Thursday, November 27, 2014

Senior Data Scientist | Centro

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ABOUT THE PRODUCT AND ENGINEERING TEAM

Centro is building the world’s most respected product and engineering organization.  This is a bold claim, and one we do not make lightly.  Of course, we can back it up:  Ad Tech is one of the hottest technology sectors today, with the worlds most distinguished product and engineering organizations vying to be the first to truly and forever disrupt a $200 billion industry. 

 

Of course, delivering technology that changes the way an industry does business requires a massive product, design, and engineering effort.  To do our heavy lifting, we attract talent from an array of disciplines to work in highly-collaborative, agile, cross-functional teams.   Together we tackle the complexity of scale that comes from performing 30 billion transactions per day. We innovate with machine learning and Big Data solutions to deliver optimized campaign performance and recommendations. We create elegant user interfaces that unite all the functions of our platform into one, seamless, intuitive, and delightful experience.

 

Together, we are winning advertising tech, will you join us?


ABOUT THE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TEAM

The Business Intelligence team is responsible for transforming Centro's data into actionable information across the organization.  This ranges from daily performance reports to real-time historical analysis.  Currently we use the Pentaho suite as our business intelligence platform and PostgreSQL for our database platform.  We believe in Agile software development and use Scrum as our project management methodology.  'Inspect and Adapt' is more than just a catch-phrase to us.  We are willing to have every problem under the sun exactly once, in exchange for never having the same problem twice.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Centro is looking for talented, passionate Data Scientist with the skill and desire to contribute to our Business Intelligence team. 
 
Centro’s technology focuses on improving and streamlining digital Media Logistics for online advertising.  We are seeking a talented Data Scientist that can help transform the data created from these activities into actionable information.  We aim to derive meaning from our data, enabling us to run our business better, and also equip our clients to advertise smarter.
 
If you have experience working to extract knowledge and actionable information from multiple data sources, then we would love to talk with you.  If you are the type of person who comes to work every day expecting to learn, contribute, teach, and have fun, then we think you will fit right in.
 
As part of our Business Intelligence team you are going to collaborate to solve real-world business problems that Centro is tackling.  You'll be working with engineers, business analysts and internal users to bridge the gap between raw data and analysis.
 
THE GIG

  • A qualified applicant has a unique blend of skills that can both unlock the insights of data and tell the fantastic story contained within. 
  • You should be well versed in the application of analytic techniques and predictive modeling. 
  • We're looking for someone that does not limit their vision to how things are done today and instead focuses on the best ways to create value. 
  • You enjoy working directly with the people that use this information and know how to manage their expectations. 
  • We expect that you will contribute to the culture of learning and continuous improvement on the team. 
  • Also, if you don't already have it, that you will build strong business domain knowledge related to online advertising, campaign planning and execution, ad serving technologies and related topics.

 
YOU ARE RIGHT FOR THE JOB IF

  • You have 7+ years experience working in a business intelligence, operations management, or data analytics capacity.
  • Experience with statistical and data analysis tools such as:  R, SAS, SQL.
  • Experience with complied and dynamic scripting languages such as:  Java, C/C++/C#, Python, Ruby, Perl, JavaScript.
  • Experience working with big data frameworks - specifically within the Hadoop Ecosystem.
  • Your background, relevant work experience and education shows a mixture of math, engineering, curiosity, writing, and skepticism.
  • You have a practical ability to visualize data, communicate about the data, and utilize it effectively.
  • You are able to report on what data says *AND* explore data to see what it is telling you.
  • You feel comfortable operating with data that is sometimes incomplete.  Or messy.  Or both.
  • You have some data grappling skills (moving data around and manipulating it to some extent, etc).
  • You have knowledge of statistics, as well as experience with forecasting and prediction.
  • You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to express business concepts in technical terms (and vice-versa).

 
Bonus items:

  • You have experience with the Pentaho BI Suite (or similar toolset).
  • You have experience working in on-line advertising. 

ABOUT CENTRO

Centro provides unified, cloud-based software to simplify digital media operations. Our media management platform streamlines and scales ad buys across all channels, accessing both guaranteed and biddable inventory, to achieve any campaign objective. Our holistic approach gives marketers a single system of record to fulfill their research, planning, buying, optimization and reporting needs. Since 2001, Centro has successfully planned and executed more than 100,000 national and local campaigns across all digital display platforms and ad format types. Headquartered in Chicago with 33 offices in North America, Centro's success and commitment to culture has led to many accolades, including #1 on Crain's Best Places to Work in Chicago in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

***Centro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, gender, age, disability or any other basis protected under the law.***e

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