Pointwest is looking for a highly motivated senior data scientist and AI/ML engineer who is well-versed in cloud technologies, particularly AWS, to join us for a lead role in the AI/ML team.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Solutioning and Design
Analyze business requirements and design a solution utilizing a possible combination of data science techniques, AI algorithms, machine learning models, and existing cloud services to address the pain points
Design optimal solutions and identify the optimal deployment strategies that maximize computational efficiency and minimize cost
Design of AI algorithms and machine learning systems in the following areas:
Computer Vision
Natural Language Processing
Sound Processing
Anomaly Detection
Forecasting
Technical Leadership
Spearhead the exploration of new technologies and cascade their usage to other team members
Convert solution designs into low-level task breakdowns that may be distributed among developer teams, taking into consideration the inter-dependencies of the tasks
Lead the estimation of tasks, taking into consideration possible risks that may extend the development
Review the outputs of other team members and ensure that they follow best practices
Help in resolving technical issues faced by team members, employing critical out-of-the-box thinking when considering possible solutions
Development of Data Science and AI/ML Solutions
Classification
Regression
Forecasting
Anomaly Detection
Analyze datasets in the context of usage for advanced analytics and machine learning systems, including visualization of datasets for easier analysis
Perform exploratory analysis on datasets using advanced analytics techniques to generate useful insights
Perform basic data collection and data manipulation
Evaluate AI and ML solutions to assess performance
Deploy models and algorithms, especially using cloud deployment technologies
Qualifications:
At least 1 year of experience in leading a team of data scientists and/or AI/ML engineers
Bachelor’s degree in Math, Statistics, Hard Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, etc.), Engineering, or related field with a good grasp of the following subjects:
Probability and Statistics
Calculus
Linear Algebra
Analysis of Algorithms
Proficiency in Python programming and usage of cloud services, particularly AWS
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills