Job Description

LEAD DATA SCIENTIST / ENGINEER - ALISO VIEJO, CA

AWM SMART SHELF is reinventing retail and looking for smart, talented people to help build on our current and future data and analytics platforms, pipelines, and machine learning models. Our solutions encompass a wide range of data such as:

• Real-time computer vision and deep learning that enables an understanding of what shoppers and workers are doing (e.g. movement, actions, product selection, etc.)
• AWM Frictionless™ Shopping (cashierless checkout)
• Demographic data captured via anonymous facial analysis
• Ads/video playback and effectiveness
• Product placement and pricing

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE MODERN TECHNIQUES TO:

• Understand and interpret data, reaching meaningful conclusions based on solid premises
• Predict optimizations both in real time and via big data processing
• Handle large and rapidly growing data sets

JOB DUTIES:

• Contributing to the development and maintenance of data pipelines as well as creation of new ones based on AI/computer vision and other data sources
• Validation of AI models and big data analysis
• Performing ad-hoc analysis on proprietary datasets for internal and external stakeholders
• Annotating proprietary datasets and giving direction to data labelers
• Performing exploratory analysis on data to find trends
• Training and evaluating various machine learning models

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• SQL
• Strong problem-solving / analytical skills
• Undergraduate or higher degree in data science, statistics, computer science, or other relevant areas
• Practical big data experience
• Machine learning
• Solid understanding of statistics
• Dataset cleaning
• Python
• Git, or other version control framework

SKILLS WHICH ARE A PLUS BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Azure tools such as Data Factory, Databricks, and Synapse Analytics
• Understanding of time series/sequence analysis
• Power BI (preferred), Tableau, or other dashboarding software
• Understanding of, or experience with, retail data and environments
• Experience distilling and communicating insights to people that aren’t data scientists in a way that can be readily understood
• Understanding of agile development processes

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Paid vacation and sick time
• Health benefits
• A dynamic and engaging environment where you can make an impact using the latest technologies
• Opportunity for growth
• 401k plan
• Potential for employee stock option plan participation

PLEASE APPLY TO BE CONSIDERED

Company Description

Please visit www.smartshelf.com to learn more and watch videos of our solutions.