Data Scientist
Ubertal Inc.Sunnyvale, California, United States
Posted June 2, 2016
Contract / Temporary
About the Company
Ubertal Inc., established in 2011 in Silicon Valley, specializes in creating disruptive technology solutions to accelerate innovation for high-growth software companies. The company offers a range of services including technology services, staffing, recruiting, and executive recruiting. Ubertal leverages its expertise to identify common business challenges, develop proprietary software solutions, and collaborate with clients to innovate faster and stay ahead of the competition.
Job Description
Data Scientist position available in Sunnyvale, CA for a 6-month contract. PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, or related field required, or Master's degree with 2 years of experience. Strong programming skills and knowledge of machine learning, data mining, and statistics required.
Requirements
- PhD in Computer Science, Statistics or related field; OR a Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Statistics or related field and 2 years of related experience.
- Knowledge of machine learning, information retrieval, data mining, statistics, NLP or related field.
- Programming skills in one of the following languages: Java, Scala, C/C++.
- Knowledge of one of the scripting languages such as Python or Perl.
- Experience analyzing and interpreting the results of product experiments.
- Knowledge of statistical languages such as R.
- Experience working with large data sets and distributed computing tools (Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, or Spark).
- Working knowledge of Relational Data Base Systems and SQL.
- Experience managing end-to-end machine learning pipeline from data exploration, feature engineering, model building, performance evaluation, and online testing with big data set.
- Excellent communications and organizational skills
- Prior experience in this area with eCommerce or Online Retail would be a plus.
