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Essential Job Duties
As a Senior Data Scientist, you’ll apply current machine learning and AI algorithms to derive data insights and deliver intelligent services. This involves gaining a deeper understanding of relevant customer needs and business domains, exploring and improving available data, selecting appropriate approaches, and constantly improving models.
- Train and tune machine learning models
- Explore data and conduct feature engineering
- Apply natural language processing to understand text and aid in conversational interfaces
- Build optimal algorithms with LLMs and retrieval augmented generation
- Collaborate with data engineers, AI software engineers, data analysts, and stakeholders
- Evaluate emerging techniques by understanding academic papers and new technical tools, and by conducting labs, prototypes, and explorations
- Monitor and optimize production models
What You Need to Get the Job Done
- 5+ years of professional experience as a data scientist, typically coding in Python with relevant libraries
- Demonstrated ability to select and implement ML algorithms, shape data into useful input features, and choose and optimize appropriate model performance metrics
- Proficiency with NLP, text processing, LLMs / generative models, and conversational UX
- Mathematical thinking foundation and orientation
- Skill working with data sources of various types using tools such as SQL, pandas, Spark
- Expertise designing and building deep learning architectures and models
- Ability to work well independently and with colleagues
- Skill collaborating using cloud-based tooling, git, notebook systems, and ML workflows
A strong contender will also demonstrate abilities to:
- Deeply understand each problem, available data, and potential methods
- Monitor, learn, and apply emerging techniques
- Write high quality deployable code
- Wisely select approaches and evaluation methods
- Have productive interactions that lift the team and stakeholders
Beyond the technical skills, we’re looking for individuals who are:
- Clear communicators (verbal and written)
- Analytical and perceptive of patterns
- Strong in understanding underlying math and algorithms
- Creative in finding relevant and novel approaches
- Productive in a dynamic setting
If you love to learn, you’ll be in good company. You’ll likely have an advanced degree in a quantitative field, or a related Bachelor’s and additional experience working with data.
What You'll Love About Us
- Great Company Culture. We’ve been recognized by multiple organizations like Inc, Salt Lake Tribune, Glassdoor, & Comparably for our great workplace culture
- Make an Impact. We care about your individuality by giving you freedom to grow and create within the company, regardless of your position
- Rest and Relaxation. 4 weeks paid time off, 11 paid holidays, and we pay you to go on vacation (ask us about this)!
- Health Benefits. Medical with HSA and FSA options, dental, and vision
- Prepare for the Future. 401(k) with a generous company match, access to a personal financial planner, and both legal and life insurance
- Financial Peace University. We pay for a one year subscription and you walk away with financial savvy and a bonus
- Give back. Get paid to give your time to the community: ask us about this!
- Educational Benefits. Whether you are a previous student, or currently enrolled in higher education, we can help cover some of those expenses
- Amazing Office Amenities. We’ve got incredible benefits at our Draper headquarters including a full size gym, pickleball courts, a great office cafe, and free fountain drinks! Ask us more about our office!
- In-Person Onboarding! All new hires get to experience our in-person onboarding class, Bamboo Beginnings, at our Draper, UT headquarters! Ask us more about Bamboo Beginnings!
- Flexible Work Models. In-office, work-from-home, or hybrid, depending on position and location
