Data Science Lead

A U.S.-based company that is developing data-powered direct marketing, brand strategy, and media mix modeling services is looking for a Data Science Lead. The selected candidate will be in charge of solving the clients’ technical and data-related problems. The company is providing clients and businesses with the market’s next media evolution through advanced analytics. This is a great opportunity for developers who enjoy working in a fast-paced, highly time-sensitive environment.

Job Responsibilities:

• Work as part of a team while developing applications and services using agile development methods
• Ensure the optimum performance, high availability, and stability of solutions
• Coordinate with internal teams to understand user requirements and provide technical solutions
• Work on planning, designing, and executing end-to-end web architectures

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 5+ years of relevant experience as a software engineer
• Prolific experience working with Data Science, Python, ETL, Data pipelines, and Machine Learning
• Must possess excellent business acumen
• Editing and creation of smart models to help our brand clients make the most informed decisions possible in allocating their marketing & eCommerce spend
• Thought leadership and product development leadership for the creation of new and existing statistical models, aimed at driving the maximum return, budget savings, and optimal business results for our clients
• Mine, aggregate, and analyze data from databases to drive optimization and improvement of product development, marketing techniques, and business strategies
• Frequent collaboration with the Head of Engineering to develop technical solutions, often involving coding and/or editing existing code, to help facilitate and automate the normalization, summarization, and automation of disparate types of data for our proprietary analytics platform.
• Experience with mixed-media modeling, user segmentation analysis, forecasting, big data retailer modeling, etc.
• Prior experience working with an ad/marketing agency
• Nice to have some experience with sales lift studies
• Fluent in conversational and written English