Role - Data Scientist

Location - Bangalore

Skills / Experience

• Solid understanding of the mathematics related to data science - probability, statistics, linear algebra etc.
• Ability to understand business concerns and formulate them as technical problems that can be solved using data and math/stats/ML.
• Experience working as part of a product team, along with engineers and product managers, to define the problem and execute the data science solution.
• Experience working with large data sets, coming from varied sources, is a plus
• Familiarity with data engineering technologies (Kafka/Flink/Spark etc) is a plus.
• Typical background (not mandatory): Masters in a quantitative discipline with 5 - 9 years experience working as a Data Scientist in a product company (OR) PhD in a quantitative discipline with 3 - 5 years working as Data Scientist in a product company

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a product team in defining, prototyping and implementing data science models/algorithms as part of the product.
• Take ownership of the data science model end-to-end - from data collection to model building to monitoring the model in production.
• Along with product managers, own the business outcomes/metrics which the data science model/algorithm drives.
• Participate in conferences, attend and help organise meetups.
• Mentor junior colleagues, conduct internal workshops and external meetups, participate in external conferences and give talks.
• Help to make data science and data-driven decision making a part of the organization’s DNA.