SENIOR DATA SCIENTIST, MADRID

Senior Data Scientist
Do you have background in Data Science and strong software engineering experience in R? Are you an open-minded professional with good English skills? If it sounds like you, this could be the perfect opportunity to join EPAM as a Senior Data Scientist.

EPAM is shaping the digital future for Fortune 1000 companies, building complex solutions using modern technologies. We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our innovative analytics team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining analytic solutions in a demanding insurance industry environment. Utilizing the latest analytic technologies and strategies, you will develop solutions that provide meaningful business insights and drive decision making.

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Responsibilities
- Utilize R programming languages for data extraction, cleansing, manipulation, analysis, and visualisation
- Develop and implement advanced statistical models, machine learning algorithms, and data mining strategies for insurance data
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and define analytics objectives
- Participate in data warehouse design, development, and maintenance, including creating and optimising data marts and business intelligence semantic layers
- Communicate complex quantitative analyses in a clear, precise, and actionable manner to non-technical colleagues and stakeholders
- Monitor performance of models and provide ongoing validation and refinement as needed
- Stay updated with advancements and best practices in data analytics and R programming

Requirements
- Advanced R programming skills (relevant experience over last 12-24 months) especially with packages like tidyverse, dplyr, data.
table, dtplyr, Rcpp and shiny
- Built production-grade R Shiny applications (version controlled, with unit and functional tests, packaged format)
- Strong data science and analytical skills
- Ability to collaborate with others to find practical solutions
- Agile working experience
- Strong coordination and communication skills
- Experience using the Posit commercial products: Posit Workbench, Posit Connect and Posit Package Manager

Nice to have
- Experience in optimizing R code performance (dtplyr, data.table, Rcpp, cpp11)
- Experience in deploying R solutions using CI/CD pipelines and cloud providers (e.g. Azure DevOps)
- R package development and testing experience (like testthat, shinytest2)
- Provision of technical guidance, assistance, and leadership to other R developers within the squad
- Experience in using and building solutions with different object-oriented systems in R, e.g., S3, S4, and R6

We offer
- Private health insurance
- EPAM Employees Stock Purchase Plan
- 100 paid sick leave
- Referral Program
- Professional certification
- Language courses

EPAM is a leading digital transformation services and product engineering company with over 52,650 EPAMers in more than 55 countries and regions. Since 1993, our multidisciplinary teams have been helping make the future real for our clients and communities around the world. In 2018, we opened an office in Spain that quickly grew to over 1,450 EPAMers distributed between the offices in Málaga and Madrid as well as remotely across the country. Here you will collaborate with multinational teams, contribute to numerous innovative projects, and have an opportunity to learn and grow continuously.

- Why Join EPAM
- WORK AND LIFE BALANCE. Enjoy more of your personal time with flexible work options, 24 working days of annual leave and paid time off for numerous public holidays.
- CONTINUOUS LEARNING CULTURE. Craft your personal Career Development Plan to align with your learning objectives. Take advantage of internal training, mentorship, sponsored certifications and LinkedIn courses.
- CLEAR AND DIFFERENT CAREER PATHS. Grow in engineering or managerial direction to become a People Manager, in-depth technical specialist, Solution Architect, or Project/Delivery Manager.
- STRONG PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY. Join a global EPAM community of highly skilled experts and connect with them to solve challenges, exchange ideas, share expertise and make friends.

R, Azure DevOps

R, Azure DevOps