Remote Data Scientist

Description:

• Mutt Data is a dynamic startup focused on creating innovative systems using Big Data and Machine Learning technologies.
• The company is seeking a Data Scientist to enhance their expertise in the field.
• Responsibilities include designing and implementing ML models for various business needs such as forecasting, recommendation systems, pricing, and churn.
• The role involves performing exploratory data analysis (EDA) to identify trends, anomalies, and relationships in data.
• Collaboration with stakeholders is essential to define problems, success metrics, and data needs.
• The Data Scientist will build scalable and maintainable ML workflows and ensure smooth model deployment.
• Monitoring model performance and retraining when necessary is a key responsibility.
• Clear communication of insights to both technical and non-technical audiences is required.
• The position involves working closely with product, engineering, and business teams to integrate models.
• Mentoring junior team members and promoting data science best practices is expected.
• Contribution to internal standards on testing, reproducibility, and documentation is part of the role.
• Staying current with advances in ML and AI to bring new ideas to the team is encouraged.

Requirements:

• Expert knowledge of Python for data analysis and machine learning modeling is required.
• Hands-on experience with common ML libraries and frameworks is necessary.
• A strong understanding of machine learning and statistical techniques, including supervised/unsupervised learning, time series analysis, and A/B testing, is essential.
• Experience in deploying ML models into production and maintaining them is required.
• Proficiency in writing clean, reproducible, production-grade code is necessary.
• Solid knowledge of SQL and experience working with structured and unstructured data from relational databases and/or data lakes is required.
• The candidate must demonstrate the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to business stakeholders clearly and effectively.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams and collaborating with product, engineering, and business units is necessary.
• Familiarity with version control (Git) and agile development practices is required.

Benefits:

• The position offers a remote-first culture, allowing employees to work from anywhere.
• In-company English lessons are provided to enhance language skills.
• A stipend for Wellhub or sports club memberships is available to encourage an active lifestyle.
• AWS and Databricks certifications are fully covered, with a reward salary increase for AWS certifications.
• Food credits via Pedidos Ya are provided to ensure great work is rewarded with great food.
• Employees receive a birthday off and an extra vacation week known as Mutt Week.
• Referral bonuses are offered for helping to grow the team.
• An annual Mutters' Trip is organized, providing an unforgettable getaway with the team.