Principal Data Scientist - Information Services Firm - IIT/NIT/BITS/IISc

On an Embark for a Principal Data Scientist to lead the development of Analytics products and participate in tasks that use advanced statistical modeling and machine learning techniques for a leading Information Services firm.

Responsibility : 

- Lead the development of Analytics products and participate in tasks that use advanced statistical modeling and machine learning techniques.

- Perform complete life cycle of analytics project from data gathering, data manipulation, modeling, validation and model deployment. (50% hands-on role)

- Work with business stakeholders and product managers to deliver outstanding products that exceed customer expectations

- Handle project management and stakeholder management activities and take full ownership of quality and timeliness of product deliverables

- Manage 2-3 members

Skills required:

- Core statistical modeling, Data Science experience, working on Time series, econometric analysis ( Eg: ARIMA/ARIMAX, ARCH/GARCH, BSTS, VAR, Dynamic Regression etc.

- Good knowledge of Econometric modeling techniques like Generalized linear models, Probit/Logit Regression, Cointegration, Causality Test etc.

- Ability to perform complex data analysis and statistical modelling in Python and or R

Knowledge of RDBMS concepts and experience working with SQL

Education:

Master's or higher degree in a quantitative discipline (Econometrics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics) or Bachelors in the above with a Data Science Certification from Premier institute (Tier 1 only)