Data scientist (F/M/D) - Paris

Job Description

We are looking for a highly motivated Data Scientist to join our growing R&D Team, responsible for using machine learning to drive innovation across the organization.

Responsibilities

Your global responsibilities will include (but will not be limited to):

• Leverage data to solve business problems
• Uncover trends, patterns, correlations and other relationships in data and deliver actionable business insights from this information by creating algorithms and advanced analytic models using statistical, data mining and / or machine learning tools and techniques
• Build and maintain data-driven optimization models, experiments, forecasting algorithms, and machine learning models
• Benchmark your model against the current ones
• Leverage tools like R, Python, Azure & SQL to drive efficient analytics

Qualifications

• Outgoing personality with an exceptional level of drive and a desire to pursue a career in an international and dynamic environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication, critical thinking and analysis skills
• Master?s degree in quantitative discipline (Statistics/Applied Math, Data Science, Applied Linguistics and Text Analytics, Computer Science)
• 2+ years of overall experience in Machine Learning/NLP and data mining techniques
• Excellent understanding of Machine Learning techniques and algorithms, such as Decision trees, word embeddings, neural networks
• Understanding of NLP techniques for text representation, semantic extraction techniques, data structures and modeling
• Use effective text representations to transform natural language into useful features
• Eager to learn attitude for logical problem‑solving skills
• Enthusiastic, can‑do attitude who can work independently as well as contribute to the team
• Strong communication skills both within and outside teams
• Demonstrable software engineering experience from previous work experience, coding competitions, or publications preferably in Python
• Any experience with Azure or other cloud provider would be a distinct advantage

Skills, Abilities and Work Standards

• Continuous Learner – Ability to continually develop and improve one's skill and knowledge to perform effectively and adapt to change in the workplace
• Personally Effective – Making use of all of the personal resources at your disposal (talents, skills, energy, and time) to achieve goals
• Authentic – Being honest and authentic in communication, feedback, and strategy
• Results-driven – Setting high goals for themselves and others. They accomplish their goals by effectively working through challenges and demonstrate commitment to the company's goals
• Creative Problem Solver – Focused on improving their practices and results. They are open to new ideas and they maximize available resources
• Collaborator & Partner – Works effectively with others to achieve shared goals through cooperation, sharing knowledge, joint problem‑solving, and celebrating success