The job assumes a foundation of core data science skills enriched with curiosity, delivery experience in commercial environments, great customer and communication skills, and the experience to lead and mentor less experienced team members. More specifically:
4+ years data science background
Experience with data science project delivery work, including the awareness of operationalizing a solution in production
Proven experience implementing and deploying advanced analytics solutions for large commercial customers in complex heterogeneous environments
Strong communication skills and preference for teamwork
Demonstrated team lead or project management background
Experience leading sales conversations, presentations, and customer workshops
We think that an ideal candidate would be characterized by of the following:
Master’s degree or above, or equivalent industry experience, in machine learning, mathematics, computer science, statistics or a related quantitative discipline is preferred. We find people with applied experience in natural sciences, quantitative social sciences and engineering do well.
Familiarity with cloud technologies
Demonstrated interest in and familiarity with data science workflow and methodology supporting the need to move systems into production and support (MLOps)
Desire to mentor and contribute to the global AI community
Ability to deal with data preparation effectively
Good command of visualization tools (e.g. SAP, Tableau, R Shiny, QlikView, PowerBI)
Ability to write good code in one of the following: R, Java, Python, F#, C#, Scala
Knowledge of data engineering tools, languages, or libraries: Databricks, Hadoop, Mahout, Apache Spark
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