Data Scientist (327502)

Job description

S/W Engineering, Regular Full-Time
Samsung Research America ,Mountain View California

Feb 15, 2018
General Description
Samsung is seeking a passionate and collaborative Data Scientist to join our Health team in Mountain View, CA. As a cross-disciplinary Health-focused product development team consisted of research, technology, design, strategy and product functions, we define the next generation of Health services experiences for Samsung products. Learn more by clicking here: http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/apps/samsung-health/ As a Data Scientist, you will work very closely with the product team, marketing team and the UX team to help evaluate and provide insights related to promotion performance, product priority, UI/UX effective and user satisfaction. You will be also be expected to develop algorithms to improve the effectiveness of the promotions and customize user experience. If you love working directly on large scale consumer-facing products, we'd love to meet you. Team Vision and Core Values Team Vision • Organization: Be the most impactful product team at Samsung • Service: Empower our users to elevate their health, every day Team Core Values • Teamwork: Team and project first. Help others while maintaining your own priorities • Commitment: All in. Be a trusted professional who delivers what's promised on time and with the highest level of quality • Adaptive: listen and separate signal from noise, embrace uncertainty and be flexible about your approach while maintaining strategic focus
Company Information
Founded in October 1988, Samsung Research America (SRA) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, South Korea. SRA is headquartered in Silicon Valley, CA. with offices across the US. SRA is engaged in researching emerging technologies to create new businesses, and developing core technologies to enhance the competitiveness of Samsung's products. SRA offers a competitive compensation package for R&D achievements so that researchers can focus on developing cutting edge technology. The primary research areas of SRA include: advanced software, content/services, user experience as well as other new and emerging technologies. Samsung Research America (SRA) plays a pivotal role in developing the next generation of discovery in software, user experience and services for future products that can enrich your life. Our mission is to research and develop new technologies by partnering with the best and brightest and creating a collaborative environment between industry and academia. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, with locations in many technology centers in North America, SRA is driven to build a culture of innovation that rapidly translates research and new ideas into the unexpected.

Desired profile

Necessary Skills / Attributes
Responsibilities Include: • Work with large-scale usage data and process data in Hadoop cluster environment • Apply machine learning and data mining techniques to derive insights • Fulfill common business intelligence requirements • Troubleshoot issues, implement fixes, and apply enhancements to data platform systems • Investigate cutting-edge technologies for our products • Develop reports and visualizations of the analytics report Experience Requirements: • M.Sc. or PhD student in data mining/machine learning • 3+ year experience in data mining or data analytics. • Strong programming skills in one or more of Java/Python/Scala/R • Strong foundation in machine learning and data mining algorithms • Solid background in SQL/NoSQL databases • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Preferred Experience Requirements: • Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services big data stack • Hands-on experience with big data technologies such as Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, Hive, Pig • Hands-on experience with data visualization such as Zeppelin, Kibana, Tableau, Qlik or Looker