Position: Middle Data Scientist
Company: Access Softek
Experience required: 1y
English level: upper

Access Softek is US-based software development company, started 30 years ago in Berkeley, CA. Today, we have offices opened in New-York city, Chicago, Ohio, Vancouver (Canada) and our head office in California (Berkeley).

We are looking for a Middle/Junior Data Scientist who will develop our machine learning based products with insights gained from analysing big volumes of raw data.

You will work primarily with existing tools and techniques, not building new algorithms. You will work with large datasets comprised of bank account data, account history, loan records, end-user personal data, and mobile app interactions. You will need to transform this data into features / data inputs that will be fed into statistical models. You will need to conduct feature transformation, model selection, and model evaluation, and you will need to be able to analyse big volumes of raw data.

The goals of this work include: developing product/loan recommendations, predicting loan risk, identifying good lending options, predicting fraudulent behavior within digital banking channels, etc.

Qualifications for Data Scientist:

— 2+ years working experience as Data Scientist
— Experience using statistical computer languages (R, Python: numpy, pandas, scikit-learn)
— Understanding basic principles and techniques in machine learning, supervised and unsupervised learning
— Experience in data preprocessing (feature engineering), understanding of algorithms, data structures
— Experience querying databases: MS SQL is preferable
— Understanding cloud technologies based on AWS.
— Good written and verbal English, for communication across teams.
— A drive to learn and master new technologies and techniques.

Responsibilities:
— Data visualisation on dashboards
— Adjustment and support of existing math products
— Participation in development of new products

Our benefits:
— Work from anywhere in the world!
— Competitive salary.
— Compensation vacation (15 day off in a year).
— Global corporate events for all employees.
— Internet compensation (50$ per month).