Data Scientist

Primary Location – Fort Myers, Florida or Remote

Solios Corp is currently hiring for a Data Scientist for our premier client in Fort Myers, Florida. This is a contract-to-hire position.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Technical Requirements and Certifications »

• Certificate in business analytics, data mining, or statistical analysis preferred

Education and Experience »

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field preferred; Master’s Degree a plus
• 5-7 years of experience manipulating data sets and building statistical models
• Experience in a retail setting a plus

Preferred Qualification

• If in Research/Personalization: 5+ years’ experience with consumer/customer quantitative research, consumer/customer qualitative research, or associate engagement research
• If in CRM: 5+ years’ experience with marketing campaign segmentation, targeting design, execution tools, framework. Strategic mindset designing customer journeys and touch points.
• If in CX/UX: 5+ years’ experience with digital experience analytics (Google, Omniture, etc.). Ability to read/interpret web analytics to provide actionable strategic insights
• If in Modeling/Data Science: 5+ years’ experience in analytics or data science – with an emphasis in customer analytics and marketing analytics; forecasting; structural equations, marketing ROI and attribution, building predictive models and multivariate techniques, working in environments with disparate data sources
• If in Testing: 2+ years hypothesis testing experience; 2+ experience with testing toolset such as APT

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities »

• Familiar with the following software/tools: Coding knowledge and experience with several languages: C, C++, Java, JavaScript, etc.
• Knowledge and experience in statistical and data mining techniques: GLM/Regression, Random Forest, Boosting, Trees, text mining, social network analysis, etc.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills

Competencies:

• Culture
• Decision Quality
• Action Oriented
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Situational Adaptability

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Job Responsibilities »

• Selecting features, building and optimizing classifiers using Big Data techniques.
• Conducts data mining using state-of-the-art methods to drive optimization and improvement of marketing techniques and business strategies.
• Works with peers to enhance data collection procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic systems.
• Creates automated anomaly detection systems and constant tracking of its performance.
• Develops custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets.
• Building closed-loop algorithms to power scaled personalization within the digital experience.
• Uses predictive modeling to increase and optimize customer experiences, revenue generation, ad targeting and other business outcomes.
• Keeps up-to-date with latest technology trends and how to best leverage machine learning, neural networks and other avenues to harness the power of the organizations vast data.

Interested?