*Hi -- Educational Initiatives, a company in India and Arizona that
develops Mindspark, is looking for an EDM researcher/developer. Please
forward to interested individuals, the job posting is below.*
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*Data Scientist (Machine Learning)*
*Why is this role critical?*
EI, in it’s mission to reach out to children everywhere to help them learn
with understanding, has created an online learning environment called
Mindspark. It is a technology-based adaptive learning solution that is
developed through cutting-edge educational research and ensures improved
level of learning for students. This is achieved through diagnosing current
learning levels, prescribing a personalized learning path and tracking
learning progress. Mindspark is currently used by more than 80k students
and 175 schools, it receives 1 million student responses every day. We have
a massive data set that has answers to how students learn and how we can
make learning more effective for students.
We are looking for an exceptional data analyst who will work with a team of
analysts to synthesize and leverage our massive data set of student
learning data to enhance learning outcomes in classrooms. You will be
working in a new, multidisciplinary team of creative individuals who are
passionate about making a meaningful change in the Education Sector. The
team will work in quick iterations, using the techniques and algorithms
best suited for solving the challenging problems of student learning.
*What you’ll be doing?*
- Support the identification, design and implementation of continuous
improvement levers through data analytics to improve the product
- Dig in to the large data sets and develop analytical solutions that
provide actionable insights on student learning that will support the
product development team
- Work cross-functionally and support adhoc analyses to give a more
structured shape, examine recent and historical data, identify salient
trends, develop statistical models, and surface key insights
- Synthesize diverse, complex information to develop a compelling story
with data and insights
*Skills/competencies required*
- Must have a master’s degree in operations research, applied
statistics, machine learning or a related quantitative discipline
- Must have a deep understanding of statistical and predictive modeling
concepts, machine-learning approaches, clustering and classification
techniques, and recommendation and optimization algorithms
- 6+ years of experience delivering world-class data science outcomes
- Experience in use of statistical analysis environments such as R,
Python, MATLAB, SPSS or SAS and comfortable with relational and
non-relational databases
- Passionate about working on large data sets and able to communicate
that passion to product managers and engineers
- Have a keen desire to solve business problems, and live to find
patterns and insights within structured and unstructured data
- Able to propose analytics strategies and solutions that challenge and
expand the thinking of everyone around you
*Location:* Bangalore or Tucson
Apply at this link: http://www.ei-india.com/careers/#DS