Data Scientist

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You As a Data Scientist Will

• Rapidly prototype and deploy machine learning models to unlock actionable insights and solve real business challenges across a lean, dynamic team
• Leverage your knowledge of statistical methods and applications; expertise with data mining tools and techniques; and advanced analytical ability to derive actionable insights
• Analyze and dissect large, structured and unstructured datasets to identify meaningful patterns
• Seek out and experiment with new tools, open-source solutions, and partnerships to accelerate automation and innovation in our core business
• Support the development of robust, scalable data pipelines and help ship predictive models to production—adapting best practices to our unique startup context.
• Assist with the creation of informative visualizations that intuitively displays large amounts of data and/or complex relationships
• Communicate and explain complex algorithm and its outputs to business stakeholders in a succinct and coherent manner

Is this the right role for you?

• 2+ years of experience as a Data Scientist.
• Graduate or post-graduate university degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or Statistics, Engineering or equivalent.
• Extensive experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches.
• Comfort manipulating and analyzing complex, high-volume, high dimensionality data from varying sources.
• Experience with very large datasets. Familiarity with relational, SQL, and NoSQL databases.
• Expert knowledge of statistical analysis tools such as R, Matlab, Python or equivalent. Fluency with scripting languages such as Python or other.
• Familiarity with basic statistical applications and machine learning algorithms (eg. linear/logistic regression, SVM, gradient boosting trees, supervised/unsupervised learning, deep learning).

Go ahead and be yourself. We'll pay you for it
We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome people of any age, culture, subculture, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnicity, race, size, mental or physical status, veteran status, religion, language, political opinion, working-style preference, family status, education, and socio-economic status. The EllisDon core values of
Integrity and Mutual Respect
welcomes
everyone
, at work and in the community, and our value of
Mutual Accountability,
means that we all have a role to play. As an EllisDon employee, this will ultimately be
your
commitment to Inclusive Diversity.

Accommodation for Applicants with disabilities will be made during the recruitment process when requested.

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