Data Scientist
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Data Scientist – Contract – Greenwood Village, CO – Hybrid – $75-$85 / hour

The final salary or hourly wage, as applicable, paid to each candidate/applicant for this position is ultimately dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate's/applicant's qualifications, skills, and level of experience as well as the geographical location of the position.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Sponsorship not available.

Our client is seeking a Data Scientist / Contract / Hybrid.

Top Skills

• Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the internet customer experience.
• Requirements gathering, problem formulation, data grooming, data exploration, model prototyping, model validation, and productionalization.
• Leverage consultative experience delivering insights on large, structured and unstructured data to product owners and executives with strong communications skills (verbal, written PowerPoint).
• Perform analyses using a range of techniques from basic (pivot table) to advanced (ML models).
• Troubleshoot, debug, solve problems where the analytical approach or algorithm is not meeting performance standards.

Required Skills/Abilities and Knowledge

• Expert-level skills and experience with Python (including relevant packages) in support of advanced analytics.
• Comprehensive experience with machine learning models (regression, decision trees, clustering, SVMs, neural networks).
• Effective synthesis and presentation skills.
• Ability to communicate results and recommendations to a wide variety of audiences including executive leadership.
• Understanding of data architecture, data warehouse and data marts.
• Experience with other database and data store technologies, such as NoSQL, key-value, columnar, graph, and document.
• Extensive experience with large data sets and the tools to obtain, transform, and store data on Big Data and streaming services.
• Program, product, or project management experience delivering analytics results

Required Education

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, statistics, operations research and/or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Preferred: Master's degree in related field (ML / AI / DS)

Required Related Work Experience

• Data manipulation and statistical modeling as a data scientist – 5+ years
• Python – 5+ years
• Strong analytics skills in SQL and Excel – 5+ years
• Lead the design, develop and deployment machine learning and analytics models - 3+ years

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Hadoop, Hive, Spark, and AWS
• Tableau
• Knowledge of other relevant techniques such as text analysis and text mining
• Background with cable and/ or telecommunications

Benefits/Other Compensation

This position is a contract/temporary role where Hays offers you the opportunity to enroll in full medical benefits, dental benefits, vision benefits, 401K and Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit).

Why Hays?

You will be working with a professional recruiter who has intimate knowledge of the industry and market trends. Your Hays recruiter will lead you through a thorough screening process in order to understand your skills, experience, needs, and drivers. You will also get support on resume writing, interview tips, and career planning, so when there's a position you really want, you're fully prepared to get it.

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