Senior Data Scientist

SENIOR DATA SCIENTIST

Experis IT is Europe's leading IT recruitment agency. We are dedicated to connecting talented individuals with Business opportunities across a number of professional sectors, with IT being at the heart of our operations.

For one of our client, specialized in the pharmaceutical area with HQ in Basel, we are looking for a Senior Data Scientist with a minimum of 8 years' experience.

This is a challenging contracting position starting in MAI UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.

TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Drive the execution of data science experiments based on business requirements and data
- Engage with customers eg business-facing IT
- Performing high quality, timely and accurate analyses using appropriate state-of-the-art methodologies, tools and resources
- As a senior, support/coach team members on data science experiments they are working on
- Contribute to the design and use of statistical models, algorithms, tools etc.
- Support the evaluation of the designed models
- Train team members on the design and scientific background of statistical models, algorithms, tools etc. (coaching some team members in Poland, ADMD)
- Contribute and be integrated into the established processes of the Data Science Lab

REQUIREMENTS:

- S. or advanced degree (PhD) in data science related field (eg statistics, mathematics, computer science, epidemiology, health economics, outcomes research)
- +8 years' experience of the major data science modelling methods and machine learning
- Substantial experience in applying statistical modelling, machine learning, exploratory, and confirmatory data analysis in mid to large volume data sets
- Substantial experience with R and/or Python
- Experience with relational data sources (SQL) and visualization tools (Tableau)
- Experience using big data platforms/tools such as Hadoop, SPARK etc.
- Good verbal and writing communication skills in English, German would be an advantage
- Coaching/Leading experience of sub-teams
- Knowledge of Tableau, Shiny-RStudio and D3.js would be highly preferred
- Spark is a high plus

LOCATION: Kaiseraugst

START DATE: 15.05.2018

If you are a result oriented Senior Data Scientist currently looking for a challenging new position that applies to your skills, then we look forward to receiving your application!