Data Scientist - Flexible Working Available
- Employer
- WMRecruit
- Location
- Homeworking
- Salary
- £55K +
- Closing date
- 12 Apr 2020
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- Sector
- Technology & Digital, Marketing, Advertising, PR, Senior Management
- Hours
- Full Time
- Flexibility
- Home working available, Flexible working available
- Contract Type
- Permanent
Job Details
We have an amazing opportunity for a Data Scientist with as little as 6 months experience to join a fantastic business.
The role is within a funded start-up who have developed a B2B data intelligence
platform. The successful applicant will work closely with other Data Scientist to create
a wide range of commercial data science models utilizing a state-of-the-art Azure
Data Platform. The role is ideal for an experienced data scientist who has an
excellent understanding of how to write efficient PySpark code. It would also be a great option for a more Junior candidate with relevant experience.
Main Accountabilities and Responsibilities
- Develop a range of machine learning models via the full lifecycle process
{business understanding, feature engineering, prototyping, training, evaluation}
- Work with engineering team to deploy accepted models
- Create visualisations to articulate model results and performance
- Create presentations which tell the story of these models, utilising the
visualisations
- Work collaboratively with the engineering, platform, product and wider business
teams
- Work within a DataOps framework
Knowledge,Expertise and Qualifications
- Degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, engineering or similar
- Masters or PHD an advantage
- Have created advanced prediction and classification models in PySpark
(Experience of Databricks is a huge plus)
- Experience working on big data problems using cloud technology
- Deeply experienced within creation of statistical models and comfortable working
with imperfect data
- Experience in data visualisation techniques and tools
- Demonstrable knowledge of modelling (e.g. cluster analysis, decision trees,
regression, propensity modelling, Bayesian etc.)
- Experience in using version control software an advantage (e.g Git, Azure
DevOps etc.)
- Experience of graph database/network analysis an advantage (e.g. Neo4J), but
not essential
Personal Qualities
- Excellent verbal & written communication and presentation skills, with well-
structured and analytical approach.
- Structured in code development and annotation, ensuring usability for others
- Highly commercially aware, particularly in prioritising time.
Company
WM Recruit is the recruiting division of Workingmums.co.uk with a focus on female talent, flexible working and gender diversity. We work with a variety of employers, both big and small, who wish to recruit for full time, part time and flexible roles.
- Location
-
London
GB
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