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We are hiring: Data Scientist Are you an experienceddata scientist or modeller, who enjoys problem solving and youridea of a good day is receiving huge amount of data? This positioncould be for you…. At GEOLYTIX we seek new and innovative ways tomake spatial analytics accessible, exciting and indispensable. Ourcustomers span the retail, financial, property, leisure and food& beverage industries, across the world. We build innovativesolutions to support our clients to make better decisions combiningvarious forecasting methods and statistical models, GIS and webtools to create bespoke solutions. We are always looking to dothings better. We have fun and value every member of our team. Areyou our next Data Scientist? About You - You’re already anexperienced data scientist or modeller – your idea of a good day isreceiving huge amounts of data and working out how customers aregoing to behave. - You enjoy problem solving, and will be buildinggravity or machine learning models, for a variety of clients acrosswide ranging sectors. - You want to be original – you don’t want todo the same old, same old. You’re consistently looking forinnovation. - Ideally you know your way around a GIS (notessential) - You enjoy the world of retail, and have a good graspof geography. - You know enough about programming so that you’requick and efficient, anything you don’t know you can quickly grasp.- If you don’t have experience with really big data, you’ll be keento learn how we process it at Geolytix. - You care about your code.You know your way around git and how to productionise models youhave built. - You’re a ‘people person’ and build relationships withcustomers as you will lead projects on your own. Yourqualifications and experience - You are a pro at using SQL for datamanipulation (at least one of PostgreSQL, MSSQL, Google BigQuery,SparkSQL) - Modelling & Statistical Analysis experience,ideally customer related - Coding skills in at least one of Python,R, Scala, C, Java or JS - Track record of using data manipulationand machine learning libraries in one or more programminglanguages. - Keen interest in some of the following areas: Big DataAnalytics (e.g. Google BigQuery / BigTable, Apache Spark), ParallelComputing (e.g. Apache Spark, Kubernetes, Databricks), CloudEngineering (AWS, GCP, Azure), Spatial Query Optimisation, DataStorytelling with (Jupyter) Notebooks, Graph Computing,Microservices Architectures - A university degree – numbers based,Computer Science or Geography - Relevant industry sector knowledgeideal but not essential - A strong communicator with the ability towork with colleagues remotely across the globe - Be able to provideevidence of attention to detail, proactivity and managing deadlinesOther stuff Our offices are in Leeds and Clerkenwell, London. Therole can be located in either. Competitive salary. We’re a youngand growing company who embrace flexible working; full time or parttime, family friendly hours and/or working from home daysconsidered. Benefits - Flexible working - City Centre officelocation - Vitality Health membership - Great maternity andpaternity schemes - Cycle to work scheme - Tusker Car Purchasescheme - Bonus scheme - Opportunity for all employees to become ashareholder on our long term incentive plan Interested? If you areinterested in this role and are looking for your next challenge,please send your CV and cover letter to . Noagencies please. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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