Economist/Core Data Scientist
Build and own end-to-end forecasting models, from scoping and feature engineering to deployment, monitoring, and improvement
Partner with business teams to translate strategic questions into analytical frameworks
Build and apply models for causal inference, forecasting, and optimization
Analyze complex datasets, including geospatial and market data, to identify performance drivers
Present clear, actionable insights to stakeholders
Partner with business teams to translate strategic questions into analytical frameworks
Minimum Qualifications
Strong quantitative background in statistics, econometrics, machine learning, or applied mathematics
Expert R/Python programmer also proficient in other languages important to the ETL data pipeline (e.g. SQL)
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, in both Mandarin Chinese and English
Preferred Qualifications
Proven experience in applying predictive modeling, including time-series, probabilistic and machine learning methods, to translate technical outputs into actionable business decisions
Hands-on experience deploying and maintaining models in production
Ability to share results with a non-technical audience and advancing multiple projects at once on a tight schedule
Industry experience as a senior data scientist with engineering or production-level coding experience.