Data Scientist Job in Pune at TransUnion

TransUnion is hiring for the role of Data Scientist!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• The data sets under analysis are large, and growing larger still, and so the data scientist must be proficient in the design and development of CPU and memory efficient algorithms.
• Application areas include Marketing Analytics and other Business Solutions supported by our or our client’s data.
• Data Scientists create prototypes of new algorithms and support Engineering teams in productizing these capabilities.
• Data Scientists work closely with various teams including data acquisition, data products, data sciences and various business units including marketing, security, and Internet of things to ensure the implementation of capabilities that enable the organization’s vision.
• The position will start out as remote. The role will start out as remote pending company’s decision to return to office.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics or a related quantitative field.
• 2+ years of experience working on data-intensive analytics solutions
• Solid understanding of data mining and statistics concepts and familiarity with real-world applications of these techniques.
• Hands-on experience in Machine Learning.
• Experience on Geospatial data, time series data, and/or panel data is preferred.
• Solid knowledge of SQL in its various forms for traditional databases and distributed computing environments.
• Experience working with commercial and/or open-source statistics and data mining packages
• Experience working on large distributed datasets using Hive
  SQL, Spark, and Python are preferred.
• Experience working on cloud services such as AWS and GCP.
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong interpersonal collaboration skills. Being able to work in groups or as an individual contributor
• General curiosity, a willingness to experiment, pragmatism, and the ability to handle ambiguity