Data Scientist
Whalerock Industries
Santa Monica, CAThis was removed by the employer on 3/19/2015 3:46:00 PM PST
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Whalerock Industries is looking for a highly motivated data scientist who can help us build various data science solutions for our engineering, business and product units.
You are details oriented and efficient; yet keep an eye on the bigger picture that drives the business/product goals. You are fundamentally a scientist who writes programs to detect patterns and anomalies in data. You are comfortably familiar with statistical and machine learning concepts and can use them to dissect any/all data for making business decisions. You can quickly analyze a dataset to summarize it to a business executive.
You live and breathe concepts like box plots, Gini coefficient, normalization, probability distribution function, regression analysis, collaborative filtering, sampling, recommendation engines, optimizations, predictive analytics, classification, clustering. We value initiative and ability to work with minimal supervision, but we value equally the ability to follow direction and be part of the team. We thrive in a culture of respect and building technology together. We learn from each other.
The ideal candidate…
Will…
• Work on content recommendation engines
• Help with contextual advertising
• Analyze and recommend A/B and multivariate testing methodologies
• Predict content popularity and reach
• Analyze social data and strategize social presence
Is…
• Details oriented and efficient
• Fundamentally a scientist who enjoys writing programs to detect patterns and anomalies in data
• Comfortable and familiar with statistical and machine learning concepts
• Analytical and able to communicate findings to any audience
• Proficiency with at least one open source programming language e.g. Python, Go, etc.
• Proficiency with at least one open source machine-learning/data-science platform e.g. R, Octave, etc.
• Proficiency with at least one visualization tool and/or library e.g. D3, Microsoft Excel, Tableau, etc.
Has…
• 3 years experience working on advanced data science algorithms and models.
• 1 years working on SQL databases.
• Cross team communication skills.
• Experience with AWS cloud offerings especially S3 and Redshift.
• Experience with Google products especially Google Cloud Storage, Google-Analytics and Google BigQuery.
• Experience with Postgres and MySql
• Some experience working with API data pulls.
Success at Whalerock Industries requires that…
• You have a sense of humor.
• You love to win.
• You like getting your hands dirty.
• You solve problems.
• You are entrepreneurial, smart, and passionate.
• You know the acronyms but speak in plain English.
• If you don't know something, you say so. Then go figure it out quickly.
• You naturally go the extra mile.
• You thrive in a fast-paced work environment, readily adapting to continually changing priorities and aggressive project timeframes.
• You give credit to others where credit is due and take responsibility for misses when they rest with you.
• Did we mention you love to win?
Whalerock Industries is a Santa Monica based company with interests across the media and technology landscape. Whalerock’s digital brands include Wonderwall, Moviefone, Mandatory, Mom.me, Tested, PawNation, Purple Clover, and Cinefix, among others. Whalerock Industries has strategic alliances with MGM, Starcom MediaVest, P&G, Aol, AARP, Microsoft, YouTube and other major global institutions to bring world-class premium content and experiences to tens of millions of people every month across all devices and screens.