Data Scientist

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• Job Description We are looking for an experienced Data Scientist (4+ years experience) who will help us discover information hidden in vast amounts of data and help us make smarter decisions. Your primary focus will be in doing statistical analysis ML and building high quality prediction systems that will integrate with our products. An important focus area will be the development of next generation credit decisions and risk models that will enable the company to effectively provide credit to a large under-served population in India. Other areas include leveraging data to improve the marketing funnel various classification problems fraud detection etc. This is an early team and there is a tremendous opportunity for anyone joining us this early! Responsibilities Building a rock-solid data science team Work closely with the Product & Tech teams Selecting features building and optimizing classifiers using machine learning techniques Data mining using state-of-the-art methods Doing ad-hoc analysis and presenting results in a clear manner Extending companys data with third party sources of information when needed Enhancing data collection procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic systems Back-testing of new models and working with engineering teams to get systems to production. Skills and Qualifications Solid leadership skills Excellent understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms such as k-NN Naive Bayes SVM Decision Forests etc. Good applied statistics skills such as distributions statistical testing regression etc. Proficiency in Python R Spark or related tools used from data handling to modeling to implementing Experience with common data science toolkits such as Weka NumPy etc. Excellence in at least one of these is highly desirable Experience in Credit modelling domain is very desirable. Great communication skills Experience with data visualisation tools such as GGplot etc. Proficiency in using query languages such as SQL Hive Pig Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB Cassandra HBase is a plus. Good scripting and programming skills. Aid in effectively integrating techniques and solutions developed with the base application. Python/Java skills are desirable. Data-oriented personality ability to work with high level objectives and formalising approaches and solutions. Phd/Masters/Bachelors in CS/Applied Math/Stats - good exposure to Applied Math/Statistics and good real world experience in solving problems using ML techniques. Please refer to the Job description above

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