Senior Data Scientist

The Role

You will bring an exceptional academic background in a technical field combined with experience in developing and applying data science methods in a commercial context. You share our curiosity for new methods and technologies and our enthusiasm for data science challenges. You are able to communicate complex analytics concepts in a clear and concise manner to business leaders.

In this role, you will:

– You’ll need some proficient qualifications such as a BS in Mathematics, Economics, or Computer Science and as you’ll be dealing with computer software and excel spreadsheets, a competent knowledge of computers is an absolute necessity.

Qualifications and Skills

– Deep and passionate knowledge of software engineering principles, practices

– Proven knowledge of object-oriented programming e.g. Scala, Java, C++ etc.

– Knowledge of at least one scripting language e.g. Python, Perl, R etc.

– Deep knowledge of testing frameworks and libraries

– Good knowledge of database management languages e.g. SQL, PostgreSQL

– Knowledge of statistics, machine learning and data analytics techniques

– Knowledge of Big Data technologies, such as Spark, Hadoop/MapReduce is desirable but not essential

– Commercial application of data science work is desired but not essential