Lead Data Scientist

Summary

Join Palta, a leading health and wellness tech platform, as a Lead Data Scientist. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and continuous improvement of our technologies across multiple successful mobile apps. Responsibilities include conducting in-depth system performance analyses, developing diagnostic tools, and leading projects for new algorithm and feature implementation. You will collaborate with developers, nutrition scientists, and the ML team to advance personalization algorithms. This role requires strong data analysis skills, experience in experimental design, and proficiency in Python, SQL, and BI tools. Palta offers a competitive salary, stock options, premium app subscriptions, generous paid time off, and flexible work arrangements.

Requirements

• Strong data analysis skills with the ability to derive insights
• Experience designing experiments and evaluating their impact
• Experience in modeling
• Expertise in breaking down complex technical processes
• Proficiency in Python , SQL , and BI tools
• Background in efficiency/growth analytics teams
• Solid understanding of machine learning principles

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth analyses of system performance to formulate hypotheses
• Model optimal system configurations and validate results through A/B testing
• Develop diagnostic tools to identify and address inefficiencies in algorithm performance
• Maintain and improve the metrics influenced by our algorithms
• Generate and check hypotheses based on product research and experiment drive the development of new features, ensuring the best ideas are delivered to production
• Oversee feature launch and measure the impact on business metrics
• Collaborate with developers to refine solutions and define technical requirements; collaborate with nutrition scientists and coaches
• Collaborate with the ML team to evolve our personalization journey from heuristics to Uplift Models and Reinforcement Learning (RL)

Benefits

• Competitive salary package commensurate with experience, plus stock options
• The equipment you need to do your job
• A premium Palta Family subscriptions (Simple, Flo, Zing etc.)
• 21 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Support to learn English, should you need (or want) to
• Office in Limassol (Hybrid Work Format) or Remote Option for Candidates Residing Outside of Cyprus