Description
The ideal candidate is someone who can:
Take the initiative to tackle new business problems and have the curiosity to explore large volumes of data
Seamlessly work with various business stakeholders, understand their individual needs and design custom solutions
Have the curiosity to interrogate data, conduct independent research, utilize various techniques to analyze it and, if need be, tackle ambiguous problems with maturity
Is firmly grounded in their understanding of statistical concepts and machine learning necessary to build various models, algorithms etc.
Technically strong to design solutions and reports for management
Work well within a team and collaborate with colleagues across domains and geographies
Learn the business quickly
The skills that will make you successful are:
Knowledge of advanced statistical modelling, testing, data mining, and data science techniques
Has used modeling frameworks including Scikit-learn, PyTorch, and TensorFlow
Highly proficient in Python and SQL (or any other querying language)
Has advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
Experience with Tableau and other data visualization tools would be great
Strong logical and scientific approach to problem-solving
Excellent organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to communicate complex results in a simple and concise manner at all levels within the organization
Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
Ideal candidate profile:
Must have at least 0-2 years of experience working in the data science domain
Has experience building machine learning algorithms and implementing models in production
Proficient at using Python or any other leading software/languages
Knowledge of querying languages like T-SQL and relational databases
Conceptual understanding of Hadoop and cloud computing like AWS
Demonstrated participation on platforms like Kaggle is a plus
Previous experience working on sales and marketing data is a plus
Experience with Amazon Web services
Experience with one or more of the following types of business analytics applications:
Predictive analytics for customer retention, cross sales and new customer acquisition
Pricing optimization models
Segmentation
Recommendation engines