Data Scientist
The Walt Disney Company
Contract Burbank, California, United States Posted 1 year ago
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Data Scientist (Contract)
$85.00 / Hourly
Burbank, California, United States
Data Scientist
Contract Burbank, California, United States Posted 1 year ago
Skills
• BSc in Computer Science/Engineering or related field with a focus on applied statistics AI machine learning or related fields • 3 - 5 years of experience as a Data scientist • Coding in Python and SQL - MUST • Experience with ML models around tabular datasets - MUST • Experience with modeling using XGBoost - MUST • Experience with cloud environments • Experience with A/B testing and statistical analysis • Knowledge of basic and advanced concepts of Machine Learning • Fluent English • Ability to talk with other engineersDescription
• Building Machine Learning (ML) models and deploying them to production on a giant scale (we serve 2bn devices globally and handle 200bn requests every day).
• Using ML models, which are at the heart of our technology, to serve the following use-cases:
○Predicting mobile users’ favorite games based on their gaming and behavioral history
○Predicting the value of the user’s in-app transactions for mobile game developers
○Optimizing our bidding prices in real-time auctions (RTB)
○Optimizing infrastructure utilization
○Detecting and eliminating fraud
○Detecting image content in ads
• Collaborating with super-smart employees from different domains - Backend, Data Engineering, Frontend, Product, Business and other Data Scientists who work on building ML models for our company
• Working with the following cutting-edge technologies:
○AWS, GCP
○Google BigQuery
○Databricks and Spark
○Python and classic ML libraries
○, PyTorch Lightning
○Experiment Management platforms such as: MLFLOW, Optuna
Responsibilities
- • Experience with ML models in production
- • Experience in Data Science in Ad-Tech
- • Familiarity with Spark, Databricks, MLFLOW, and Big Data related technologies - a strong advantage
- • Examples of great business impact that you have created.
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