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Job date: 2017-06-14
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Company : KAR Auction Services Inc Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job date: 2017-06-14
End Date:
Company : KAR Auction Services Inc Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job Description:
Fantastic opportunity to join a growing Data Sciences team in a rapidly expanding company! We are looking for a Data Scientist to extract value from existing and new data sources to discover actionable insights, deliver high value solutions, and drive new business opportunities. Responsibilities: 3 to 5 years of relevant industry experience
Experience in data extraction, data manipulation and analysis
Experience with Unix/Linux system architecture and command line tools
Experience with scripting languages required, such as python, bash, AWK or perl
Experience with advanced data systems, preferably Hadoop, Hive and MySQL
Experience with complex computational systems
Experience with data visualization technologies such as d3, HighCharts, matplotlib or Tableau
Requirements:
Additional Info:
KAR is an equal opportunity employer. KAR is a drug-free workplace. [Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
Fantastic opportunity to join a growing Data Sciences team in a rapidly expanding company! We are looking for a Data Scientist to extract value from existing and new data sources to discover actionable insights, deliver high value solutions, and drive new business opportunities. Responsibilities:
- Analyze large data sets to discover business insights
- Interpret and communicate analytic results to technical and non-technical business partners and executive decision makers
- Visualize and report data findings creatively in a variety of formats for both technical and non-technical audiences
- Interpret problems and develop solutions to business problems using data analysis, data mining, optimization tools, machine learning techniques, and statistics
- Apply statistical modeling, machine learning, experimental design, optimization, simulation, and operational research to solve business problems
- Partner with internal teams to define and prioritize informational requirements
- Display strong teamwork and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate to all levels of management
- Design A/B tests to evaluate behaviors
- Develop and update data models, tracking results against forecasts, and re-specifying when required
- Research and evaluate new analytical methodologies, approaches and solutions
- Evaluate third-party analysis tools for possible use within the company
- Ability to perform thorough analysis of complex data, draw sound conclusions, and devise actionable strategies
- Expertise in predictive modeling and machine learning
- Expertise in database design and a working knowledge of SQL
- Demonstrated experience with statistical programming languages (i.e. R, Python, MatLab) and application to data mining/machine learning algorithms
- Exceptional analytic, inductive and deductive reasoning skills
- Strong mathematical and statistics skills
- Ability to communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner
- Ability to independently analyze needs, document requirements, develop solutions, and implement systems
- Proven ability to think and work in an organized and effective manner in an environment that has rapidly shifting and often contradictory demands and priorities
- Strong interpersonal and communications skills (both written and oral) including the ability to communicate complex technical/statistical concepts to a non-technical audience
Education and Experience:
Education: MS or PhD degree in a relevant technical field (i.e. Bioinformatics, Statistics, Electrical Engineering/Computer Science, Physics, Math, Finance) is required. Required Experience:- 1 or more years of relevant industry experience with a proven track record of leveraging data analysis to drive significant business impact
- 1 or more years of experience using a programming language (i.e. R, Python) in analytical modeling and algorithm development
- 1 or more years of experience manipulating large datasets and using SQL to query databases
- Must be willing and able to travel up to 10%.
Requeriments :
- M.Sc. or higher Degree in Bioinformatics
- M.Sc. or higher Degree in Computer Science
- M.Sc. or higher Degree in Statistics
Skills :
- Data Mining
- Database design
- Lunix/Unix
- Machine Learning
- Mathematics
- Modeling
- MySQL
- Programing in Python
- Programming in Matlab
- Programming in PERL
- Programming in R
- SQL
- Statistics
Areas :
Additional Info:
KAR is an equal opportunity employer. KAR is a drug-free workplace. [Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]