Senior Data Scientist

Summary

Join Nielsen Global Media as a Data Scientist and develop and apply machine learning and predictive models to enhance digital measurement. Engineer predictive features for use in current data modeling pipelines, manage projects through all phases, and enhance existing solutions to meet changing business needs. Independently develop custom production-level Python and SQL code, utilize Git and cloud development tools, and collaborate with software engineers and product leaders. Identify data gaps, perform deep-dive analyses of business trends, and present insights using visualization tools. Serve as a Data Science subject matter expert, initiating methodology discussions and providing recommendations. This remote position offers flexibility, working five days a week from within the Boston area.

Requirements

• Master’s degree (foreign equivalent degree acceptable) in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Machine Learning, Information Science or related field and two (2) years of experience in a data science role
• Must have two (2) years of experience in/with: advanced coding in Python and SQL; code development using Git and code versioning; cloud-based environments, including AWS; Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets; and Tableau; building and maintaining Machine Learning or Deep Learning based methodologies

Responsibilities

• Develop and apply machine learning and predictive models to enhance digital measurement
• Engineer predictive features for use in our current data modeling pipelines
• Manage projects through all phases, including data quality, analysis design, algorithm/feature development, predictive modeling, summarization, visualization, and communication of results
• Enhance and evolve existing solutions to meet changing business needs with agility
• Independently develop custom production level Python and SQL code
• Use Git and cloud development tools extensively to iterate and improve data science work streams
• Write well documented production level Python scripts and participate in code reviews
• Collaborate with our software engineers and product leaders as you integrate and test new or updated modules in production pipelines
• Identify gaps in data capture or data quality, and surface the value attached to filling those gaps
• Perform deep dive analysis of key business trends from different perspectives and package the insights into easily consumable presentations and documents using visualization tools such as Tableau
• Serve as critical Data Science subject matter expert, initiate methodology discussions with relevant stakeholders, and provide final Data Science recommendations

Benefits

Remote work permitted five (5) days a week from within Boston area, MA