Contact us at data.science.recruiting@aptology.com if you are interested in this position

About Aptology

Aptology is creating a world where a person’s potential and ability, not bias and background, determine opportunity and success.

How would you like to directly increase the revenue of your customers, increase the customer satisfaction of their customers, and all while improving diversity and inclusion? Sounds like a tall order, but that is what we do every day at Aptology and what you will do if you join us. 

Aptology’s Platform is designed to specifically increase revenue attainment, improve customer satisfaction, and close the performance gap between the top, middle and bottom performers by giving leaders the tools to get the most out of their existing teams and to hire top-performing additions to their teams, and all while improving diversity and inclusion.

We actively seek a Senior Data Scientist to join our growing team who is excited about tackling huge problems that directly unleash tremendous value in all companies across all industries. If you like setting lofty goals and achieving them at a rapid pace then Aptology is the place for you. 

 

Position Summary

As a Senior Data Scientist at Aptology, you’ll work with the Behavioral Science, Customer Success, and Engineering Teams to continuously develop and improve our next-generation AI/Machine Learning capabilities in our TeamWerks Platform.

This Is What You’ll Do…

  

  • Explore, interpret, and analyze datasets for patterns and insights
  • Build high-quality prediction systems that solve our customers’ business problems by:
    • Modeling these problems to supervised/unsupervised learning algorithm
    • Mapping business data to features
    • Performing proper feature engineering
    • Iterating with different Machine Learning models
  • Enhance Machine Learning frameworks to support continuous improvement of predictions and surfacing of new insights
  • Design, build, and deploy internal tools and processes to operationalize Machine Learning best practices within our existing platform and to automate manually intensive Data Science tasks
  • Sharpen our data science capacity by mentoring team members on building predictive models, experimental methodologies, and causal inference approaches
  • Develop and foster collaborative relationships with product management, behavioral science, customer success, and engineering teams to effectively serve our customers’ needs and exceed their expectations

What we are looking for:

  • MS degree in Data Science, Statistics, Engineering, or Applied Mathematics or equivalent
  • 5 years of quantitative analytics experience with a focus on statistical modeling, machine learning, forecasting, optimization, and/or predictive analytics
  • Deep understanding of Machine Learning techniques and algorithms (i.e. k-NN, Naïve Baynes, SVM, Decision Trees, Logistic Regression…), and extensive experience applying these techniques to real-world problems
  • Expert level knowledge in at least one of the following toolkits: R, Python, Weka. Expert knowledge to include the ability to visualize models and results and the ability to debug and troubleshoot code and models
  • Demonstrated ability to use Machine Learning frameworks, libraries, packages, and APIs
  • Experience with data visualization techniques and tools (e.g. ggplot2)
  • Experience with statistical skills such as distributions and statistical testing
  • Demonstrated ability to explain complex data science concepts in simple terms easily understood by non-technical audiences
  • Demonstrated ability to work with both big datasets and small datasets (n < 100)
  • Ability and inclination to work in a multi-disciplinary environment, and the desire to see ideas realized in practice
  • Ideally, some experience working with psychometric data
  • Ideally, some experience working with KPIs from sales and other customers facing roles
  • Excellent conversation, communication, and teamwork skills
  • US Citizen or Permanent Resident, residing in the United States

 

Aptology is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and make all employment decisions without regard to any protected status.

Contact us at data.science.recruiting@aptology.com if you are interested in this position