**Experienced Full Stack Data Scientist – Web & Cloud Application Development at blithequark**

Are you ready to revolutionize the retail industry with your expertise in data science? Do you have a passion for leveraging cutting-edge technologies to drive business growth and customer satisfaction? Look no further than blithequark, a leading retail giant that's pushing the boundaries of innovation and excellence. As a Staff Data Scientist at blithequark, you'll be part of a dynamic team that's shaping the future of retail through data-driven insights and strategic decision-making. With a focus on Customer Data Science initiatives, you'll work closely with cross-functional teams to develop and implement data-driven solutions that drive business growth, improve customer experiences, and enhance operational efficiency. **About blithequark's Data Ventures Team** Our Data Ventures team is a nimble startup incubated within blithequark, building a best-in-class suite of data products to provide actionable, customer-centric insights and support business leaders in making informed decisions. With a focus on omni-channel 360 performance, we're empowering our customers, stores, and traders with technological innovation to drive business success. **Key Responsibilities:** * **Data Source Identification:** + Understand the concerned order of requirements and service level agreements. + Define and identify the most appropriate reasserts for required data that fits the purpose, considering external assets as required. + Perform preliminary data quality tests on the extracted data. + Review the deliverables of junior colleagues and provide guidance. * **Problem Formulation:** + Analyze the business problem within one's domain and question assumptions to help the business perceive the root cause. + Identify and recommend solutions to solve the business problem. + Set data analytics, big data analytics, automation goals, and deliverables based on the setup achievement standards and outline key metrics to measure progress and effectiveness of the solution. + Quantify business impact. * **Analytical Modeling:** + Select suitable modeling strategies for complex problems with large scale, multiple established and unstructured data sets. + Select and develop variables and features iteratively based on model responses in collaboration with the business. + Conduct exploratory data analysis activities (e.g., basic statistical analysis, hypothesis testing, statistical inferences) on to-be-had data. + Identify dimensions and designs of experiments and create test and research frameworks. + Interpret data to identify trends to move across future data sets. + Create continuous, online versions learning including iterative model enhancements. + Develop newer strategies (e.g., advanced machine learning algorithms, vehicle mobile ML) through leveraging the latest developments in machine learning, artificial intelligence to teach algorithms to use models to new data sets. + Guide the team on function engineering, experimentation, and advanced modeling strategies for use for complex problems with unstructured and multiple data sets (e.g., streaming data, raw text data). * **Model Deployment & Scaling:** + Ability to work with MLOps to push ML models to production. + Continuously logs and tracks model behavior once it's deployed against the described metrics. + Identifies model parameters which may need adjustments based on the scale of deployment. * **Code Development & Testing:** + Writes code to develop the specified solution and application capabilities by identifying the right programming language and leveraging business, technical, and data requirements. + Creates test cases to learn and validate the proposed solution design. + Creates proofs of concept. + Tests the code using the right testing method. + Contributes code documentation, maintains playbooks, and provides timely development updates. * **Applied Business Acumen:** + Evaluates proposed business cases for projects and initiatives. + Influences business stakeholder decision-making. + Translates business requirements into strategies, projects, and initiatives and aligns them to business method and goals and drives the execution of deliverables. + Builds and articulates the business case and goes back on investment and grants work that has demonstrable value. + Challenges business assumptions on topics related to one's area of expertise. + Develop new organization-wide approaches and methods to working. + Teaches and trains others on best practices. + Proactively engages in the external network to build blithequark's brand and research more about business practices. * **Model Assessment & Validation:** + Identifies and reviews model assessment metrics based on analytical requirements. + Applies appropriate strategies for model testing and tuning, to evaluate accuracy, fit, validity, and robustness. + Ensures testing data is documented and maintained by the team. * **Data Visualization and Storyteller:** + Identifies and recommends the most appropriate visualization tools based on context. + Generates suitable graphical representations of data and model outcomes. + Understands customer requirements to design suitable data representation for complex data sets and drives User Experience designers and User Interface engineers to build the front-end applications. + Defines application layout based on customer requirements. + Builds compelling stories based on context to combine multiple pieces of data into cohesive insights. + Presents to and impacts various audiences using the right frameworks and conveys clear messages through deep business and stakeholder knowledge. + Customizes communication style based on stakeholders and leverages relationships to drive behavioral change. + Guides and mentors junior colleagues on story types, structures, and strategies based on context. **What You'll Bring:** * Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 4 years of experience in an analytics-related field. * Deep knowledge and understanding of machine learning, statistics, data science in general. * Strong programming skills in at least one of Python/R. * Ability to execute projects end-to-end including junior colleagues. * Implement best practices in ML Ops, coding standards, etc. * Clearly communicate with business, product, and application partners. * Ability to translate complex algorithm evaluations in simple language. * Ability to present to management including external clients. **What We Offer:** * Multiple health plan options, including vision & dental plans for you & dependents. * Financial benefits including 401(k), stock buy plans, life insurance, and more. * Associate discounts in-store and online. * Education assistance for Associates and dependents. * Parental Leave. * Pay during military service. * Paid Time off - including vacation, sick, parental. * Short-term and long-term disability for when you cannot work due to injury, illness, or childbirth. **About blithequark:** At blithequark, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make, from responsible sourcing to sustainability—and everything in between. As a blithequark associate, you'll play a vital role in shaping the future of retail, tech, merchandising, finance, and many other industries—all while impacting the lives of millions of customers around the world. Ready to join the revolution? Apply now to become a part of blithequark's dynamic team and help shape the future of retail! Apply for this job