Ipsos: Data Scientist

Company: Ipsos
Location: Culver City, CA
Web: www.ipsos-na.com


Summary: A capable and creative programmer with unrelenting attention to detail, an ability to work well with a small team (including both programmers and non-programmers), and a strong interest in advanced analytic techniques. Fluency in R and/or Python is required.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to large-scale data and statistical modeling efforts.
• Develop new data science products by translating conceptual blueprints into polished applications.
• Maintain and enhance large codebases underlying existing key applications.
• Perform other marketing science analyses for clients as required

 
Skills:

Required

• Proficiency in advanced R and/or Python programming, including the ability to produce and maintain reusable and modular codebases.

 
Preferred

• Working knowledge of SQL. Further experience with database design and administration considered a plus.
• Familiarity with particular analytic tools including Monte Carlo simulation, machine learning, genetic algorithms, data fusion, predictive models, network analysis, system dynamics, and/or agent-based models.
• Experience with collaboration tools and version control systems (e.g. Git).
• Experience in code optimization (parallelizing processes, etc.).
• Experience integrating R and/or Python with each other and C\C++.
• Large dataset manipulation. Experience in distributed storage and computing a plus.
• Experience with JavaScript, esp. visualization libraries (e.g. d3.js).
• Experience creating and deploying web applications.
• Familiarity with web scraping tools and techniques.

 
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