Data Scientist
Summary
A 6+ month contract Data Scientist role in Sunnyvale focused on building end-to-end machine learning pipelines on large datasets — from data exploration and feature engineering to model building, evaluation, and online testing — using Java/Scala/C++, Python, and big data tools like Hadoop, Hive, and Spark.
Position: Data Scientist
Location: Sunnyvale
Duration: 6 Months +
Minimum Qualifications
- 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.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.