Lead Data Scientist

Spotmentor is focussed on using the Intelligence-age tools and technologies like AI and Text analytics to create HR technology products which go beyond compliance and ERPs to give HR the power to become strategic, improve business results and increase the competitiveness. The HR and People departments have long sought to become strategic partners with businesses. We are focussed on taking this concept out of the board room meetings and making it a reality and you can be a part of this journey. At the end of it, you would be able to claim that there was an inflection point in History, which changed how business was transacted and you made that happen. Our first product is a Learning and Skill development platform which helps the organisations to acquire capabilities critical for them by helping employees attain their best potential through learning opportunities. Spotmentor was started by 4 IIT Kharagpur alumni with experiences in creating Technology products and Management consulting. We are looking for a Data Scientist who will help discover the information hidden in vast amounts of data, and help us make smarter decisions that benefit the employees of our customer organisations. Your primary focus will be on applying data mining techniques, doing statistical analysis, and building high quality prediction systems using structured and unstructured data. Technical Responsibilities: - Selecting features, building and optimizing classifiers using machine learning techniques - Data mining using state-of-the-art methods - Extending the existing data sets with third party sources of information - Processing, cleansing, and verifying the integrity of data used for analysis - Build recommendation systems - Automate scoring of documents using machine learning techniques Salary: This is a founding team member role with a salary of 20 Lacs to 30 Lacs per year and a meaningful ESOP component. Location: Gurgaon We believe in making Spotmentor the best place for the pursuit of excellence and diversity of opinions is an important tool to achieve that. Although as a startup our primary objective is growth, Spotmentor is focussed on creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can attain their best potential and we welcome female, minority and specially abled candidates to apply.