Data Scientist at Whalar

Whalar is a tech-powered influencer company on a mission to Liberate the Creative Voice. We combine technology, creative strategy, talent expertise, and platform partnerships to unite brands with target audiences globally by connecting them with thousands of influencers, tastemakers, and storytellers, around the world!
Whalar works with 300+ brands and is the only influencer agency to win a Cannes Lions Award - in fact, we’ve won two. Recently named the 6th Fastest-Growing Medium Agency, and 20th across all considered companies in the prestigious Adweek ‘Top 100’, Whalar is an industry leader.
Location/Remote:
This role is tied to our Malaga Office but can be remote and sit anywhere in Spain. We are also open to candidates who are EU citizens and want to relocate to Spain.
Responsibilities:

Formulates analytic studies against large volumes of data.
Interpret and analyse data using exploratory mathematic and statistical techniques and/or models
Coordinate research and analytic activities utilising various data points (unstructured and structured) and employ programming to clean and transform data.
Experiment against data points, provide information based on experiment results and provide insights to various stakeholders
Coordinate with DevOps and data engineers to build data environments providing data identified by product or engineering teams
Research and devise innovative statistical models for data analysis
Analyse issues with data and determine root causes.
Take ownership of the complete Machine Learning Workflow: ideation, data processing, model training and testing, deployment, monitoring and iteration.
Proactively suggest, research and prototype new data ideas.

Experience:

BS Telecommunications/Software Engineer/Mathematics or related technical degrees.
4+ years of work experience in data analytics, software development, machine learning, AI
Experience building ML solutions to real-life problems.
Strong hands on experience with  (Python is a must, but other languages are also valued), capable of building robust ML software.
Machine learning - pattern recognition and predictive modeling
AWS infrastructure
Advanced in SQL, capable of getting the data required from the appropriate sources, and building data pipelines if needed.
Elasticsearch
Good mathematics skillsAnalytical mindFluent communication skills in English (both written and spoken), capable of explaining complex concepts to peers and stakeholders

Would be a Plus also:

Experience with Data Visualization Tools (matplotlib, ggplot, d3.js, Tableau, Any other BI tools like Looker, Amplitude)
Experience working within the AWS framework
Working with Data pipelines (Airflow, dbt) or Big Data technologies (Spark)

Our values:
Our people are our superpowers. At Whalar, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility are at the core of who we are. We are deeply committed to reflecting on the unique journeys, authentic voices, and perspectives of our people, our creators, and the communities they
represent. Our hope is to impact accessibility beyond compliance and help break societal stigmas and stereotypes.  We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for everything creator, we want to meet you, and we encourage you to apply.
The perks:
Whalar is a remote-first working environment, allowing our employees to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves. Whalar is located across 18 states in the US and 6 countries including offices in London and Málaga, Spain. Whalar provides flexible benefits and collaborative work environments/experiences, empowering employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs.

Remote-first company (but if you are around Malaga we also have an office available if you wish to go)
Flexi-working hours approach
25 days PTO per year + Winter break (between Xmas and NY’s) on top of your PTO to refresh
Yearly professional development allowance for your job-related development
One-off home office setup allowance to help you get comfortable with your home office setup + Monthly teleworking allowance
Private health insurance for you paid by Whalar
English language development classes
Full subscription with Calm and FWR Progress apps
Volunteer days available Whalar provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Equal opportunity extends to all aspects of the employment relationship, including hiring, promotions, training, working conditions, compensation, and benefits.