Friday, October 17, 2014

Lumosity - Data Scientist

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Data Scientist

San Francisco
Science
Full-time

We’re looking for a Data Scientist help us leverage the data from our over 60 million members to deliver key scientific, product and business insights. Data Science at Lumosity is inherently cross-functional, so our ideal candidate is intellectually curious and interested in solving the diverse set of problems that our small team works on.

YOU WILL

    • Mine our database of human cognitive performance (over 2 billion game plays) to measure and understand human cognitive abilities and improve our cognitive training program
    • Work with Product teams to develop new product features that leverage our database
    • Design and testing improvements to our cognitive training system to improve efficacy and engagement
    • Perform deep analyses to understand our users and answer product and business questions
    • Serve as statistical consultants for relevant Product, Analytics and Marketing team projects

YOU HAVE

    • 5+ years of experience conducting statistical analyses on large datasets
    • PhD or Masters plus equivalent industry experience in a quantitative discipline
    • Synthesized analyses and effectively communicate findings and recommendations in a clear, compelling, and actionable fashion
    • Extensive experience coding with statistical software packages such as R, Matlab, SAS, or Stata
    • Significant experience with at least one scripting language such as Python or Ruby

NICE TO HAVE

    • Quantitative and computational analyses of human cognition
    • Used statistical modeling to deliver financial or business insights
    • Experience writing production-level code using state of the art machine learning techniques

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