Sr. Data Scientist - 80663
Data Science - USA Tampa, Florida
The Identity / Cross-Functional Development team develops and implements products that measure and predict audience for various types of content and ad campaigns across TV and Digital platforms. We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to contribute to R & D initiatives across the team. Responsibilities include enhancing and maintaining methodologies to estimate audience (and its demographic composition) for specific programs and identifying areas of future development. While working on these methodologies, emphasis should be placed on automation, scalability, and object-oriented coding that can be leveraged to build various products relying on the metrics already available within Nielsen.
What will I do?
• Identify and code innovative machine / deep-learning methodologies to estimate audience based on large volumes of data from various sources
• Work with Agile, cross-functional scrum teams to productionalize, validate, and optimize methodologies
• Support deployment and maintenance of data pipelines and models in a production environment
• Develop and implement strategies to automate production of methodologies
• Stay abreast of developments in quantitative research methodology and changing technologies in the marketplace and proactively identify applications of these latest developments to improve existing methods
• Provide support for technical guidance and training of other team members
• Summarize, document, and communicate research findings to audiences of varying levels of technical subject matter expertise
Is this for me?
• Master’s degree in statistics, mathematics, social sciences, biological/physical sciences, computer science, or some other quantitative research field
• At least 2 years research experience in a business setting
• Outstanding statistical and analytical skills with expertise in machine/ deep- learning techniques
• Some knowledge of Bayesian inference and probabilistic programming
• Proficiency in Python
• Experience with big data technologies (e.g., Spark, AWS)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Software engineering experience, including version control, unit/integration testing, code review and sharing (preferably in Git)
• Some knowledge of Natural Language Processing preferred
• Some knowledge of data visualization tools/packages preferred
• Some experience working within Agile teams preferred
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Job Type: Regular
Primary Location : Tampa , Florida
Secondary Locations: IL - Chicago, NY - New York City, MD - Columbia,
Travel: No