Data Scientist Intern Engineering & Development Los Angeles, California
------------ Description A Data Scientist Intern will help us discover
the information hidden in vast amounts of data, and help us make smarter
decisions to deliver even better products and services. Their primary
focus will be in ing data mining techniques, doing statistical analysis,
and building high quality analytical and prediction systems integrated
with our products. Examples projects include optimization of lead
generation systems using machine learning techniques and building
recommendation systems for personalized user content. Responsibilities:
- Selecting features, building and optimizing classifiers using machine
learning techniques. - Data mining using state-of-the-art methods. -
Extending company?s data with third party sources of information when
needed. - Enhancing data collection procedures to include information
that is relevant for building analytic systems. - Processing, cleansing,
and verifying the integrity of data used for analysis. - Doing ad-hoc
analysis and presenting results in a clear manner. - Creating automated
machine learning based systems and constant tracking of its performance.
Skills and Qualifications: - Excellent understanding of machine learning
techniques and algorithms, such as k-NN, Naive Bayes, SVM, Decision
Forests, etc. - Experience with common data science toolkits, such as R,
Scikit-learn, NumPy, Tensorflow. Excellence in at least one of these is
highly desirable: - Great communication skills. - Experience with data
visualisation tools, such as D3.js, GGplot, etc. - Proficiency in using
query languages such as SQL. - Experience with NoSQL databases. - Good
applied statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing,
regression, etc. - Good scripting and programming skills in Python or
Java. - Data-oriented personality. Education: - B.S. in Computer
Science, Software Engineering, Information Science, Mathematics,
Statistics, Electrical Engineering, Physics or related fields. - M.S. or
PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Science,
Mathematics, Statistics, Electrical Engineering, Physics or related
fields. Success starts with having the right people. At Internet Brands,
we value and mentor each member of our growing team. We seek out
talented, goal-oriented professionals who live and breathe the Internet
and thrive in a flexible but challenging work environment. Our team of
innovators has enabled Internet Brands to sustain high levels of
profitability and success while evolving along with the Internet for
over 20 years. At IB, we promote an entrepreneurial, friendly culture
that applauds innovation and results while embracing change and
independence. Our employees are intensely driven and constantly
encouraged to reach higher and use creativity to achieve success all the
while enjoying high levels of collaboration and the luxury of coming to
work in jeans and sneakers. We are proud to offer a unique blend of the
innovation of a start-up with the history, stability, and benefits of an
established corporation. Internet Brands and its wholly owned affiliates
are an equal opportunity employer.