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MIDWEST TAPE LLC Data Scientist II in Holland, Ohio
Remote in the following states: Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, Texas, Montana, Nevada, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Florida, Colorado.
Must be flexible to travel to our the headquarters in Holland, Ohio 2-3 times a year.
For over 30 years, Midwest Tape has served libraries and their patrons with unparalleled access to the best content available in the media world. Our digital offering, hoopla Digital, combines the media and library expertise of Midwest Tape with the latest in web and mobile technology, delivering an all-in-one experience to the library world. As hoopla continues to grow on a global scale, we are expanding our team.
At Midwest Tape, we know our people are the reason for our success. We value our employees and believe in empowering them to help them thrive. We offer competitive pay and benefits, a healthy work/life balance, and appreciation for a job well done.
*Position Summary: *
The Data Scientist II will help lead our AI/ML team to even greater success. Essential roles include creating key innovations and finding opportunities in the company and external data to support product optimization and augment our applications. The Data Scientist II will take ownership of key projects and will be responsible and accountable for the quality and coding of software components that make up complex systems enabling our digital streaming application, hoopla Digital, to perform better to meet and exceed customer needs. We have great ideas where our technology can go next, and we need to add experienced data scientists with leadership qualities and technical imagination to make that happen.
This role requires deep experience in software engineering practices and ongoing familiarity with emerging technologies. Data Scientists will work independently and under the direction of a Lead Data Scientist, architects, development leads and managers while contributing to multi-layered solution architectures that comprehend and specify business, application, data, and infrastructure designs. The Data Scientist II is responsible for writing technical stories, technical specifications, coding, peer reviewing and coaching, explaining technical problems to non-technical audiences, and designing solutions while maintaining and improving existing processes on existing applications. Another key distinctive of the successful Data Scientist II is mentoring and developing junior data scientists and engineers.
Success includes efficient and timely communication to technical and non-technical team members, proactive coordination, a love of new technologies, a strong desire to learn, a curious nature, and a passion for removing inefficiencies.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop AI/ML models to support company products and processes
- Engage in Team Building, Leadership, and Management
- Assist the Lead Data Scientist with setting the direction of the team
- Collaborate with and manage software developers to integrate innovative AI/ML technology into products
- Research, design, and implement AI/ML development best practices
- Build prototypes of creative and interactive ideas
- Identifying areas for modification in existing programs and subsequently developing these modifications
- Determining operational practicality
- Deploy software tools, processes, and metrics
Work with other engineers to share knowledge of tools and applications
Skills:
Knowledge of general AI/ML landscape including architecture, trends, & emerging technologies
Experience creating and using advanced machine learning algorithms and statistics: Bayesian