Computer Vision Scientist - Machine Learning

About Company

Our client is the worlds largest media investment company and a global digital transformation agency with 1200 employees across 21 nations. They support clients in programmatic, social, paid search, analytics, technology, organic search, affiliate marketing, e-commerce and across traditional channels

About The Role

· Provide support on Campaign Measurement, Brand Lift studies, Reporting and other data needs (ingestion, cleaning, delivery etc.)

· Code in SQL, Python to create reports and build dashboards.

· Use Bigquery, Python, Datalab (GCP) and automate recurring workloads to improve efficiency

· Maintain underlying data infrastructure and troubleshoot data issues

· Generate meaningful insights from data using advanced analytics/statistical techniques and create dashboards and presentations for wider teams.

· Liaise closely with clients (internally and externally) on projects and work with key stakeholders to assess project needs and ensure best-in-class work is being delivered.

A bit about yourself

· 0-2 years of experience required

· Programming skills in SQL, Python/R

· Logical thinking and problem solving skills

· Strong communication skills (verbal & written)

· Adherence to quality & ability to plan & prioritize the work

· Passionate about data analysis, ability to troubleshoot data anomalies, pulling data from several sources, integrating it to create data layers

· Experience in applying big data, statistics, analytical techniques and technology to solve client problems will be plus

· Experience in creating dashboards, reports, presentations and finding insights, and strong business acumen to provide actionable strategic recommendations will be plus.

Good experience in the Extraction, Transformation, and Loading (ETL) of data from various sources into Data Warehouses and Data Marts using Informatica Power Center (Repository Manager,

Designer, Workflow Manager, Workflow Monitor, Metadata Manager), Power Connect as ETL tool on Oracle, and SQL Server Databases.

 Knowledge of Data Warehouse/Data mart, ODS, OLTP, and OLAP implementations teamed with

project scope, Analysis, requirements gathering, data modeling, ETL Design, development,

System testing, Implementation, and production support.

 Strong experience in Dimensional Modeling using Star and Snow Flake Schema, Identifying Facts

and Dimensions

 Used various transformations like Filter, Expression, Sequence Generator, Update Strategy,

Joiner, Stored Procedure, and Union to develop robust mappings in the Informatica Designer.

 Developed mapping parameters and variables to support SQL override.

 Created applets to use them in different mappings.

 Created sessions, configured workflows to extract data from various sources, transformed data,

and loading into the data warehouse.

 Used Type 1 SCD and Type 2 SCD mappings to update slowly Changing Dimension Tables.

 Modified existing mappings for enhancements of new business requirements.

 Involved in Performance tuning at source, target, mappings, sessions, and system levels.

 Prepared migration document to move the mappings from development to testing and then to

production repositories

 Extensive experience in developing Stored Procedures, Functions, Views and Triggers, Complex

SQL queries using PL/SQL.

 Experience in resolving on-going maintenance issues and bug fixes; monitoring Informatica

/Talend sessions as well as performance tuning of mappings and sessions.

 Experience in all phases of Data warehouse development from requirements gathering for the

data warehouse to develop the code, Unit Testing, and Documenting.

 Extensive experience in writing UNIX shell scripts and automation of the ETL processes using

UNIX shell scripting.

 Experience in using Automation Scheduling tools like Control-M.

 Hands-on experience across all stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including

business requirement analysis, data mapping, build, unit testing, systems integration, and user

acceptance testing.

 Build, operate, monitor, and troubleshoot Hadoop infrastructure.

 Develop tools and libraries, and maintain processes for other engineers to access data and write

MapReduce programs.

Job Title – Data Scientist (Forecasting)

Anicca Data is seeking a Data Scientist (Forecasting) who is motivated to apply his/her/their skill set to solve complex and challenging problems. The focus of the role will center around applying deep learning models to real-world applications.  The candidate should have experience in training, testing deep learning architectures.  This candidate is expected to work on existing codebases or write an optimized codebase at Anicca Data. The ideal addition to our team is self-motivated, highly organized, and a team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment with the ability to learn quickly and work independently.

Job Location: Remote (for time being) and Bangalore, India (post-COVID crisis)

• At least 3+ years of experience in a Data Scientist role
• Bachelor's/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or similar quantitative discipline. D. will add merit to the application process
• Experience with large data sets, big data, and analytics
• Exposure to statistical modeling, forecasting, and machine learning. Deep theoretical and practical knowledge of deep learning, machine learning, statistics, probability, time series forecasting
• Training Machine Learning (ML) algorithms in areas of forecasting and prediction
• Experience in developing and deploying machine learning solutions in a cloud environment (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) for production systems
• Research and enhance existing in-house, open-source models, integrate innovative techniques, or create new algorithms to solve complex business problems
• Experience in translating business needs into problem statements, prototypes, and minimum viable products
• Experience managing complex projects including scoping, requirements gathering, resource estimations, sprint planning, and management of internal and external communication and resources
• Write C++ and Python code along with TensorFlow, PyTorch to build and enhance the platform that is used for training ML models

Preferred Experience

• Worked on forecasting projects – both classical and ML models
• Experience with training time series forecasting methods like Moving Average (MA) and Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) with Neural Networks (NN) models as Feed-forward NN and Nonlinear Autoregressive
• Strong background in forecasting accuracy drivers
• Experience in Advanced Analytics techniques such as regression, classification, and clustering
• Ability to explain complex topics in simple terms, ability to explain use cases and tell stories

• You're proficient in AI/Machine learning latest technologies  
• You're proficient in GPT-3 based algorithms 
• You have a passion for writing code as well as understanding and crafting the ways systems interact
• You believe in the benefits of agile processes and shipping code often
• You are pragmatic and work to coalesce requirements into reasonable solutions that provide value

• Deploy well-tested, maintainable and scalable software solutions
• Take end-to-end ownership of the technology stack and product 
• Collaborate with other engineers to architect scalable technical solutions
• Embrace and improve our standards and processes to reduce friction and unlock efficiency

  Strong knowledge in statistical and data mining techniques: GLM/Regression, Random Forest, Boosting, Trees, text mining, etc. 

 Sound Knowlegde querying databases and using statistical computer languages: R, Python, SQL, etc. 

 Strong understanding creating and using advanced machine learning algorithms and statistics: regression, simulation, scenario analysis, modeling, clustering, decision trees, neural networks, etc. 

• Should act as a technical resource for the Data Science team and be involved in creating and implementing current and future Analytics projects like data lake design, data warehouse design, etc.
• Analysis and design of ETL solutions to store/fetch data from multiple systems like Google Analytics, CleverTap, CRM systems etc.
• Developing and maintaining data pipelines for real time analytics as well as batch analytics use cases.
• Collaborate with data scientists and actively work in the feature engineering and data preparation phase of model building
• Collaborate with product development and dev ops teams in implementing the data collection and aggregation solutions
• Ensure quality and consistency of the data in Data warehouse and follow best data governance practices
• Analyse large amounts of information to discover trends and patterns
• Mine and analyse data from company databases to drive optimization and improvement of product development, marketing techniques and business strategies.\

• Bachelor’s or Masters in a highly numerate discipline such as Engineering, Science and Economics
• 2-6 years of proven experience working as a Data Engineer preferably in ecommerce/web based or consumer technologies company
• Hands on experience of working with different big data tools like Hadoop, Spark , Flink, Kafka and so on
• Good understanding of AWS ecosystem for big data analytics
• Hands on experience in creating data pipelines either using tools or by independently writing scripts
• Hands on experience in scripting languages like Python, Scala, Unix Shell scripting and so on
• Strong problem solving skills with an emphasis on product development.
• Experience using business intelligence tools e.g. Tableau, Power BI would be an added advantage (not mandatory)

This person MUST have:

• B.E Computer Science or equivalent
• 5 years experience with the Django framework
• Experience with building APIs (REST or GraphQL) 
• Strong Troubleshooting and debugging skills
• React.js knowledge would be an added bonus 
• Understanding on how to use a database like Postgres (prefered choice), SQLite, MongoDB, MySQL.
• Sound knowledge of object-oriented design and analysis.
• A strong passion for writing simple, clean and efficient code.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools Git.
• Strong communication skills.

Experience:

• Min 5 year experience
• Startup experience is a must. 

Location:

• Remote developer

Timings:

• 40 hours a week but with 4 hours a day overlapping with client timezone.  Typically clients are in California PST Timezone.

Position:

• Full time/Direct
• We have great benefits such as PF, medical insurance, 12 annual company holidays, 12 PTO leaves per year, annual increments, Diwali bonus, spot bonuses and other incentives etc.
• We dont believe in locking in people with large notice periods.  You will stay here because you love the company.  We have only a 15 days notice period.

• 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