Senior Data Scientist - Internet/Online

4-6 years

Roles & Responsibilities:

- We're looking for a Senior Data Scientist with expertise in machine learning, natural language processing, and text analytics.

- To be able to develop robust, scalable and maintainable machine learning models to answer business problems against large data sets

- Self-motivated and driven to satisfy intellectual curiosity through the pursuit of learning and development of new skills.

Data Analytics

- Experience working with some of the statistical models such as linear/logistic regression, clustering, support vector machines (SVM) neural networks, Random Forest, CRF, Bayesian models, supervised/unsupervised learning, etc. The ideal candidate will have a wide coverage of the different methods/models, and an in depth knowledge of some.

- Knowledge of Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques (POS Tagging, NER, Semantic Role Labelling etc.)

- Utilize statistical natural language processing to mine unstructured data, and create insights;

- Perform elements of data cleaning, feature selection and feature engineering and organize experiments in conjunction with best practices

- Creating dynamic decision making processes and trying to predict future events from the historical data.

- Benchmark, apply, and test algorithms against success metrics. Interpret the results in terms of relating those metrics to the business process

- Visualize data to tell compelling stories

Requirements:

- Strong Working Python, R

- Background in natural language processing and/or machine learning

- Strong Computer Science fundamentals (algorithms, data structures)

- Industry experience developing multi-threaded applications

- Mathematical background (probability & statistics) a strong plus

- Strong communications and interpersonal skills a must

- Knowledge of SQL, PL/SQL and standard RDBMSs a plus