Data Scientist
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Trilateral Research
Ethical AI solutions to address child exploitation, human security, human trafficking, air quality monitoring, community safeguarding, crisis management, sustainability, information security, ESG, public health and public safety.Trilateral Research
We are an innovative company bringing the rigour of interdisciplinary research to solve complex societal problems. Our projects help users make decisions when tackling complex social challenges such as understanding air pollution risks in urban areas, protecting civilians during crisis, preventing child exploitation and modern slavery. If these are the kinds of challenges you find inspiring, and you have a passion for solving problems that make a real and positive impact in the world, come talk to us.
As a Data Scientist you will join the Sociotech for Good business unit in providing ethical AI solutions to customers in the public and private sector. Within this role you will focus on supporting the advancement of our Innovation & Research activities, participating in European and national research projects in the space of data-driven risk modelling, including for instance contributions to the COVINFORM project regarding evaluating the response and impact of the pandemic on national, regional and local levels. As such, this post is particularly suited to those with a passion for data science in a research setting.
MAIN ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The successful candidate will have some expertise in one or more of the following fields:
Data Science – Operational Level
- Contribute to the delivery of Data Science related tasks in products and/or projects in line with specified requirements, demonstrate abilities to lead data science tasks from ideation through to delivery.
- Perform tasks relating to data management: collection, curation, cleaning, analysis, presentation, visualization activities.
- Lead technical reports, technical documentation, deliverables, and content for proposals.
- Work in an interdisciplinary Sociotech manner, ensuring an understanding and engagement with data ethics, data privacy, data security and algorithmic transparency considerations.
Coding and Documentation
- Write good quality, maintainable code.
- Provide clear and useful technical documentation.
General
- Contribute to discovery efforts under supervision of senior staff.
- Participate in the data science tribe supporting knowledge exchange efforts.
- Begin to demonstrate expertise through contributions to collaborative peer-reviewed publications and/or conference papers and marketing collateral.
Requirements
Key Competencies
Interpersonal Skills
Essential:
- Good organizational, verbal and written communication skills
- Willingness to learn, knowledge share, and improve
- Display a problem focused mindset.
General Knowledge and Technical Skills
Essential:
- Demonstrable experience of completing data science projects.
- Demonstrable experience in working on collaborative software projects.
- Good understanding of statistics - hypothesis testing, p-values, confidence intervals, regression, classification, and optimization.
- Knowledge of machine learning evaluation methodologies
- Background knowledge of, and experience with, a variety of machine learning approaches, such as linear/logistic regression, SVM, random forests, and deep learning (ANN, RNN, CNN, LSTM, etc.)
- Good experience manipulating large data sets (structured and unstructured data) through statistical software or other methods
- Good technical skills (Python – essential). Note: we use Python, SQL, ElasticSearch, Neo4J, pandas, scikit-learn, Keras, PyTorch among others.
- Ability and willingness to discover, use, and learn new technologies.
Demonstrable experience and interest in the realization of ethical AI.
Desirable:
Required Education and Experience
Essential:
- 2+ years’ experience in data science.
Desirable:
- Masters/PhD in a technical subject such as Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Science, or related subject.
Location: This position is open to candidates based in England
Contract type: Permanent, full-time Employment Contract
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Hours: Full time
In return, you get ...
- Flexible working hours
- · Competitive pension scheme
- Remote working/working from home options
- A friendly and enthusiastic team of experts in the field
To Apply: Please submit both your CV and a cover letter, linking your experience to our requirements in order to have your application considered. References will be required prior to appointment and candidates must be eligible to work in the UK
We are an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of their age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We are a Disability Confident committed and Living Wage employer.
At Trilateral Research, we value privacy and data protection rights. We have a longstanding data protection culture and promote robust ethical standards in data management and research ethics. Please read our Recruitment Privacy Notice in relation to our recruitment activities before submitting your application to work with us.
* Salary range is an estimate based on our AI, ML, Data Science Salary Index 💰
Tags: ANN Classification Computer Science Data management Deep Learning Elasticsearch Keras Machine Learning Mathematics Neo4j Pandas PhD Physics Privacy Python PyTorch Research RNN Scikit-learn Security SQL Statistics Testing Unstructured data
Perks/benefits: Competitive pay Equity Flex hours
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