Data Scientist

Job Description: Data Science Analyst/ Data Science Senior Analyst Job description KSTYCH is seeking a Data Science Analyst to join our Data Science team. Individuals in this role are expected to be comfortable working as a software engineer and a quantitative researcher, should have a significant theoretical foundation in mathematical statistics. The ideal candidate will have a keen interest in the study of Pharma sector, network biology, text mining, machine learning, and a passion for identifying and answering questions that help us build the best consulting resource and continuous support to other teams. Responsibilities Work closely with a product scientific, medical, business development and commercial to identify and answer important healthcare/pharma/biology questions. Answer questions by using appropriate statistical techniques and tools on available data. Communicate findings to project managers and team managers. Drive the collection of new data and the refinement of existing data sources Analyze and interpret the results of an experiments Develop best practices for instrumentation and experimentation and communicate those to other teams Requirements B. Tech, M.Tech, M.S. or Ph.D. in a relevant technical field, or 1+ years experience in a relevant role Extensive experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches Comfort manipulating and analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources A strong passion for empirical research and for answering hard questions with data A flexible analytic approach that allows for results at varying levels of precision Ability to communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner Fluency with at least one scripting language such as Python or PHP Familiarity with relational databases and SQL Experience working with large data sets, experience working with distributed computing tools a plus (KNIME, Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, etc)