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Data Scientist

Back River Search

Data Scientist

Cambridge, MA +1 location
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Company:

    Our client helps millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions. Our client searches other sites to show travelers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages and is the world's leading travel search engine.

    Many employees are dedicated to one brand, but we all have the benefit of using each others strengths and insights. Together, we're able to help people experience the world through dining and travel.

    Position:

    Our client is looking for people who love working with data and have a strong interest in learning systems from recommender systems to anomaly detection and natural language processing. Good candidates will be well versed in machine learning advancements and be comfortable with quickly testing and iterating over new ideas.

    Responsibilities:

    • Extract, clean, transform and plot massive amounts of data
    • Build learning systems based on data to improve the website's user experience
    • Communicate results through presentations

    Qualifications:

    • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related field
    • Excellent analytical skills
    • Very good knowledge of the Python programming language and its scientific ecosystem
    • Strong interest in modern machine learning algorithms and techniques
    • Good knowledge of probabilities and statistics, in particular statistical inference and linear models
    • Familiarity with SQL and database systems
    • Familiarity with bash scripting
    • Knowledge of Java a plus
    • Knowledge of web development (UI/UX design, HTML/CSS/JavaScript/React) a plus

    Benefits and Perks:

    • 4 weeks paid vacation
    • Day off on your birthday
    • Generous retirement plans
    • Awesome health, dental and vision insurance plans
    • Flexible Spending Accounts
    • No stupid meetings
    • Drinks, coffee, snacks, games etc.
    • Flexible hours
    • Free massages from professional massage therapist
    • Regular team events/excursions
  • Locations
    Palo Alto, CA • Cambridge, MA