Senior Data Scientist

Company Description

At Brightspeed, we are reimagining how people live, work, play and connect by providing fast, reliable internet connections and an awesome customer experience in twenty states throughout the Midwest and South.

Backed by funds managed by Apollo Global Management, our vision is to accelerate the upgrade of copper to fiber optic technologies, bringing faster and more reliable internet service to many rural markets traditionally underserved by broadband providers, while delivering best-in-class customer experience.

Be a part of the team that will make this vision a reality....designing and building a world class fiber network and creating a customer experience second to none.

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Job Description

Role:

• We are currently looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our Finance, Strategy & Transformation team  will be responsible for developing AI and ML solutions to drive improved business performance and efficiency across domains.

Impact:

• You will lead end-to-end AI/ML projects from understanding business needs to data preparation, model development, solution deployment, and post-production monitoring.

• You will dissect and solve complex business problems using analytical and quantitative approaches to identify patterns and correlations in large complex data sets.

• You will integrate and curate data from a wide range of internal and external sources to develop rich datasets for predictive & prescriptive modeling as well as machine learning.

• You will define and implement best practices to generate accurate reports, visualizations & dashboards to explain results simply and succinctly to technical and non-technical users.

• You will create models for visual recognition, processing of natural language that analyze complex data to make predictions or decisions, mimicking human intelligence.

• You will identify the most effective model architecture and parameters to drive accuracy and performance.

• You will liaise with stakeholders to understand their needs and concerns and develop concise analytics to provide actionable insights to influence strategy and performance.

• You will build partnerships, share knowledge, and deliver valuable predictive insights to inform strategic decisions, all the while highlighting potential risks and opportunities.

Qualifications

You will thrive in this role if you:

Required experience

5+ years of experience of building AI and/or machine learning models for business application

3+ years of hands-on experience with training, fine tuning, evaluating, and deploying models in production

3+ years of experience with data lake and cloud services, preferably Google Cloud Platform

Track record of academic rigor and professional certification

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Operations Research, Statistics, Mathematics or related field.

Master's degree strongly preferred.

Data Science or AI certifications

Analytical / Technical Skills

Deep expertise in machine learning, neural networks, computer vision, large language models, natural language processing or similar discipline

Demonstrated experience in algorithm selection, model training, feature engineering, fine-tuning performance and implementation

Proficiency in Python and key data science libraries, including Pandas, Num Py, Scikit-learn, Matplotlib and/or Seaborn

Strong capabilities in SQL and experience working with SQL query engines

Experience with Data Visualization tools such as Power BI

Transformation & Process Improvement

Expertise in Agile methodology for product and software development

Experience with leveraging Data Science and AI to drive business optimization

Structured problem solving & analytical skills

Ability to navigate ambiguous problem contexts and apply critical thinking to identify/diagnose problems and solve with simple, logical solutions

Excellent quantitative skills and data-driven decision-making capabilities

Strong executive communication

Ability to clearly articulate insights (verbal and written)

Ability to effectively communicate technical and non-technical information and concepts to all levels or organization

Unwavering focus on results while creating strong relationships

Ability to work…