About this role
Job Description
The Position Our Team is looking for Junior Data Scientist. We support Our Organization’s business areas – research and development, manufacturing, supply chain, commercial, and animal monitoring – through data science and AI delivery. This role allows you to work on impactful data science products and collaborate with other data scientists and AI engineers, building a community that learns, challenges, and inspires each other. Our team is shaping the AH Data Science and AI strategy, serving as a DS and AI community facilitator and helping non-technical colleagues to mature their understanding of DS and AI.
What will you do?
• Work on Data Science, Econometrics, and Machine Learning projects within our division under the guidance of more experienced data scientists. • Write efficient and maintainable code following best practices in software engineering to implement data science algorithms. • Provide precise and timely communication (both verbal and written) & collaboration with diverse stakeholders. • Understand the context behind business decisions. • Implement new features in the existing DS/ML pipelines using Python/R and leveraging advanced techniques including simulations, optimization, and machine learning. • Assess the output of analytical solutions and interpret data to draw conclusions, identify options, and provide recommendations to stakeholders. • Build and maintain knowledge on the data sources, the data quality and metadata. • Recognize repeatable situations and suggest the appropriate level of automation of analytics.
Qualifications, Skills & Experience Required
• Master’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Physics or other related fields. • Experience building Data Science and Machine Learning models through university projects or internships. • Passion for advanced algorithms and good quality code. • Strong programming skills in Python and/or R. • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to make presentations to stakeholders. • Extensive knowledge in one or more of the following areas: mathematical analysis and modelling, probability, stochastic processes, econometrics, machine learning, optimization, simulations, software development. • The ability to formulate models, analyze them, program, and run in some appropriate system. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to work with incomplete or imperfect data, including ability to interpret and use analytics results within the real business context. • Experience with version controls systems and collaboration tools (e.g., Git, Jira). • Experience and/or ability to quickly learn new tools (e.g., Databricks). • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a global team.
What we offer
• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment. • Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally. • Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern (e.g., even 80% full-time is possible in justified cases). • Pension and health insurance contributions. • Internal reward system plus referral programme. • 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution. • Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card. • Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank and Foodora discount programmes. • Up-to-date laptop and iPhone. • Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner. • Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more.
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Required Skills: Business Decisions, Data Analysis, Data Science, Data Visualization, Data Wrangling, Deployment Strategies, Machine Learning (ML), Model Development, Python (Programming Language), Stakeholder Relationship Management, Unstructured Data Preferred Skills:
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Requisition ID:R421276