Job Description
We’re looking for a passionate and talented Data Scientist to join our team. In this role, you’ll have the chance to roll up your sleeves and apply data science methods and analytics to real-world business situations across a variety of topics.
Activities
- Apply data workflow tasks as extraction, mining, preparation, quality control, KPI optimization, modelling, validation and business insight consideration.
- Apply advanced analytics techniques in a big data paradigm considering multiple data sources
- Develop and deploy machine/deep learning models applied to cross-functional use cases to increase customer value or operational efficiency.
Preferred Qualifications
- A Master’s Degree in a highly quantitative field (Statistics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, etc.) or equivalent experience
- 3+ years of industry experience in predictive modeling, data science and analysis
- Fluent in data wrangling and preparation: exploratory analysis, profiling & cleansing, feature selection, feature engineering, segmentation, clustering and PCA
- Strong working knowledge on programming languages as Python, SQL, R, data science libraries (Pandas, Scikit-learn, XGBoost) and MLOps tools (Git, Airflow, Kubernetes)
- Experience using ML/DP libraries, such as scikit-learn, caret, mlr, mllib, Keras, TensorFlow, PyTorch
- Experience with cloud resources, usage of IDE (PyCharm, visualbasic) and version control systems (git) are highly valued
- Experience working with GPUs to develop models
- Preferred experience with Natural Language and Cognitive applications
- Demonstrable track record of dealing well with ambiguity, prioritizing needs, and delivering results in a dynamic environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Fluent in Italian and English
- Familiarity with digital marketing or advertising is a plus
Top Skills
What We Do
Sky is one of Europe’s leading media and entertainment companies and is part of Comcast Corporation, a global media and technology company that connects people to moments and experiences that matter. At Sky, we Believe in Better. It’s in our DNA.
We’re famous for innovation. We offer the world’s smartest TV, Sky Glass; our plug and play streaming puck, Sky Stream; the best aggregation platform, Sky Q; and streaming services NOW and WOW. We provide connectivity you can count on in mobile, fast, secure, reliable residential and business broadband, as well as smart home protection through Sky Protect.
We’re Europe’s premium content producer. We create award-winning original content, produce the biggest live sporting events, and we provide free access to news and the arts.
We believe that we can have a positive impact on society, by supporting and creating tens of thousands of jobs, addressing digital inequality, being a diverse and inclusive employer, and becoming net zero carbon by 2030.
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