Data Scientist I

Jabil; Bayan Lepas; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company in Penang is seeking a Data Scientist to analyze data, develop models, and collaborate with teams for product improvement. Candidates should have a strong background in statistics and proficiency in Python or R, with at least 3 years of relevant experience. Opportunities to work in a dynamic team environment and engage with cutting-edge AI/ML technologies are available.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of data mining/machine learning experience is preferred.
• Good data sensitivity skill set is a plus.
• Multi-lingual capability is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Identify and analyze patterns in data supporting initiatives.
• Educate the organization on new approaches and statistical validation.
• Support data collection, integration, model training, and monitoring.
• Work with teams to design dashboards using tools like Power BI.

Skills

Proficient in Python/R

Strong statistics knowledge

Familiar with regression models

Familiar with Natural Language Processing

Excellent communication skills

Strong motivation and creativity

Team mentality

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics or Statistics

Job description

Overview

DATA SCIENTIST

Job Description

Build your career with Jabil! We challenge and empower you to make most of your talents, working with outstanding colleagues from diverse backgrounds who share your drive and passion to make Jabil grow!

Job Summary

A data scientist is a statistical analyst who have working experience in the field of data science. Work with other data scientists, ML Ops team, R&D team, Business users’ team in collecting, analyzing, interpret data sets and build AI/ML models to drive optimization and improvement of product development. As part of the company\'s AI/ML team member, data scientist is required to provide help in developing custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets. Data scientist must also coordinate with different functional teams to implement AI/ML and monitor outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Identifies and analyzes patterns in the volume of data supporting the initiative, the type of data (e.g., structured/unstructured data) and the speed or sudden variations in data collection
• Educates the organization both from IT and the business perspectives on new approaches, such as testing hypotheses and statistical validation of results
• Works with IT teams to support data collection, integration, model training, deployment, monitoring and retention requirements based on the input collected with the business
• Works with related team to design or build dashboards using tools like Power BI, Grafana etc.
• Conduicts basic data analysis

Job Qualifications & Knowledge Requirements

• Proficient in Python/R, Cloud techniques development experience is a plus
• Strong statistics knowledge
• Familiar with regression models (e.g., xgboost, lightGBM), classification models (e.g., logistic regression, SVM), cluster models are preferred
• Familiar with Natural Language Processing (NLP) or Generative AI models is a plus
• Good data sensitivity skill set is a plus
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively in teams and under pressure. Multi-lingual capability is a plus
• Highly motivated and creative, thinking “out of the box”
• Strong team mentality, interpersonal and communications skills
• Enthusiasm and ability to seek out and learn new technologies and algorithms outside of your immediate toolset/knowledge to solve business problems where required

Educational Background & Experience

• People who are taking his/her Bachelor or above degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics or Statistics
• 3 years or above experience of data mining/machine learning experience is preferred

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