Senior Data Scientist - Big Data Analytics & ML

Placements24; Willows (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Medical insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for a fast-growing analytics firm in California. The role focuses on extracting insights from large-scale data, building predictive models, and applying statistical methods to solve business problems for diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities include data cleaning, feature engineering, A/B testing, model deployment with engineering teams, mentoring juniors, and communicating results with clear visualizations.

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in Statistics, Mathematics, CS, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Data Scientist or in a similar analytical role.
• Proficiency in Python and R with data libraries; strong SQL skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement advanced statistical and ML models for business challenges.
• Perform data cleaning, feature engineering, and exploration on large datasets.
• Design and runs A/B tests and experiments to assess model impact and business value.
• Build predictive and prescriptive models for customer segmentation, churn, forecasting and anomaly detection.
• Communicate results clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders with visuals.

Skills

Advanced statistics

ML modeling

Data visualization

Communication

Education

Master's or PhD in a quantitative field

Tools

Python

R

SQL

Spark

Hadoop

Tableau

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for a fast-growing analytics firm in California. The role focuses on extracting insights from large-scale data, building predictive models, and applying statistical methods to solve business problems for diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities include data cleaning, feature engineering, A/B testing, model deployment with engineering teams, mentoring juniors, and communicating results with clear visualizations.