Associate Data Scientist,D&T
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN
West Pharmaceutical Services
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of packaging components and delivery systems for injectable drugs and healthcare products.
At West, we’re a dedicated team that is connected by a purpose to improve patient lives that has been at the center of our Company for more than a century. Our story began when Herman O. West solved the problem of supplying penicillin in mass quantities to the US Government during World War 2. Through our work to deliver thousands of life-saving and life-enhancing injectable medicines to millions of patients daily, West’s indelible mark on the healthcare industry has just begun. A name started our story. How will yours help write our future?
There’s no better place to join an inclusive community of professionals with opportunities for lifelong learning, growth and development. Supported by benefit programs, we empower the physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our team members and their families.
We believe in giving back to help those in need in the communities where we live and work. And are equally committed to creating a healthier environment and planet through our sustainability efforts.
Job Summary:
The Associate Data Scientist, Digital and Transformation will work with a multidisciplinary team to design and develop innovative data-driven analytical products and solutions for business problems using advanced analytics, data mining, and machine learning.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Work with the team to identify opportunities for leveraging novel statistical and machine learning techniques on data problems to solve strategic business questions.
• Assist in retrieving, compiling, and formatting of large volumes of data from internal and external sources.
• Assess with guidance the effectiveness and accuracy of data sources and data gathering techniques.
• With guidance perform data mining on large datasets (structured and unstructured), design algorithms, build models, and do analysis using advance modeling techniques to qualitatively understand the data and use results to implement change.
• Work with the team to establish scalable, efficient automated processes for large-scale data analyses, model development, model validation, and model implementation.
• Asist in Developing processes and tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy.
• Work with the team to arrive at data-driven insights and recommendations.
• Visualize data for concise, clear delivery of highly relevant insights
• Collaborate closely with internal experts to operationalize data-driven solutions.
• Other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience:
• Bachelor’s in computer science/math/stats or other quantitative field with strong academic background
0-3 years of experience
Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Hands on experience with Python, C/C++/C# , Node.js or any other equivalent programming language
• Experience in machine learning technologies
• Experience with some machine learning frameworks – Scikit, MLPack, TF, SparkMLib, Caffe, …
• Experience in building, validating and evaluating of machine learning model
• Experience in building feature selection for machine learning
• Experience in building distributed systems
• Knowledge of working with R, Anaconda environment or Jupyter notebooks or related tools
• Should have a strong background and skill-sets related to programming and software development
• Should have a product development mindset and work in a fast paced and agile environment
• Knowledge of a variety of machine learning techniques (clustering, decision tree learning, artificial neural networks, etc.) and their real-world advantages/drawbacks.
• Knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and concepts (regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests and proper usage, etc.) and experience with applications.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Expertise in Python Scripting
• Classification methods - Decision Trees, K-Nearest Neighbor, Naive Bayes Classifier, Support Vector Machines, Neural Networks
• Regression Methods: Linear, Multiple, Logistic Regression, Gamma Regression, Random Forest
• Unsupervised Machine Learning: K-Means Clustering, PCA, Hierarchical Clustering
• Time-Series Modeling: AR, ARMA, GARCH, Exponential Smoothing,
• Statistical Analysis: Hypothesis Testing, Experiment Design,
• Advanced and modern algorithms related to Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Advanced and modern algorithms related to Computer Vision
• Exposure to Docker, Containerization, Azure/AWS.
• Exposure to Web services, micro-services, and REST.
• Experience in RDBMS & NOSQL database
• Exposure to Azure ML, Azure Cognitive Services, LUIS and Microsoft Bot Framework
• Experience working with and creating data architectures.
• Independent and creative approach to problem solving
• Ability to work in a global and virtual environment and to effectively prioritize and execute tasks
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and utilize sound judgment with an ability to operate with a sense of urgency.
• Willingness to travel globally
• Able to be aware of all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description
• Able to comply with the company’s safety and quality policies at all times
Physical and Travel Requirements
• 15% travel, including global travel
West is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you have a special need that requires accommodation in order to apply to West, please send an email to Apply.Accommodation@westpharma.com. Where permitted by law, an offer of employment with West Pharmaceutical Services, or any of its subsidiary or affiliate companies, is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of background screening and/or a pre-employment drug screening.
* Salary range is an estimate based on our AI, ML, Data Science Salary Index 💰
Tags: Agile Anaconda Architecture AWS Azure Caffe Classification Clustering Computer Science Computer Vision Data Mining Distributed Systems Docker Jupyter Machine Learning Mathematics ML models NLP Node.js NoSQL Pharma Python R RDBMS Scikit-learn Statistics Testing
Perks/benefits: Career development
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