Senior Specialist - Data Science

Job Description

We’re looking for a passionate and talented Data Scientist to join our team. In this role, you’ll have the chance to roll up your sleeves and apply data science methods and analytics to real-world business situations across a variety of topics.

Activities

• Apply data workflow tasks as extraction, mining, preparation, quality control, KPI optimization, modeling, validation and business insight consideration.
• Apply advanced analytics techniques in a big data paradigm considering multiple data sources.
• Develop and deploy machine/deep learning models applied to cross-functional use cases to increase customer value or operational efficiency.

Preferred Qualifications

• A Master’s Degree in a highly quantitative field (Statistics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, etc.) or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of industry experience in predictive modeling, data science and analysis.
• Fluent in data wrangling and preparation: exploratory analysis, profiling & cleansing, feature selection, feature engineering, segmentation, clustering and PCA.
• Strong working knowledge on programming languages such as Python, SQL, R, data science libraries (Pandas, Scikit-learn, XGBoost) and MLOps tools (Git, Airflow, Kubernetes).
• Experience using ML/DL libraries, such as scikit-learn, caret, mlr, mllib, Keras, TensorFlow, PyTorch.
• Experience with cloud resources, usage of IDE (PyCharm, Visual Basic) and version control systems (Git) are highly valued.
• Experience working with GPUs to develop models.
• Preferred experience with Natural Language and Cognitive applications.
• Demonstrable track record of dealing well with ambiguity, prioritizing needs, and delivering results in a dynamic environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Fluent in Italian and English.
• Familiarity with digital marketing or advertising is a plus.