Data Scientist

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.