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Data Scientist

Data Scientist

ApplyBoardKitchener
30+ days ago
Salary
CA$40.00–CA$45.00 hourly
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

The Opportunity

The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in statistics, data science, and / or pattern recognition who will be valuable to organize, interpret and transform large datasets into actionable intelligence. In this role, it is expected to use best practices to identify data-driven opportunities for innovation, build analytics, and create machine learning models for deployment across the company.

What you’ll be doing every day :

Partner with our internal teams to address their data analytics needs.

Utilize various data science skills (such as regression models, survival models, LTV models, time series analysis and prediction, etc.) to guide the various business decisions.

Guide data strategies to interpret and predict human behaviour

Work with an innovative team to shape the future using objective data-driven decisions

Identify and qualify new data sources, techniques, and datasets to enhance insight

Interpret relevant insights from diverse datasets including time-series data

Validate results using best practices in math and statistics

Visualize and present insights and models clearly and effectively to diverse audiences

There might be a need to create machine learning models to build a world-class data driven product

What you bring to the table :

Degree in mathematics, statistics, engineering, computer science, finance, or similar

3+ years of experience in Data Science and / or Machine Learning

Demonstrated ability to learn, adapt, and solve tough problems

Strong analytical skills, strong model and software development skills and an open mind

Experience and passion for applying statistical and data mining techniques to overcome real world challenges - deriving intelligence from data

Experience writing complete, clear, and concise designs, data models, and algorithms

Highly proficient at disseminating complex technical concepts in both written and oral forms with the ability to communicate this across all levels of the business

Experience building data-driven software solutions with Python

Experience querying and analyzing data using SQL

Experience with visualization tools (Tableau)

Driven, passionate and creative, and thrives in a fast-paced environment