Machine Learning Scientist (6-Month Fixed Term Contract)
ASOS.com Ltd
Machine Learning Scientist (6-Month Fixed Term Contract)
Salary Not Specified
ASOS.com Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Full time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 19 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 2661bc07335c4ac481e41c1eb8f6dfae
Full Job Description
- Working in cross functional team, alongside engineers, business… analysts and non-technical stakeholders, creating new and improving internal and external facing data products
- Driving the implementation and scale-up of algorithms for measurable impact across the business
- Setting up and conducting large-scale experiments to test hypotheses and drive product development.
- Keeping up with relevant state-of-the-art research, taking part in reading groups alongside other scientists, with the opportunity to publish novel prototypes for the business at top conferences
- Supporting our culture by championing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategies.
The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background and experience solving tough problems with large datasets. You will be a highly intelligent self-starter, able to work independently with a strong attention to detail., We'd love to meet someone with… - An advanced degree in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics or a similar quantitative subject - a Ph.D. is a bonus
- Experience in using machine learning methods to solve problems involving complex/high - dimensional data (e.g. image, click - streams, text, video, speech, time series) - This can either be through a distinguished academic career alongside relevant publications, or significant experience solving and productionising models within industry
- An understanding of the retail, marketing, and/or ecommerce industry
- Comfortable working in a Python data science tech stack (e.g. pandas, NumPy, Dask, scikit-learn, Keras, PySpark, PyTorch). Additional knowledge of Scala is desirable
- Experience accessing and combining data from multiple sources and building data pipelines, including a good knowledge of SQL
- Understanding of software development lifecycles and engineering practices (Data pipelines, API workflows, CI/CD deployments) alongside ML (DataOps, MLOps)
- A solid understanding of statistics (hypothesis testing, regressions, random variables, inference)
- The ability to work collaboratively and proactively in a fast-paced environment alongside both scientists, engineers and non-technical stakeholders
- A 'hackers' mentality, comfortable using open source technologies., Senior (5+ years of experience)
- Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!)
- ASOS Develops (personal development opportunities across the business)
- Employee sample sales
- Access to a huge range of LinkedIn learning materials
- 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day for a special moment
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Private medical care scheme
Tagged as: Industry, Machine Learning, NLP, United Kingdom
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