AI / ML Data Scientist I

Nielsen Holdings Plc; India; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Nielsen Holdings Plc is seeking a data scientist to join our global data science team, building scalable models and production-ready pipelines for cross-platform audience measurement.

You will bridge data science, software development, and data engineering, deploying models in production, communicating findings to diverse audiences, and improving methodologies across TV, digital, and audio measurement. A 0–3 year background and strong Python/Spark/SQL skills are preferred.

Qualifications

• 0–3 years work experience
• Proficiency in Python, Spark, SQL, AI and ML
• Degree in data science, statistics, engineering, or related fields
• Strong code documentation
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and version control
• Experience with dashboards/visualization tools

Responsibilities

• Build measurement and planning solutions for publishers, advertisers, and agencies.
• Identify AI opportunities in existing and new projects and implement them.
• Deploy and maintain data pipelines and models in production.
• Work with cross-functional teams to productionize, validate, and optimize methodologies.
• Communicate methodology and research findings to diverse audiences.
• Support methodology research across cross-platform audience measurement.
• Address quality escapes and fix issues in production code.
• Document new methodologies and code.

Skills

Python

Spark

SQL

Machine learning

Data analysis

Education

Data science degree or related

Tools

Git/Gitlab

Spotfire/Tableau

JIRA

Confluence

AWS / Google Cloud

Job description

At Nielsen, we are passionate about our work to power a better media future for all people by providing powerful insights that drive client decisions and deliver extraordinary results. Our talented, global workforce is dedicated to capturing audience engagement with content - wherever and whenever it’s consumed. Together, we are proudly rooted in our deep legacy as we stand at the forefront of the media revolution. When you join Nielsen, you will join a dynamic team committed to excellence, perseverance, and the ambition to make an impact together. We champion you, because when you succeed, we do too. We enable your best to power our future.

Job Description

Nielsen Media is the global leader in measuring what people watch and listen to on TV, Digital and Audio in a changing media landscape. Data Science is essential to Nielsen’s mission. We offer a fast-paced environment for methodology and software development in a team of world-class computer scientists, statisticians, data scientists, and behavioral methodologists.

What would make me a great candidate?

You enjoy bridging the fields of data science, software development, and data engineering. You’re equally excited about building models at scale and writing production-ready software that can run in the cloud. You understand machine learning and know how to implement best software development practices across a team. You’re intellectually curious and prepared to learn from your peers.

Qualifications

What will I do?

• Build measurement and planning solutions for publishers, advertisers, and agencies.
• Identified the AI opportunities in existing and new projects and implemented them.
• Deploy and maintain data pipelines and models in a production environment
• Work with cross-functional teams to productionize, validate, and optimize methodologies
• Communicate methodology and research findings to varying audiences
• Support research on methodology changes to cross-platform audience measurement. The primary research areas include trend analyses, imputing missing data, representation/ sampling, bias reduction, indirect estimation, data integration, and automation.
• Continuous support and development of new projects by exploring the data - Variable Identification, cleaning the data , applying dimension reduction techniques, calculating distances and integrating the surveys. And also using output evaluation techniques in order to make sure of the accuracy.
• Address quality escapes and fix issues in production code.
• Document new methodologies and code.

Additional Information

Is this for me?

• 0-3 years work experience
• Proficiency in Python, Spark, SQL, Artificial intelligence and Machine learning
• Degree in data science, statistics, engineering, applied mathematics, operations research, information sciences, or another biological/physical science.
• Strength in code documentation
• Proficiency in Git and code versioning tools (Gitlab)
• Proficiency in Atlassian Suite such as JIRA and Confluence.
• Familiarity with cloud computing (AWS, Goolge Cloud preferred)
• Knowledge of statistics and machine learning
• Ability to manipulate, analyze, and interpret large datasets
• Knowledge of dashboarding and visualization tools like Spotfire/Tableau.

Business Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication
• Self-motivation and an ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to develop effective relationships with other team members, including remotely.