Chief Scientist (New York area, NY)

Opportunity

Chief Scientist. Competitive salary, incentive compensation, and equity in a well-financed and rapidly growing venture. PhD preferred. New York area.

Necessary Skill-sets

• Algorithm design and construction
• Experience working with sparse and noisy data
• Statistical modeling and data mining
• User modeling in a dynamic, changing system
• Taxonomy construction

Problem Area

Our problem deals with users navigating the Internet space:

1. The users: A user has a finite set of characteristics that are each binary in nature. The user pool approaches fifty million and will continue to grow. While we do not know the specific characteristic assignment of each user, we know the approximate distribution of each characteristic within the user pool at large.
2. The world: The Internet is an ever-changing and dynamic system.
3. Observable actions: We can view user behavior on the Internet through click-stream data, but we are limited to an incomplete view for specific domains only.
4. The test set: We have a test dataset containing both the characteristics of each user as well as a complete view of each user’s click-stream behavior.
   

Question: How do we return the X users most likely to have a particular characteristic, where X must exceed 2 million?

Orientation

Given the specific nature of the problem, a Chief Scientist would need direct experience in the online world.

Due to high market demand for our capability, the Chief Scientist will need to have an orientation towards implementation, not long-term theoretical research.

Contact Information

Please send CV to: chief.scientist.search [at] gmail.com

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Lead Scientist - Fair Isaac (San Diego, CA)

Working for FAIR ISAAC will be the best DECISION you’ll ever make.

Fair Isaac’s powerful and intelligent software helps companies make better decisions every day.

Discover the benefits of working for Fair Isaac:

• New direction, growth and advancement opportunities
• Excellent compensation and benefits package (featuring: one week of vacation accrual upon hire, most benefit plan eligibility begins on 1st day of employment, flexible work schedules, 401k with company match, excellent tuition reimbursement plan)
• Dynamic and energetic environment
• Global company
• Innovative and diverse products and technology touching many different industries
• Commitment to teamwork, offering challenges and the opportunity to innovate

Consider joining other talented individuals where your contributions make an impact in the role of Analytic Science - Lead Scientist located in our San Diego, California office.

The Analytic Science - Lead Scientist will be responsible for designing and developing state-of-the-art, data-driven exploratory analysis and machine learning algorithms. End results include publications, software, and demonstrations. The Lead Scientist works as part of a team to process data, code algorithms, conduct experiments and analyze and report results.

For consideration, candidates will have a Master’s degree in applied mathematics, statistics, operations research, engineering, computer science or related technical discipline plus two years professional experience. Software: The ability to use object oriented languages such as C, Java and Perl to manipulate data develop and test algorithms is also required.

A PhD with two years professional experience in applied mathematics or related field is preferred.

People are our most important asset and what makes us successful. With you, we can make a difference in the markets we serve. Apply today on-line to requisition number 2817 at www.fairisaac.com.

FI is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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