Data Scientist at Tek Experts Full Time

Job Title: Data Scientist

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full time
Category: Information Technology

Job Description

• We’re seeking a diligent data scientist to design, prototype, and build next-generation analytics engines and services. You’ll communicate complex data-related requirements and be involved in building new, bespoke advanced analytics tools.
• This will be a challenging but rewarding role that requires effective communication and collaboration as well as a keen attention to detail and the ability to learn and adapt to emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Understand business problems and design end-to-end analytics use cases.
• Conduct advanced statistical analysis to provide actionable insights, identify trends, and measure performance.
• Collaborate with model developers to implement and deploy scalable solutions.
• Work with stakeholders to identify opportunities for leveraging DA and BM data to drive business solutions.
• Mine and analyze data to drive optimization and improvement of product development, marketing techniques, and business strategies
• Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques.
• Translate complex functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture, design, and high-performing software
• Code, test, and document new or modified data systems to create robust and scalable applications for data analytics.
• Use predictive modeling to increase and optimize customer experiences, revenue generation, ad targeting, and other business outcomes.
• Ensure that data pipelines are scalable, repeatable, and secure, and can serve multiple users within DA.
• Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy.

Qualifications

• Master’s or Ph.D. Degree in Computer Science or another related field.
• Proven experience working with large datasets and relational databases (SQL).
• Deep knowledge of data modeling and understanding of different data structures.
• Advanced knowledge of statistical and data mining techniques (regression, decision trees, clustering, neural networks, etc.)
• Experience with C, C++, Java, R, Python, and Matlab is required.
• Knowledge of computing tools including Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Gurobi, Arena, and others.
• Demonstrated experience with Agile or other rapid development methods.
• Curiosity, strong communication, problem-solving and quantitative skills, including the ability to disaggregate issues, identify root causes and recommend solutions.
• Professional fluency in English is vital, both written and spoken.

Application Closing Date
26th September, 2022.