Paper is looking for a Senior Data Scientist - NLP to join the growing R&D team. You will be responsible for performing research and applying techniques in natural language processing, machine learning, and information retrieval. 

In this role, you will be responsible for designing and implementing algorithms to solve technical problems and you are expected to adopt a scientific approach when conducting R&D experiments. You will spend a significant amount of time planning, building, and deploying NLP custom and off-the-shelf solutions while working closely with our engineers. You should be self-directed and comfortable conducting applied research in collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders and cross-functional teams. As an ideal candidate, you need to have a strong background in mathematics/statistics/computer science or a related field.

This position can be located in any geography in the US or Canada.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, evaluate and deploy ML / NLP techniques.
• Mine and analyze data from the company databases to create standardized datasets.
• Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy.
• Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data collection techniques.
• Use predictive modeling to improve service delivery, customer experience, and other business outcomes.
• Develop custom data models and algorithms.
• Coordinate with different functional teams to implement models and monitor outcomes.
• Work with stakeholders throughout the organization to identify opportunities for leveraging company data to drive business solutions.

Qualifications:

• 4+ years of hands-on experience building neural networks, statistical models and machine learning techniques, with a Master’s or PHD in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or another quantitative field.
• Extensive experience with Python and common data science libraries (Numpy, Scipy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn).
• Thorough familiarity with machine learning libraries (Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, Pytorch) and NLP libraries (NLTK, spaCy, CoreNLP, Gensim, TextBlob).
• Knowledge of a variety of machine learning techniques (supervised and unsupervised, clustering, regression, decision tree learning, artificial neural networks, etc.) and their real-world advantages/drawbacks.
• Experience with putting Machine Learning models into production.
• Comprehensive knowledge of GCP cloud computing services.
• Experience with visualizing/presenting data for business stakeholders.
• Strong problem solving skills with an emphasis on product development.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for coordinating across teams.
• A drive to learn and master new technologies and techniques.
• Experience using other statistical computer languages (R, MatLab, etc.) to manipulate data and draw insights from large data sets is a plus.
• Experience using graph learning is a plus.

Job perks:

• Work with a dynamic team that provides support whenever you get stuck.
• 100% remote work.
• Bi-annual company wide meetups.
• Opportunity for career development with a fast-growing company.
• A unique opportunity to make an impact by making education more equitable.

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