Position: Junior Data Scientist/ML Engineer
Company: SPD-Ukraine
Category: Data Science
Experience required: no_exp
English level: intermediate

We are looking for a person willing to work in a dynamic and quickly changing environment where every project is a challenge and requires creativity and the ability to find the right technologies to solve a task in the most optimal way for the client and the team. 
We are not dedicated to a specific project, so the candidate should have a desire to work with something new every time.

We are waiting for a person who is a good team player and occasionally likes to have a cup of coffee with the team :)

**Few words about SPD-Ukraine**

At SPD-Ukraine, great people create great software. Our story started in 2006. Now the team of 500+ cool specialists continues to write our story. Located in Ukraine (Kyiv, Cherkasy), we create products used by people all over the world. And what we do is what gets us out of bed in the morning.

**What would you do:**
- Work with custom and specific client's tasks around NLP, Computer Vision, and classical ML
- Creating custom algorithms for processing of the input data
- Using libraries for work with text for entity recognition, fields extraction from PDF documents, etc.
- Acquiring new skills and implementing them in a real-life environment.
- Working with cloud services (Google STT, Amazon Textraxt, and others) for Audio Processing and OCR tasks.
- Work with cloud services for deployment (AWS, Digital Ocean).

**What we expect from you:**
- Strong analytical skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Well-developed communication skills.
- Ability to extract meaning and suggest action steps from data provided.
- Algorithmic mindset.
- Eagerness to continuous self-development in ML and additional software skills.

**Your starting point:**
- You will work in a team with 2 core Data Scientists with 3+ years of experience who will be your mentors.
- You will have a Project manager who coordinates the projects you are going to work on.

**What we offer for that**
**Conditions & Space**

You’ll have 20 paid holidays. Get sick? Stay home and get better — sick leavers are paid. Flexible working hours. Work remote or at the office (Kyiv, Cherkasy). You’ll be free to adjust your working space — choose a type of chair and model of laptop (depending on the project).

**Clients & Projects**

You’ll be engaged in the creation of products granted SIIA CODIE and GeekWire awards. Our clients are startups and companies with strong investments and innovative ideas. You’re free to change a project — internal rotation is available.

**Learning & development**

Online corporate library, soft skills training, internal educational events are available for you. Our Career Advisor helps you with a Personal Development Plan. SPD-Ukraine covers your expenses on conferences, certifications, etc. Plus, free English classes with native speakers.

**Sport & Health**

You’ll get compensation for sports activities. If you take COVID testing, SPD-Ukraine covers your expenses. Medical insurance is also available. You’ll be able to get online support from psychologists and mentors provided by a third-party service.

**Fun & Activities**

You’ll enjoy two big company events (SPD Summer Party and SPD Winter Awards). Every month you’ll be able to have team-building activities. Presents are waiting for you for big life events (marriage, childbirth) and nice presents just for fun.

Does this sound like the kind of place you want to work at? We look forward to hearing ’hi’ from you :)