About Terakeet:
We are a 100% remote organization with an intentional approach to our Talent Acquisition. While remaining remote, our team is looking to concentrate our hiring in specific locations to better create opportunities for future connectivity and collaboration in-person, for when we might want some time together. The specific geographic locations we are hiring in are within a 60 mile radius of Chicago, Dallas, Austin, Charlotte, Atlanta, Phoenix, Minneapolis, and Syracuse (if located outside of these specific regions, we will not move forward with your application). Not every role will be open in each of these locations, please take a look at the top of this job description to see which areas we are hiring in for this role. This is not hybrid or in-office work in disguise. This is giving you and your future colleagues in your area the opportunity to work together face to face if you would benefit from that.
Terakeet is the preferred Owned Asset Optimization (OAO) partner for Fortune 500 brands seeking online business growth. Our mission and purpose are to bring brands and their audiences together to create meaningful connections. As an organization that knows our people are our greatest asset, we believe in creating a culture based on engagement, growth and fulfillment. That’s why our values of Teamwork, Grit, Excellence, Impact, and Partnership guide our hiring and employment philosophy.
Why Terakeet?
At Terakeet, we’re comfortable with the uncomfortable. We live in the future of marketing and are revolutionizing how the world’s most valuable brands connect with their audiences. We are experts who deliver exceptional outcomes. Together, we win. This is a remote position.
About our Senior Data Scientist Role:
As a member of Terakeet's data science team, you’ll be responsible for developing and owning critical components employed across our enterprise SEO solutions. The methodologies you apply and novel approaches you develop will help directly shape the future application of data science technologies within our data platform. We're looking for a Sr. Data Scientist who is excited to solve challenges using a wide breadth of modeling and quantitative techniques.
For this role you’ll need to have a deep technical understanding of data science concepts across the disciplines of research methods, modeling, and applied statistics as well as machine learning. You’ll also require the ability to build prototypes of novel methodologies from scratch. Candidates with significant experience with NLP are preferred.
Essential Functions:
- Lead research projects to define and create net new algorithms.
- Create prototypes to expose algorithms to stakeholders for gathering research feedback.
- Build supervised and unsupervised learning systems to glean insight from our wide variety of data sources.
- Collaborate with engineering teams on implementing and deploying large scale data processing pipelines.
- Manage cross-discipline projects between product vision, software engineering, data engineering, and data science teams.
- Design research frameworks to capture and evaluate results.
- Communicate about algorithms and their business value to technical and non-technical audiences.
The above description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
Preferred Education, Experience, Skills
- 5+ years of work or educational experience in data science, machine learning, and statistics.
- PhD degree or comparable research experience in a quantitative field.
- Proven track record of delivering on products and/or practical research endeavors.
- Experience with Python is a required, R is a plus.
- Experience with Snowflake similar data warehouse systems is a plus.
- Experience with AWS SageMaker, Lambda, and other AWS tooling is a plus.
- Experience with spaCy, NLTK, or HuggingFace libraries is a plus.
- Experience with Tensorflow, Torch, Keras or similar libraries is a plus.
- Experience with a range of open-source and commercially available LLMs is a plus.
Pay Transparency
The salary range for this role is $127,000 to $192,000. *This salary range is based off of the market pay for all of the United States; Terakeet applies a multiplier to this range based upon the specific geographic location of a job candidate*
EEO Statement
Terakeet provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.
What We Do
Terakeet is the preferred owned asset optimization (OAO) partner for Fortune 500 brands seeking meaningful customer connections and online business growth. We help brands optimize and unify their owned assets to meet consumers as they search for solutions.
Our combination of custom, data-informed strategies, proprietary technology, and expert execution and partnership tap into real-time consumer behavior insights. This allows us to help global brands dominate markets, drive new revenue, and increase brand value. When our customers win, we win.
We are also an organization dedicated to creating a workplace that encourages the development of its team and community. We’re committed to our people — inside and outside of work. That’s why we’ve designed a workplace that provides flexibility and comprehensive support to help you achieve your personal and professional goals.
Why Work With Us
Terakeet has had remote, flexible work figured out for over a decade. While other companies are worrying about a “return to work”, we’re focused on growing our employee-first workplace and comprehensive benefits package to help our team achieve their personal and professional goals.
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Remote work and flexible schedules are integral parts of our workplace. Terakeet employees can work 100% remotely in the USA.