Quantitative Developer - Strategy & Algorithm

• Partners with business stakeholders to translate business objectives into clearly defined analytical projects.
• Identify opportunities for text analytics and NLP to enhance the core product platform, select the best machine learning techniques for the specific business problem and then build the models that solve the problem.
• Own the end-end process, from recognizing the problem to implementing the solution.
• Define the variables and their inter-relationships and extract the data from our data repositories, leveraging infrastructure including Cloud computing solutions and relational database environments.
• Build predictive models that are accurate and robust and that help our customers to utilize the core platform to the maximum extent.

• 12 to 15 yrs of experience.
• An advanced degree in predictive analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence; or a degree in programming and significant experience with text analytics/NLP. He shall have a strong background in machine learning (unsupervised and supervised techniques). In particular, excellent understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms, such as k-NN, Naive Bayes, SVM, Decision Forests, logistic regression, MLPs, RNNs, etc.
• Experience with text mining, parsing, and classification using state-of-the-art techniques.
• Experience with information retrieval, Natural Language Processing, Natural Language
• Understanding and Neural Language Modeling.
• Ability to evaluate the quality of ML models and to define the right performance metrics for models in accordance with the requirements of the core platform.
• Experience in the Python data science ecosystem: Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, sci-kit-learn, NLTK, Gensim, etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, particularly possessing the ability to share technical results and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to perform high-level work both independently and collaboratively as a project member or leader on multiple projects.

About the company:

VakilSearch is a technology-driven platform, offering services that cover the legal needs of startups and established businesses. Some of our services include incorporation, government registrations & filings, accounting, documentation and annual compliances. In addition, we offer a wide range of services to individuals, such as property agreements and tax filings. Our mission is to provide one-click access to individuals and businesses for all their legal and professional needs.

You can learn more about us at https://vakilsearch.com/">vakilsearch.com.

About the role:

A successful data analyst needs to have a combination of technical as well leadership skills. A background in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Information Management can serve as a solid foundation to build your career as a data analyst at VakilSearch.

Why to join Vakilsearch:

• Unlimited opportunities to grow
• Flat hierarchy
• Encouraging environment to unleash your out of box thinking skills

Responsibilities:

• Preparing reports for the stakeholders and the management, enabling them to take important decisions based on various facts and trends.
• Using automated tools to extract data from primary and secondary sources
• Identify and recommend the right product metrics to be analysed and tracked for every feature/problem statement.
• Using statistical tools to identify, analyze, and interpret patterns and trends in complex data sets that could be helpful for the diagnosis and prediction
• Working with programmers, engineers, and management heads to identify process improvement opportunities, propose system modifications, and devise data governance strategies.

Required skills:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in computer science or graduate from data science related program
• Minimum of 0 - 2 years experience in analysing

Position: ETL Developer

Location: Mumbai

Exp.Level: 4+ Yrs

Required Skills:

* Strong scripting knowledge such as: Python and Shell

* Strong relational database skills especially with DB2/Sybase

* Create high quality and optimized stored procedures and queries

* Strong with scripting language such as Python and Unix / K-Shell

* Strong knowledge base of relational database performance and tuning such as: proper use of indices, database statistics/reorgs, de-normalization concepts.

* Familiar with lifecycle of a trade and flows of data in an investment banking operation is a plus.

* Experienced in Agile development process

* Java Knowledge is a big plus but not essential

* Experience in delivery of metrics / reporting in an enterprise environment (e.g. demonstrated experience in BI tools such as Business Objects, Tableau, report design & delivery) is a plus

* Experience on ETL processes and tools such as Informatica is a plus. Real time message processing experience is a big plus.

* Good team player; Integrity & ownership

Job Responsibilities: 

• Identify valuable data sources and automate collection processes 
• Undertake preprocessing of structured and unstructured data. 
• Analyze large amounts of information to discover trends and patterns 
• Helping develop reports and analysis. 
• Present information using data visualization techniques. 

• Assessing tests and implementing new or upgraded software and assisting with strategic decisions on new systems. 
• Evaluating changes and updates to source production systems. 
• Develop, implement, and maintain leading-edge analytic systems, taking complicated problems and building simple frameworks 
• Providing technical expertise in data storage structures, data mining, and data cleansing. 
• Propose solutions and strategies to business challenges 

Desired Skills and Experience: 

• At least 1 year of experience in Data Analysis 
• Complete understanding of Operations Research, Data Modelling, ML, and AI concepts. 

• Knowledge of Python is mandatory, familiarity with MySQL, SQL, Scala, Java or C++ is an asset 
• Experience using visualization tools (e.g. Jupyter Notebook) and data frameworks (e.g. Hadoop) 
• Analytical mind and business acumen 
• Strong math skills (e.g. statistics, algebra) 
• Problem-solving aptitude 

• Excellent communication and presentation skills. 
• Bachelor’s / Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science or other quantitative or relevant field is preferred  

• 6+ years of recent hands-on Java development
• Developing data pipelines in AWS or Google Cloud
• Java, Python, JavaScript programming languages
• Great understanding of designing for performance, scalability, and reliability of data intensive application
• Hadoop MapReduce, Spark, Pig. Understanding of database fundamentals and advanced SQL knowledge.
• In-depth understanding of object oriented programming concepts and design patterns
• Ability to communicate clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, verbally and in writing
• Understanding of full software development life cycle, agile development and continuous integration
• Experience in Agile methodologies including Scrum and Kanban

• Research and test novel machine learning approaches for analysing large-scale distributed computing applications.
• Develop production-ready implementations of proposed solutions across different models AI and ML algorithms, including testing on live customer data to improve accuracy,  efficacy, and robustness
• Work closely with other functional teams to integrate implemented systems into the SaaS platform
• Suggest innovative and creative concepts and ideas that would improve the overall platform

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The ideal candidate must have the following qualifications:

• 5 + years experience in practical implementation and deployment of large customer-facing ML based systems.
• MS or M Tech (preferred) in applied mathematics/statistics;  CS or Engineering disciplines are acceptable but must have with strong quantitative and applied mathematical skills
• In-depth working, beyond coursework, familiarity with classical and current ML techniques, both supervised and unsupervised learning techniques and algorithms
• Implementation experiences and deep knowledge of Classification, Time Series Analysis, Pattern Recognition, Reinforcement Learning, Deep Learning, Dynamic Programming and Optimization
• Experience in working on modeling graph structures related to spatiotemporal systems
• Programming skills in Python is a must
• Experience in developing and deploying on cloud (AWS or Google or Azure)
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Familiarity with well-known ML frameworks such as Pandas, Keras, TensorFlow

Most importantly, you should be someone who is passionate about building new and innovative products that solve tough real-world problems.

Chennai, India