Fractal Analytics - Data Scientist - Customer Analytics

Data Scientist

Associate Director

Mumbai

Position Expectations Our Customer Loyalty Analytics team needs a hands-on data scientist with the capability to perform independent statistical and ML research and develop & code production-grade novel algorithms for our customer hyper-personalization solution. If you are an exceptional data scientist with a zest for exploring new techniques and technologies, then we would like to talk with you.

- You would be responsible for managing, developing, maintaining and marketing the customer hyper-personalization solution suite at Fractal.

- The role would involve conducting research and prototyping innovations; data and requirements gathering; solution scoping and architecture; consulting clients and client facing teams on advanced statistical and machine learning problems - especially in the areas of customer analytics.

- The role would also involve testing various machine learning and analytical tools, especially in the big data space, to scale prototypes to production-grade systems. Familiarity with big data technologies and distributed computing concepts will be an advantage.

The Person

Qualification & Experience 3+ years of demonstrable experience designing ML/statistical solutions to complex business problems at scale; developing & testing modular, reusable, efficient and scalable code to implement those solutions.

Ideally, this would include the following:

- Hands-on experience working in a product development environment.

- Expert-level proficiency in at least one of R or Python's (preferred) data science stack.

- Expert-level proficiency in statistical/ML predictive techniques such as regression, Bayesian methods, tree-based learners, SVM, time-series modeling etc.

- Demonstrable experience of formulating a problem statement and implementing analytical solutions by gathering understanding from amorphous functional requirements and available data.

- Fair understanding of distributed computing in multicore and/or clusters, especially using R/Python.

- Ability to work in a team in an agile setting, familiarity with version control systems

- Thorough grasp on RDBMS and data management concepts as well as fluency in SQL scripting.

- Operating knowledge of cloud computing platforms (AWS, especially EMR, EC2, S3, and the AWS CLI) would be an added advantage

In addition, the ideal candidate would have great problem solving skills, and the ability & confidence to hack their way out of tight corners.

Education

MS / M.Tech (preferred) or BS / B.Tech. in a field with significant quantitative training such as Computer Science, ECE, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics, Economics, Finance etc.