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Senior Data Scientist

  • Location: Singapore
  • Salary: Negotiable per year
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted about 6 years ago

  • Sector: Technology, Technology
  • Contact: Sanduni Jinasena
  • Expiry Date: 22 March 2018
  • Job Ref: 03456

Responsibilities

The client is looking for those who are experts in applying scientific thinking and analytical models to solve business problems.

The focus will be on applying data science and analytics across two broad categories of business problems:

  • Pulling the right insights from the data to drive the scientific decision-making process.
  • Using their vast database to build appropriate offers for their customers.

The Data Scientist will interact with various product and segment stakeholders and implement solutions to solve business problems. They must be able to understand the business problem and be able to translate that problem into a data model, build insights based on the data and use insights to solve the problem.

Predominantly, they will be responsible for developing and embedding analytical modelling capabilities within the team.

Requirements

  • A PhD or Master's degree in a numerical subject (such as Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics).
  • Substantial hands-on machine learning or statistical modelling experience.
  • Deep knowledge of classification, clustering, anomaly detection, predictive and prescriptive analytics.
  • Broad knowledge of other tools, languages and platforms (R/Python/SAS/Hadoop/SQL).
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills that will allow communicating insights and complex information to both technical and non-technical decision makers.

If you are interested in exploring this role further, please send your resume to sjinasena@argyllscott.sg or call directly on +65 3157 3276 for a confidential discussion.

Argyll Scott Asia is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.