Senior Data Scientist

ApplyBoard simplifies the study abroad search, application, and acceptance process by connecting international students, recruitment partners, and academic institutions on one platform. With an exceptional team from around the world and speaking more than 75 languages, our diversity is one of our greatest strengths. Our core values, such as Caring About Each Other, Innovating and Improving, and Making Work Fun, propel us forward together and continuously strengthen our engaging culture. We are in growth mode and are looking to empower passionate and exceptionally talented team members.

The Opportunity:

We are looking for an experienced and driven data scientist to join our Data Science team to accelerate our efforts to become a more data-centric company. This person will work closely with various domains within product development as well as with other cross-functional teams across the company such as sales, marketing, and platform services to develop metrics, models, and data-related solutions to generate value and improve customer success.

What you'll be doing every day:

• Work with various internal partners in the product development and other teams across the company to define and analyze core metrics and optimize product performance
• Apply statistical methods to provide data analyses and identify business opportunities
• Analyze large-scale structured and unstructured data
• Develop machine learning models to build data-driven products for our internal and external customers
• Communicate findings with diverse range of stakeholders including senior leaders

What you bring to the table:

• At least 4 years of work experience (6 years for Staff Data Scientist)
• Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Degree in a quantitative field: computer science, statistics, economics, engineering, etc.
• Significant experience in statistical modeling and machine learning
• Proficiency in Python and SQL
• Experience with Tableau or other business intelligence tools
• Experience in leading data science projects
• Strong team player and ability to mentor and guide junior data scientists on the team
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex problems to technical and non-technical audiences

Ideally, you also have experience with some of the following:

• 6+ years of experience
• Master's degree or PhD
• Experience with deep learning technologies (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras)
• Experience with A/B testing
• Experience with AWS
• Experience with NLP and OCR