Senior Data Scientist - Internet/Online

Some (but not all) the stuff you- ll work on:

- Analyze a large collection of location and motion sensor data to separate signal from noise and tease out driver behavior.

- Correlate location-based trends and events with other known exogenous factors to develop new models of a complex system.

- Create A/B experiments, work with engineers to implement them, and interpret their results.

- Architect our data warehousing strategy.

Skills/Requirements:

- Minimum 7 years of data scientist experience and/or PhD in statistics/signal processing/machine learning.

- Expert knowledge of an analysis tool such as R, SAS, Matlab, or Mathematica.

- Ability to write code in at least one scripting language, preferably Python.

- Excellent communication skills -- can articulate experiment goals and methodologies clearly and communicate insights in an easily accessible way to the team.

- Experience with Python, Hadoop, Machine Learning, Big Data

- Excellent project management skills- ability to drive rapid execution without losing quality

Bonus points for:

- Passion for answering difficult questions with and deriving insights from data.

- Ability to prototype algorithms and demonstrate gains on real data.

- Prior experience with driving, social and/or risk-related applications.

- Experience with big data tools (Hadoop, Hive, MapReduce) a plus.