Consultant / Senior Consultant - Data Science

Job Description

Summary of Job

We are seeking an experienced analytics professional and smart leader to oversee analytics on our native SaaS (Software as a Service) based suite of products (NAVIK) and a collection of analytics-based micro-services (NAVIK AI Platform). This role will essentially involve influencing product strategy through data-driven insights and A/B testing efforts focused on improving business impact through our products. The ideal candidate will be intellectually curious, independent, highly analytic, and finds problem solving exhilarating. She/he will be able to thrive with a high rate of change, while working with multi-faceted data. She/he will report to the Engagement Manager of Products and Innovation.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• 4-8 years of rich experience in implementing Machine/Statistical Learning solutions to complex business problems at scale

• Rich experience in various Machine Learning techniques like Regression, Classification, Ensemble of Decision Trees (Bagging, Boosting, Random Forest etc.), Support Vector Machines, Artificial Neural Networks, Clustering, Dimension Reduction etc.

• Intermediate-level proficiency (coding, scripting and prototyping skills) in Python or R

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor s/Master s degree in Computer Science OR Master s degree in Statistics/Economics/Business Economics / Econometrics / Operations Research

• Experience in implementing the advanced techniques/methods like Recommender Systems (Collaborative Filtering, Matrix Factorization etc.), Association Rule Learning, Convolutional Neural Network, Recurrent Neural Network, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Reinforcement Learning (RL), Time-series Analysis and Bayesian methods

• Experience in productionizing the machine learning models for analytics-based SaaS (Software as a Service) products

• Familiarity with A/B site testing and evaluation

• Expert-level proficiency (good coding, scripting and prototyping skills) in Python or R or both

• Fair understanding of distributed computing in clusters, especially using R/Python

• Knowledge and familiarity with the Big Data stack: Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Map Reduce and other Big Data tools and technologies

• Operating knowledge of cloud computing platforms (AWS, especially EMR, EC2, S3, and AWS CLI)

• Understanding of database management systems like those of RDBMS, NoSQL, MongoDB etc.

• Knowledge of one or more domains: Telecommunication, Consumer Electronics, CPG, Online Media, BFSI, Healthcare, Logistics, Manufacturing etc.

Specific Responsibilities

• Conceptualize, design and deliver high-quality solutions and insightful analysis on a variety of projects ranging in both complexity and scope

• Conduct research and prototyping innovations, data and requirements acquisition, solution scoping and architecture, consulting clients or client-facing teams on advanced statistical/machine learning problems

• Conduct analytic deep-dives of critical business issues that impact performance and translate the analyses into actionable recommendations

• Collaborate with product managers in defining clear business problems and corresponding metric definition, and communicate performance analysis, findings and recommendations

• Partner with Data Engineering, Frontend Engineering and Web Design teams to collaborate and improve the product solutions

• Lead and groom the pool of data scientists for solving complex problems using data science

• Manage the development of NAVIK suite of products and NAVIK AI Platform.

Sample Projects

Following is the indicative list of projects that Absolutdata Labs is engaged in:

• NAVIK MarketingAI

• Hyper-personalization and customization of product-integrated email/SMS campaigns

• NAVIK SalesAI

• Creation of Weekly Game Plan for Salespersons to enhance their sales effectiveness

• NAVIK AI Platform

• Recommendation of optimal SKU assortment

• SKU volume prediction

• NAVIK Signals

• Garner competitive and category intelligence, identify existing and upcoming trends using unstructured data

• Research & Development

• Incorporation of the applications of advanced ensemble machine learning techniques (Stacked Generalization/ Blending etc.) into the NAVIK products

• Enhancement of optimization algorithms in the analytics backend of NAVIK products etc.

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Keyskills :
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