Data Scientist
Qualifications:
- A strong background in advanced mathematics, in particular statistics & probability theory, data mining, and machine learning.
- 7+ years of overall professional experience, with 5+ years in data science, doing exploratory data analysis, testing hypotheses, and building prescriptive & predictive models.
- Masters (or equivalent) degree in a quantitative discipline (Statistics, Operations Research, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering etc.).
- Proficiency in a programming language of your own choice (Python, R, Matlab, etc.), and previous experience efficiently conducting research and creating on-demand reports.
- Strong Communication: ability to articulate clearly, navigate & adapt across different seniority levels.
- Ability to use statistical, algorithmic, data mining, and visualization techniques to model complex problems, find opportunities, discover solutions, and deliver actionable business insights.
- An excellent ability to learn new programming languages quickly and optimally.
- Be passionate about collaborating daily with your team and other groups while working via a distributed multi-geo global operating model.
- Be eager to help your teammates, share your knowledge with them, and learn from them.
- Ability to work with large, complex data sets to produce insights & results.
- Big pluses include significant experience managing or shipping out a product, leading a team, and working on open source projects.
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