Applied Scientist III

Overview:

TekWissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout the USA and many other countries in the world. Our client is a company operating a marketplace for consumers, sellers, and content creators. It offers merchandise and content purchased for resale from vendors and those offered by thirdparty sellers.

Job Title: Applied Scientist III

Duration: 9 months

Location: Remote

Job Type: Contract

Work Type: Remote

Job Description

• As an Applied Scientist in this team, you will;

• Design and implement new features and machine learned models, including the application of state-of-art deep learning to solve image processing problems.

• Evaluate the proposed solutions via offline benchmark tests as well as online A/B tests in production.

• Work with internal customers to understand what image recognition is needed and apply this understanding to build the right models and solutions.

• Work with leading internal and external managed workforce.

• Publish and present your work at internal and external scientific venues.

You will have an opportunity to:

• Working on a high-impact, high-visibility product, with your work improving the experience of hundreds of thousands of developers and millions of customers

• Building human in the loop solutions at scale.

• The opportunity to use (and innovate) state-of-the-art ML methods to solve real-world problems.

• Work closely with and learn from engineering and science leaders.

• Being part of a growing team where you can influence the team's mission, direction, and how we achieve our goals

• Client is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. It is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.Client.jobs/en/disability/us

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD or equivalent Master's Degree

• Experience of building machine learning models for business application

• Experience programming in Python/Spark/R and/or SQL/Hive/Pig

• Proficiency in model development, model validation and model implementation for large-scale applications

• Strength in clarifying and formalizing complex problems.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD with specialization in machine learning, computer vision and/or natural language processing

• Strong ML background and familiar with computer vision and/or natural language processing

• Track record of peer reviewed publications

• Expertise in at least one more major programming language (C++, Java, or similar) and at least one scripting language (Python, or similar), and one Deep Learning Framework (Pytorch, TensorFlow, MXNet, etc.)

• Experience working effectively with science, data processing, and software engineering teams

Typical Day in the Role

Interaction with team:

• Working closely with scientists and engineers, internally and externally

Extension:

• Possible based on performance and business need.

Conversion:

• Possible based on performance and business need.

Compelling Story & Candidate Value Proposition

• This is a long-term opportunity and not a contract or seasonal need. The Appstore team is using a contract-to-hire framework to accelerate hiring into the organization. We want to build a pipeline of candidates who are interested in long-term career development with client.

Here are some resources you can share with candidates:

• client Appstore

• Why developers are choosing Appstore

• client Appstore Blog

• Microsoft rolls out access to the Appstore Preview in Windows 11

Candidate Requirements

Earn Trust

• Leaders listen attentively, speak candidly, and treat others respectfully. They are vocally self-critical, even when doing so is awkward or embarrassing. Leaders do not believe their or their team's body odor smells of perfume. They benchmark themselves and their teams against the best.

• For an L6 at client, we're looking at 5-7 years of experience.

Top 3 must-have hard skills

• Communication

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity/affirmative action Employer (m/f/d/v) supporting workforce diversity.