Responsibilities

Our team has open positions for Data scientists focused on ML modelling. A data scientist needs to be able to derive conclusions from data, and to possess creativity and strong communication skills. Creativity drives the process of hypothesis generation (picking the right problems to solve), experiment formulation, experiment execution and measurements. In this role, data scientists would be expected to work on every part of the model development, including: 

• Ideation and prototyping 
• Labeling supervision and analysis 
• Feature set definition; Model building, training and evaluation 
• Deploying, testing and monitoring the models in production 
• Feedback loop setup 

• Business intelligence 
• Presenting your work to management, local and remote teams 
• Working with local and remote partners to turn requirements into simple, elegant and optimal models 

Qualifications

• Passion about machine learning and working in a data-driven environment 
• Proven interest or track record in these areas 
• B.Sc. , M.Sc., Ph.D. in Computer Science or equivalent university degree (e.g. Electrical Engineering, Signals and Systems, Math, Physics, etc.) 
• Experience in using Python, TSQL, MATLAB (or similar) 

• Passion for quality, performance and reliability 
• Team-oriented attitude and excellent interpersonal skills 
• Commitment to accuracy, quality and attention to details 
• Excellent English writing and speaking skills 

This position can, but does not have to, be a position of direct employment with Microsoft, i.e. it can be a position through external agency. 

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