Job Description
Data Scientist: Are you seeking to grow and enhance your technical career to new heights, in a full-time, W-2 opportunity? What if an organization existed solely to invest in YOU, being of service to YOU, showing you how, and supporting you every step of the way? Is a customized and personalized approach to your learning journey, career development, and overall ability to maximize your earning potential important to you? Let’s make it happen – together! What’s In It For YOU?
• Full-time, W-2 employment, with FREE, paid 6-8 week training in React Native development (an Industry-Proof Technology) at our headquarters in Atlanta, GA
• Complete and total support post training to secure and thrive while working for end-clients
• Paid corporate-sponsored housing during above mentioned training
• Relocation assistance for training and all projects, as needed • Robust W2 employee benefits
• Full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage through Cigna Open Access POS plans
• 401K eligibility after one calendar year of employment, 3% company match → Basic life/AD&D, Dependent Disability (short/long term) coverage → Work visa sponsorship for Foreign Nationals → Opportunity for nationwide U.S. travel → Company-sponsored technical certifications, as necessary, per technology → Learn to become a best-in-class engineer, developer, and consultant
• Development in proven soft skills and interviewing skills methods
• An expert technical engineer development program
• Project deliverable support (once on the project)
• Exposure to a breadth and depth of best-practice production environments, code bases, and tech stacks with 100’s of industry-leading end clients
• Opportunities to assist our end clients across multiple states architect, test, deploy, maintain, document, and scale upward
What You Bring to the Role
• Master's degree from an accredited college/university in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Econometrics, or related fields, Ph.D. is preferred • Alternatively, a Bachelor’s Degree with at least 2 years experience as a Data Analyst, Data Scientist, or Research Assistant
• 3+ years of experience working in a corporate environment within IT
• Strong Proficiency in Python or Java programming language, or expertise with functional/object-oriented programming.
•Ability to translate objectives to a project plan with milestones, and resource/technology requirements, and teach, lead, and manage projects/people/clients to successful execution
• Ability to work across multiple engagements with clients to assess needs, provide assistance, and resolve problems, using structured problem-solving and communication to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Availability to travel (80% after the Training portion) and live in the U.S
• Strong English written and verbal communication skills
Nice-to-Have :
• Experience with command-line scripting, data structures, and algorithms and ability to work in a Linux environment, processing large amounts of data in a cloud environment
• Experience in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and/or artificial neural networks
• Proficiency in applying various mathematical and statistical models to include, but not limited to discrete event simulation, factor analysis, genetic algorithms, Bayesian probability models, hidden Markov models, sensitivity analysis, sampling, probability, multivariate data analysis, regression, PCA, time-series analysis
• Broad understanding of databases (e.g. SQL, NoSQL, Lucene, Mongo), and high-performance or distributed processing (e.g. using MapReduce, Spark, Pig, and/or Hive)
• Experience with visualization software (Tableau, D3, MicroStrategy, PowerBI)
• Experience delivering solutions in an Agile environment
• Experience with Tensorflow, Theano or Keras
•Portfolio of public & private data science projects you’re proud of (GitHub, Kaggle, DrivenData, etc.)
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals
• Other programming languages such as Scala, Java,
Company Description
First – we're a top-tier IT consulting firm, providing best-in-class IT solutions for companies across an array of industries including finance, energy, ecom, logistics, travel, retail, entertainment, auto, and healthcare. We work with established firms. Fortune 500 companies and start-ups.
First – we're a top-tier IT consulting firm, providing best-in-class IT solutions for companies across an array of industries including finance, energy, ecom, logistics, travel, retail, entertainment, auto, and healthcare. We work with established firms. Fortune 500 companies and start-ups.