We are looking for a smart and experienced analytics manager who can lead a team of analysts to build and deploy predictive models to infuse core business functions with deep analytical insights. The Senior Data Scientist will also work closely with the organisation management team to investigate strategically important business questions.
Lead a team through the entire analytical life cycle:
define the problem statement
build and clean datasets
exploratory data analysis
feature engineering
apply ML algorithms and assess performance
codify for deployment
Communicate Analysis to Stakeholders
Manage Data Analysts and Data Scientists Summary of Mindset, Skills, and Experience
You should be a deeply curious person with a lot of humility and aptitude in Math and Stats to go along with your technical skills. More specifically:
Studies in Data Science/ Stats or other quantitative fields (CS, Eng, Math, Econ)
5+ years as an analytical professional role with 3+ years in a leadership role.
Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and data viz). English Fluency.
Comfort with programming (eg Python), stats tools (Pandas or R) and SQL.
Working knowledge of support tools and utilities (AWS, Git, Airflow, PySpark).
Domain knowledge in Financial Services a big plus.
Initiative, Energy, Bias for Action and a commitment to our social mission.
Skills :
- You should have a deep understanding of the standard Machine Learning algorithms and their mathematical foundations. And you should have practical experience in designing and deploying algorithms to solve business problems or and research questions.
- Excellent written, verbal, and data visualization skills to communicate findings and translate their impact to business outcomes is essential.
- You should be very comfortable with software programming (ideally Python) and statistical platforms (ideally Pandas or R).
- Working knowledge of support tools and utilities (eg. Airflow pipelines, AWS instances, Git) is a plus.
- Experience working with large data sets and query languages such as SQL, PySpark is helpful.
- You need to be able to speak English fluently. Its a bonus if you speak the language of one of the regions we operate in (Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, and/or Telegu).
- Salary
- Salary for this position will be market competitive and commensurate with candidates experience.