Job ID: 10513949
Job date: 2017-02-26
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Company : Praedicat Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job date: 2017-02-26
End Date:
Company : Praedicat Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job Description:
We are looking for a strong candidate to join our growing team in Los Angeles. For this role, we need a creative thinker with expertise in natural language processing (NLP). Our data is amazingly rich and provides a fantastic opportunity for data scientists to create and explore algorithms that will ultimately make the world a cleaner, healthier and safer place. You will be expected to develop an understanding of Praedicat’s clients and proprietary analytics, and think creatively about how Praedicat can solve their problems through software and analytics. · Making a difference: Our products deliver data from peer-reviewed science into the workflow of business so that our clients can use it to make better decisions – cleaner technologies, safer products, a healthier environment. · Multidisciplinary collaboration: We work in teams with smart people from multiple disciplines to develop creative solutions. · Hard problems and cutting-edge technologies: Our data science, modeling and software engineering challenges are hard and innovative solutions are necessary. Responsibilities: -Work effectively with data scientists, modelers, engineers and business users to creatively find solutions to complex problems. -Perform various tasks to assist in model building, validation and deployment. -Understand and programmatically implement mathematical, statistical data, and computational solutions. -Conduct data analysis, data integration, data management and feature engineering. -Perform various tasks of data ingestion, data transformation, and data visualizations. Requirements: -Masters, Ph. D., or equivalent experience in a quantitative field (computer science, physics, mathematics, bioinformatics, etc.) -Ability to solve problems thoroughly, quickly and creatively with an eye for detail. -Hands on experience in many aspects of data management activities involving large data sets (e.g. data gathering and profiling, data analysis, test data creation, data validation). -Strong background in machine learning using unsupervised and supervised methods, statistics, information retrieval, or graph analysis. -Proven track record of leveraging large amounts of data to solve real-world problems, preferably using tools like. -Python, Hadoop, MapReduce, Pig, or Hive. -Fluent in SQL, data manipulation, and data analysis in an OLAP environment. -Experience and mastery of high level programming languages such as Python and Java. -Demonstrable experience in developing high quality production-worthy software. -Comfortable with data analysis and visualization.
Additional Info:
Praedicat is a funded FinTech startup in Los Angeles that is delivering innovative new “foresight modeling” to commercial clients built on cutting-edge big data analytics and technologies. Our cloud-based SaaS products, CoMeta™ and Oortfolio™, are pushing the limits of scalable risk modeling and big data. Our team is blazing new trails in forward-looking, science-based risk analytics using advanced machine learning algorithms and related technologies. Incentive Compensation and Benefits: Praedicat believes in a work-life balance that is supported by a competitive compensation and benefits package. All full-time regular employees are eligible for benefits such as: -Participation in Praedicat’s Stock Incentive Plan offering equity-based incentives for employees -Annual bonuses tied to individual and company performance -The ability to contribute to a Praedicat-sponsored 401(k) plan -Medical insurance coverage, with both HMO and PPO options, as well as dental and vision coverage -Generous allotment of PTO (paid time off) and official holidays each year Praedicat, Inc. is dedicated to improving corporate management of complex risks and in particular the risk that corporate activities may result in injury or financial losses to workers, customers or the public at large. Our solution relies on the mining of large, primarily text-based data sources. Our multidisciplinary team leverages cutting-edge technologies to extract metadata from scientific literature. We analyze the data with a structured approach incorporating applied legal reasoning and economics. Praedicat is developing a comprehensive system of software products designed to bring 21st Century science-based risk analytics to liability insurance and corporate risk management. We believe that by translating text-based science into risk data, we will solve our global corporate clients critical business problems and make the world cleaner, safer, and healthier at the same time. Praedicat was created by the RAND Corporation and Risk Management Solutions, Inc. after the two companies collaborated on research and development to improve the identification and prioritization of emerging risks using modeling and cutting-edge computer science. Praedicat is an independent corporation launched in March 2012. Praedicat is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with Praedicat is determined on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
We are looking for a strong candidate to join our growing team in Los Angeles. For this role, we need a creative thinker with expertise in natural language processing (NLP). Our data is amazingly rich and provides a fantastic opportunity for data scientists to create and explore algorithms that will ultimately make the world a cleaner, healthier and safer place. You will be expected to develop an understanding of Praedicat’s clients and proprietary analytics, and think creatively about how Praedicat can solve their problems through software and analytics. · Making a difference: Our products deliver data from peer-reviewed science into the workflow of business so that our clients can use it to make better decisions – cleaner technologies, safer products, a healthier environment. · Multidisciplinary collaboration: We work in teams with smart people from multiple disciplines to develop creative solutions. · Hard problems and cutting-edge technologies: Our data science, modeling and software engineering challenges are hard and innovative solutions are necessary. Responsibilities: -Work effectively with data scientists, modelers, engineers and business users to creatively find solutions to complex problems. -Perform various tasks to assist in model building, validation and deployment. -Understand and programmatically implement mathematical, statistical data, and computational solutions. -Conduct data analysis, data integration, data management and feature engineering. -Perform various tasks of data ingestion, data transformation, and data visualizations. Requirements: -Masters, Ph. D., or equivalent experience in a quantitative field (computer science, physics, mathematics, bioinformatics, etc.) -Ability to solve problems thoroughly, quickly and creatively with an eye for detail. -Hands on experience in many aspects of data management activities involving large data sets (e.g. data gathering and profiling, data analysis, test data creation, data validation). -Strong background in machine learning using unsupervised and supervised methods, statistics, information retrieval, or graph analysis. -Proven track record of leveraging large amounts of data to solve real-world problems, preferably using tools like. -Python, Hadoop, MapReduce, Pig, or Hive. -Fluent in SQL, data manipulation, and data analysis in an OLAP environment. -Experience and mastery of high level programming languages such as Python and Java. -Demonstrable experience in developing high quality production-worthy software. -Comfortable with data analysis and visualization.
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Praedicat is a funded FinTech startup in Los Angeles that is delivering innovative new “foresight modeling” to commercial clients built on cutting-edge big data analytics and technologies. Our cloud-based SaaS products, CoMeta™ and Oortfolio™, are pushing the limits of scalable risk modeling and big data. Our team is blazing new trails in forward-looking, science-based risk analytics using advanced machine learning algorithms and related technologies. Incentive Compensation and Benefits: Praedicat believes in a work-life balance that is supported by a competitive compensation and benefits package. All full-time regular employees are eligible for benefits such as: -Participation in Praedicat’s Stock Incentive Plan offering equity-based incentives for employees -Annual bonuses tied to individual and company performance -The ability to contribute to a Praedicat-sponsored 401(k) plan -Medical insurance coverage, with both HMO and PPO options, as well as dental and vision coverage -Generous allotment of PTO (paid time off) and official holidays each year Praedicat, Inc. is dedicated to improving corporate management of complex risks and in particular the risk that corporate activities may result in injury or financial losses to workers, customers or the public at large. Our solution relies on the mining of large, primarily text-based data sources. Our multidisciplinary team leverages cutting-edge technologies to extract metadata from scientific literature. We analyze the data with a structured approach incorporating applied legal reasoning and economics. Praedicat is developing a comprehensive system of software products designed to bring 21st Century science-based risk analytics to liability insurance and corporate risk management. We believe that by translating text-based science into risk data, we will solve our global corporate clients critical business problems and make the world cleaner, safer, and healthier at the same time. Praedicat was created by the RAND Corporation and Risk Management Solutions, Inc. after the two companies collaborated on research and development to improve the identification and prioritization of emerging risks using modeling and cutting-edge computer science. Praedicat is an independent corporation launched in March 2012. Praedicat is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with Praedicat is determined on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]