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Principal Lead Data Scientist
Required Education and Experience
Applicants must meet one of the following education and experience requirements:
* 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Applied Math, Statistics, Machine Learning or its equivalent or
* 5 years of relevant experience and a Master’s degree Computer Science, Applied Math, Statistics, Machine Learning or
* 3 years of relevant experience and a PhD Computer Science, Applied Math, Statistics, Machine Learning
Required Skills
* 8+ years of experience building and applying sophisticated statistical models
* 8+ years experience in data mining, machine learning and building statistical models
Desired Skills
* Experience communicating insights from complex data to non-technical audiences
* Proficient in R, SAS, MATLAB or equivalent
* Experience in general programming language such as Ruby, Python, Perl, Java, or C
* Experience with Hadoop, Map/Reduce, Hive or equivalent software
* Experience in sales and marketing analysis
* Experience with modeling demand curves
* Ability to influence at all levels of the organization
* Proven success executing multiple parallel projects
Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.