Sr. Data Scientist

Sonsoft Inc; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing software company is seeking candidates with 10-15 years of experience for a contract position. Applicants should have a PhD or MS, strong experience in machine learning algorithms, and skills in Text Mining and Natural Language Processing. Ideal candidates will be proficient in R and Python. The company encourages U.S. citizens and authorized workers to apply, as sponsorship is currently unavailable.

Qualifications

• 10 to 15 years of experience required.
• Strong hands on experience on model development lifecycle.
• Logistics experience is desired – shipment processing.
• Cognitive computing experience is desirable.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to present results to senior management.
• Logistics/shipment processing experience desired.
• Cognitive computing desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy ML models for NLP/text mining tasks.
• Experiment with algorithms like neural nets, SVM, and ensemble methods.
• Collaborate with data engineers and stakeholders to translate insights into business impact.

Skills

Machine learning algorithms

Text Mining

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

R programming

Python

IBM SPSS

Excellent communication skills

Education

PhD or MS in a relevant field

Tools

R

Python

IBM SPSS

Job description

Sonsoft , Inc. is a USA based corporation duly organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Georgia. Sonsoft Inc. is growing at a steady pace specializing in the fields of Software Development, Software Consultancy and Information Technology Enabled Services.

Job Description

Required Skills:

• Overall Responsibilities: 10 to 15 years of experience with PhD or MS.
• Hands on experience on machine learning algorithms (Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines, Random Forest, logistic regression, clustering, classification, Naive Bayes, association rules, Collaborative Filtering, recommendation techniques, pattern recognition etc.)

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Text Mining, NLP – Natural Language Processing
• Hands on experience on model development lifecycle
• Strong hands on experience on R, Python, IBM SPSS
• Excellent communication skills and ability to express the statistical model output properly to senior management
• Logistics experience desired – shipment processing
• Cognitive computing desirable

Additional Information

** U.S. citizens and those who are authorized to work independently in the United States are encourage to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.

Note:-

• This is a Contract job opportunity.
• Only US Citizen, Green Card Holder, GC-EAD, H4-EAD, L2-EAD, H1B and TN Visa can apply.
• No OPT-EAD candidates please.
• Please mention your Immigration Status while applying.
• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.