Data Engineer

Data Scientist – Program Embedded 

Job Description:   

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated senior data scientist to support a big data program. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in supporting multiple projects in this program covering traditional tasks from revenue management, demand forecasting, improving customer experience to testing/using new tools/platforms such as Copilot Fabric for different purpose. The expected candidate would have deep expertise in machine learning methodology and applications. And he/she should have completed multiple large scale data science projects (full cycle from ideation to BAU). Beyond technical expertise, problem solving in complex set-up will be key to the success for this role. This is a data science role directly embedded into the program/projects, stake holder management and collaborations with patterner are crucial to the success on this role (on top of the deep expertise). 

What we are looking for: 

1. Highly efficient in Python/Pyspark/R. 
2. Understand MLOps concepts, working experience in product industrialization (from Data Science point of view). Experience in building product for live deployment, and continuous development and continuous integration. 
3. Familiar with cloud platforms such as Azure, GCP, and the data management systems on such platform. Familiar with Databricks and product deployment on Databricks. 
4. Experience in ML projects involving techniques: Regression, Time Series, Clustering, Classification, Dimension Reduction, Anomaly detection with traditional ML approaches and DL approaches. 
5. Solid background in statistics, probability distributions, A/B testing validation, univariate/multivariate analysis, hypothesis test for different purpose, data augmentation etc. 
6. Familiar with designing testing framework for different modelling practice/projects based on business needs. 
7. Exposure to Gen AI tools and enthusiastic about experimenting and have new ideas on what can be done. 
8. If they have improved an internal company process using an AI tool, that would be great (e.g. process simplification, manual task automation, auto emails) 
9. Ideally, 10+ years of experience, and have been on independent business facing roles. 
10. CPG or retail as a data scientist would be nice, but not number one priority, especially for those who have navigated through multiple industries. 
11. Being proactive and collaborative would be essential. 

Some projects examples within the program: 

1. Test new tools/platforms such as Copilo, Fabric for commercial reporting. Testing, validation and build trust. 
2. Building algorithms for predicting trend in category, consumptions to support dashboards. 
3. Revenue Growth Management, create/understand the algorithms behind the tools (can be built by 3rd parties) we need to maintain or choose to improve. Able to prioritize and build product roadmap. Able to design new solutions and articulate/quantify the limitation of the solutions. 
4. Demand forecasting, create localized forecasts to improve in store availability. Proper model monitoring for early detection of potential issues in the forecast focusing particularly on improving the end user experience. 

Job Description:

The data science team is responsible for solving business problems with complex data. Data complexity could be characterized in terms of volume, dimensionality and multiple touchpoints/sources. We understand the data, ask fundamental-first-principle questions, apply our analytical and machine learning skills to solve the problem in the best way possible. 

Our ideal candidate

The role would be a client facing one, hence good communication skills are a must. 

The candidate should have the ability to communicate complex models and analysis in a clear and precise manner. 

The candidate would be responsible for:

• Comprehending business problems properly - what to predict, how to build DV, what value addition he/she is bringing to the client, etc.
• Understanding and analyzing large, complex, multi-dimensional datasets and build features relevant for business
• Understanding the math behind algorithms and choosing one over another
• Understanding approaches like stacking, ensemble and applying them correctly to increase accuracy

Desired technical requirements

• Proficiency with Python and the ability to write production-ready codes. 
• Experience in pyspark, machine learning and deep learning
• Big data experience, e.g. familiarity with Spark, Hadoop, is highly preferred
• Familiarity with SQL or other databases.

• Collaborating across an agile team to continuously design, iterate, and develop big data systems.
• Extracting, transforming, and loading data into internal databases.
• Optimizing our new and existing data pipelines for speed and reliability. 
• Deploying new products and product improvements
• Documenting and managing multiple repositories of code.

• Experience with Pandas to process the data and Jupyter notebooks to keep it all together. 
• Familiar with pulling and pushing files from SFTP and AWS S3.  Familiarity with AWS Athena and Redshift is mandatory. 
• Familiarity with SQL programming to query and transform data from relational Databases. 
• Familiarities with AWS Cloud and Linux (and Linux work environment) are mandatory. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Excellent organizational skills, including attention to precise details. 
• Strong multitasking skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment  Know your way around REST APIs (Able to integrate not necessary to publish)

• Python 
• Sql
• API 
• AWS 
• GCP 
• OCI 
• Azure 
• Redshift

• 5 years experience in database systems 
• 3 years experience with Python to develop scripts

We are looking for passionate, talented and super-smart engineers to join our product development team. If you are someone who innovates, loves solving hard problems, and enjoys end-to-end product development, then this job is for you! You will be working with some of the best developers in the industry in a self-organising, agile environment where talent is valued over job title or years of experience.

Responsibilities:

• You will be involved in end-to-end development of VIMANA technology, adhering to our development practices and expected quality standards.
• You will be part of a highly collaborative Agile team which passionately follows SAFe Agile practices, including pair-programming, PR reviews, TDD, and Continuous Integration/Delivery (CI/CD).
• You will be working with cutting-edge technologies and tools for stream processing using Java, NodeJS and Python, using frameworks like Spring, RxJS etc.
• You will be leveraging big data technologies like Kafka, Elasticsearch and Spark, processing more than 10 Billion events per day to build a maintainable system at scale.
• You will be building Domain Driven APIs as part of a micro-service architecture.
• You will be part of a DevOps culture where you will get to work with production systems, including operations, deployment, and maintenance.
• You will have an opportunity to continuously grow and build your capabilities, learning new technologies, languages, and platforms.

Requirements:

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 to 5 years of product development experience.
• Experience building applications using Java, NodeJS, or Python.
• Deep knowledge in Object-Oriented Design Principles, Data Structures, Dependency Management, and Algorithms.
• Working knowledge of message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable Big Data technologies.

• Experience in working with Agile software methodologies (XP, Scrum, Kanban), TDD and Continuous Integration (CI/CD).
• Experience using no-SQL databases like MongoDB or Elasticsearch.
• Prior experience with container orchestrators like Kubernetes is a plus.

• We recognize that our dedicated team members make us successful and we offer competitive salaries.
• We are a workplace that values work-life balance, provides flexible working hours, and full time remote work options.
• You will be part of a team that is highly motivated to learn and work on cutting edge technologies, tools, and development practices.
• Bon Appetit! Enjoy catered breakfasts, lunches and free snacks!