Senior Data Scientist
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Job Location:
Fort Lauderdale, FL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Department:
Job Summary
Join our team at Haystack News as a Senior Data Scientist and become a pivotal force in redefining user experiences through cutting-edge algorithm this role youll leverage your advanced statistical analysis causal inference experimental design (A/B testing) and data analytics expertise to drive substantial improvements in user engagement and retention directly impacting our products success. This is an exceptional opportunity to showcase your robust problem-solving capabilities and to thrive in a collaborative environment working alongside a team of passionate professionals dedicated to innovation and excellence. Be part of a dynamic workplace where your contributions make a meaningful difference and help shape the future of news consumption.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
PhD degree; or M.S. 5 years in Computer Science Mathematics Electrical Engineering Statistics Economics or Operations Research.
3 years professional experience applying statistical methods to real product/business problems at scale (leading analysis end-to-end and influencing decisions).
Deep expertise in statistical inference and experimental design: hypothesis testing power/sample size calculations variance reduction etc.
Proficiency in causal inference methods.
Proven ability to translate offline analysis into online impact.
Fluency in the Python analytics stack (pandas NumPy) statistical modeling (statsmodels or scikit-learn) and machine learning packages such as LightGBM and XGBoost.
Strong experience with SQL (e.g. postgres snowflake etc).
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
2 years of professional experience with large-scale recommender systems (for news feeds shopping ads music etc).
Hands-on experience with orchestration/transformation tools (e.g. dbt and Airflow).
Experience with deep learning and being familiar with tools such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
Hands-on development of products/tools incorporating GenAI LLMs RAG and/or Agents.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Work cross-functionally to translate business problems into testable analyses and experiments.
Have curiosity and apply analytical skills to dive deep into data to find key insights that would impact the business.
Define and evolve trustworthy KPIs and guardrail metrics for user engagement retention and monetization.
Develop and deploy machine learning models to make recommendations and influence the product roadmap.
Define and build new ML features using text and multimodal embeddings and GenAI.
Validate offline learnings with online outcomes through AB testing. Design execute and analyze experiments to prove product change attribution.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Mammalian Cell Culture
- Biochemistry
- Assays
- Protein Purification
- Research Experience
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Research & Development
- cGMP
- Cell Culture
- Molecular Biology
- Flow Cytometry
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