graduate/Post-graduate in Data Science/Engineering from Tier 1/2 colleges, with experience in statistical modelling and Machine Learning

- Candidates who have a background in statistical computing and machine learning will only be favored.

Must have :

- Hands on experience in developing and implementing methods in predictive analytics & computational statistics is required

- Proven experience in advanced statistical algorithms - Multivariate Regression, Logistics, GLM, Random Forest etc.

- Hands on experience in Big Data/ Hadoop/ Machine Learning, Random Forest, Decision Tree, SVM etc.

- Statistical computing in R, Python - Strong experience in at least one; Familiarity with SQL and query performance optimization is a Plus .

Good to have :

- Experience in Internet companies

- Proficiency in data handling - ETL, SQL and NoSQL Databases

- Good communication and documentation skill

About us :

- GirnarSoft, an ISO 9001 certified company, is a business value focused IT company working on offshore products and outsourced software development.

- We have our market Leading Brand - Cardekho which is ranked as #1 Auto portal in India with the other associated brands - Bikedekho, Pricedekho, Gaadi.com, Collegedekho, and Tyredekho vying to enviously position themselves as well.

- GirnarSoft has raised USD 50 Million with funding led by Hillhouse Capital with participation from Tybourne Capital and Sequoia Capital. Mr. Ratan Tata has also invested in us in his personal capacity. Our growth story has also been endorsed by HDFC bank.

- In the last 7 years Girnarsoft has carved a niche in its business field, and is valued over $300+ Mn Dollars

- We have ambitious growth plans: our vision is to be a Multi-Billion $ company by 2021, and are looking for astute professionals like you to lead us on to our success.

- Girnarsoft is the brainchild of 2 IIT Engineer brothers, Mr. Amit Jain (CEO and Co-Founder) and Mr. Anurag Jain (COO and Co-Founder)

- We are today a strength of 1400: with our determined growth plans our strength will almost double in the next year

- Our management has a string of professionals from IITs, IIMs, XLRI, ISB and so on, with experience in top companies, both MNCs and Indian giants.