Senior Data Scientist at Liveperson B3E7D1B9 E969 4833 Ad29 0B075Ce3Cfe8

Senior Data Scientist- Remote
United States | Data Science & ML
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LivePerson is a transformational force in how brands and consumers communicate. With over 18,000 brands, including HSBC, Verizon, and Home Depot, we are on a mission to make life easier for people and brands everywhere through trusted Conversational AI. We believe in a future where conversations are the norm for getting your intentions fulfilled - whatever they are.
We are an innovative, intent-driven company that believes in building the future and we are looking for growth minded, unconventional thinkers, developers and builders to join the team.
You will thrive here if: 
You can operate in a fast paced, dynamic environmentYou can build partnerships that move our business forward You see feedback or failure as motivation to learn and to grow You believe data-driven decision making is the normYou relate to our core principles (link) and want to work with Conversational AI experts
In this role, you will work with one of the world’s largest goal-oriented conversational datasets to push the boundaries of computational linguistics and drive innovative new products. In addition to a world-class data set, you’ll also have an at-scale population of expert data annotators (contact center agents) to help drive investigation and learning.
In this role you will:
Analyzing and drawing insights from large scale conversational datasetsChoosing between many available state-of-the-art methods and tools, and consistently finding the most effective, efficient, stable, explainable, and where possible, simple approachesDesigning and building modern, flexible pipelines and services for delivering and navigating insights Creating durable, flexible scientific deployment and experimentation capabilitiesWork on challenging unsupervised and semi-supervised problems related to intent and dialog management, and create pipelines to accelerate and scale this effortUsing and presenting research findings in ways that inform and sometimes guide business and product strategyCommunicate the research findings to the internal business stakeholders.
Your qualifications are:
Masters/PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, Computer Science, Machine Learning or a related field, or BSc + ExperienceAnalysis, problem-solving, communication, and critical-thinking skillsCore strength in Statistical models, e.g., for significance testing, forecasting, regression, hypothesis testing,  causal inference, and AB testingUnderstanding of ML fundamentals, ideally including Deep LearningStrong hands-on programming skills, e.g., Python and SQL, Experience with frameworks for Statistical Analysis, Machine Learning (Pandas, Scikit-Learn, etc.)Ability to efficiently write, test, monitor, and improve production-quality codeCuriosity and interest in learning new applications and toolingAbility to work closely with teammates in a highly collaborative environment, as well as providing strong individual contributionsProduction ML evaluation and monitoring performance once completedUnderstanding of NLP/NLU is preferred
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Why you’ll love working here:
LivePerson was named to FastCompany’s World’s most innovative companies of 2020 list for the Artificial Intelligence category. We offer top tier tech & data science colleagues, along with opportunities to push your own limits. We embrace invention and experimentation. You’ll have great benefits and  flexible time off. Most importantly, you’ll have an ability to make an impact at work and at brands across the globe as we build the future with trusted Conversational AI together.
At LivePerson, people from diverse backgrounds come together to do their best work and be their authentic selves. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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