Data Scientist

Okta Resourcing
Glasgow
9 months ago
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This is a new position for a Data Scientist with a global, data-driven company with cutting-edge technology who leverage data to serve as a true market differentiator.

The focus of this role is to deliver data science solutions which impact in areas such as the effectiveness of advertising and the optimisation of dynamic creatives.

The individual in this role will be asked to:

Take the lead on the life cycle, high-impact projects
Scope and stage projects to include detailed milestones and delivery schedules.
Use SQL and/or Python (JupyterNotebooks) to preparedata, perform exploratory data analysis, evaluate different modeling approaches.
Engage in problem-solving, fault-finding, addressing issuesin the data or approaches as they arise.
Investigate the data and make recommendations on solutions to client’s requirements.

And should have experience of:

Working in a Data Scientist role in a high value commercial environment.
Requirements gathering and idea generation
Defining problems (and criteria for success),
Data wrangling, EDA, modeling and interpreting results
Providing relevant insights
Advanced statistical and analytical techniques and concepts sampling methods,
Regression
Properties of distributions
Weighting sample-based data
Statistical tests proper usage
Real-world applications.
Python - NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, MLlib, scikit-learn, and other common data and machine learning related libraries
Working knowledge of SQL, data structures and databases (Snowflake - desirable)

This is a pragmatic and humble organisation who are looking for like minded people to help them deliver their revolutionary technology.

In return for sharing your talent and dedication, they offer a Competitive salary, great benefits and annual leave together with a position of value within the organisation from day one, and the chance to have a key role in creating a product which will play a defining role in the continuously evolving converged TV sector.

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