Hi,
Akkodis is seeking a Data Scientist for our contract position with a client located in Addison, TX/ Charlotte, NC, Ideally looking for applicants with a solid background in the Banking & financial services industry and strong NLP programming in R and or Python / Anaconda
Position: Data Scientist
Location: Addison, TX/ Charlotte, NC (hybrid 3 days onsite & 2 Days remote)
Duration: 12 + Months Contract
Pay Range: $60 -$65/hour on W2
Job Description:
Data Scientist
The Enterprise Complaints Operations and Enablement - Reporting and Analytics AI team designs and develops AI automation machine learning solutions that drive daily business decisions. Qualified individuals should have a keen interest in combining data science skills to engineer automation solutions, help drive decisions, and are passionate about breaking down complex business problems and providing well-designed data science solutions that make a significant impact.
Applicant must have a strong background in working with text data using natural language processing (NLP) including classification modeling, and unsupervised modeling techniques such as clustering and topic modeling. Should have a background in working with transformer models. Strong Python coding skills are a must. Should have strong SQL skills, data mining, analytics, wrangling, and data cleaning skills and strong feature engineering and entity/parts of speech tagging. Should have a strong understanding of word embeddings and finding patterns in text with cosine similarity. Background in ElasticSearch or building semantic search solutions a plus
Required Skills:
• 2 - 4 years of professional experience in NLP programming
• Experience with finetuning Large Language Models (LLMs) or writing language models from scratch.
• Demonstrated background in NLP and machine learning. Preference for degrees in computer science, information retrieval, statistics, applied math, or other quantitative field
• Demonstrated track record of publication in peer-reviewed journals and conferences
• Track record of having developed novel algorithms
• Experience in deep learning - phonetics (valued)
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: entity/relation extraction, information extraction, summarization, semantics, document classification, ontology, question answering, and knowledge graph
• Experience with modern deep learning approaches to NLP: word/paragraph embeddings, structured prediction, sentiment analysis, disambiguation
• Ability to consistently deliver results across shifting priorities and deadlines ina fast-paced environment
• Ability to work with a sense of urgency to meet critical deadlines
• Detail-oriented with strong investigative and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to proactively engage in a teamwork culture
Desired Skills:
• Advanced degree in Data Science with a focusonn NLP-valued
• Experience with the BERT family of models, open source foundational LLMs such as LLAMA, Falcon, or Mistral.
• Ability to indirectly manage peer-level associates who are part of problem-solving teams
• Background in teaching NLP algorithms to beginners and advanced Data Scientists
• Experience with large-scale data analysis tools such as Spark, Hadoop
• Background in machine learning techniques
• NLP programming in R and or Python / Anaconda
• Background with moving large data sets across Hadoop, SQL, ORACLE
• Solid background in statistical learning techniques for NLP (HMMs, CRFs, SVMs, LDA, LSI, MRFs)
• Must have ML/NLP algorithm implementation experience as well as the ability to create/modify standard algorithms (e.g. change objectives, work out the math, and implement)
• NLP programming in R and or Python / Anaconda
• Background with moving large data sets across Hadoop, SQL, ORACLE
• Solid background in statistical learning techniques for NLP (HMMs, CRFs, SVMs, LDA, LSI, MRFs)
• Must have ML/NLP algorithm implementation experience as well as the ability to create/modify standard algorithms (e.g. change objectives, work out the math, and implement)
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, term life insurance, short-term disability insurance, additional voluntary benefits, commuter benefits, and a 401K plan. Our program provides employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. Available paid leave may include Paid Sick Leave, where required by law; any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law; and Holiday pay upon meeting eligibility criteria.
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Location: Addison, TX
Posted: Aug. 26, 2024, 1:57 a.m.
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