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Soothsayer is seeking a Junior Data Scientist who has experience and interest in solving challenging big data problems. The ideal candidate has expertise and interest to solve interesting business problems using large-scale analytics and algorithms. The Data Science team works on a variety of exciting analytics and modeling projects.

Responsibilities

• Solve cutting edge, challenging problems working alongside a great team of world class data scientists and analytics experts
• Effectively identify, prioritize and communicate data requirements supporting analytics that deliver key business insights
• Having a passion for solving interesting and challenging big data problems
• Expert and desire to be hands on as well as lead teams to solve interesting business problems using large-scale analytics and algorithms
• Reframe business, and product objectives as machine learning tasks that can deliver actionable insights and accurate predictions
• Communicate results to scientific, business, and editorial stakeholders
• Mine data to prototype models for targeting and personalization
• Collaborate with other engineers, data scientists, and product/business people
• Execute your machine learning research with reliability and reproducibility

Key Skills

R, Python, NoSQL, Visualization Software

Education & Experience

• Bachelors in computer science, applied mathematics, or equivalent.
• 1 year of experience across one or more of the following disciplines: analytics, data warehousing, software engineering
• 1 year experience with open source machine learning tools built in Python or R
• 1 year experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Ruby, Perl, Bash)
• Data engineering experience, including SQL and manipulating large structured or unstructured datasets for analysis
• Good to have knowledge with MapReduce/Hadoop and related technologies (e.g., Pig, Hive, Cascading). Familiarity with Amazon Web Services and Elastic MapReduce a plus
• Hands on experience with implementing machine learning algorithms and models
• NLP experience is a plus
• Excellent data presentation skills

Soothsayer Analytics is an Equal Opportunity Employer and e-Verify Company.

• Soothsayer Analytics is a Data Science company based out of Livonia, MI and offices in Columbus, OH and offshore in Hyderabad India. Advanced Analytics firm focused on Pattern Recognition and Unstructured Data.
• Our team actively works with, creates, and researches cutting edge Data Science techniques. We approach each problem individually and architect custom solutions.
• Our strength lies in our ability to build and productize proprietary algorithms and analytical tools.
• Advised by 10 industry experts whose domain knowledge we leverage to better architect industry specific solutions.
• Our delivery partners include 20+ Data Scientists with a combined 75 Patents and 300+ Publications.
• We collaborate with this brain trust to keep us abreast of state-of-the-art techniques and to help deliver world-class results. We utilize cutting edge Machine Learning and Statistical Techniques to extract Hidden Insights and Patterns from Complex, High Dimensional, and Unstructured Data.
• Our major clients include: DOW Chemicals, Ford, Visteon, D&B, Timken, US steels, Steelcase, Abercrombie, Express, Stanley Steemer, Whirlpool, AEP, NiSource, GEA, etc.
• Soothsayer Analytics is an Equal Opportunity Employer and e-Verify Company.