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Twitter

Data Scientist-Applied Research

CompanyTwitter
Websitetwitter.com
RoleData Scientist-Applied Research
Typefull-time
Role taxonomyData / Analytics
SpecialtiesData Science
LocationBoston, MA
Salary
Apply viaApplication linkhttps://careers.twitter.com/en/work-for-twitter/201812/data-scientist-applied-research-cortex1.html
Hiring notesSponsors visas.
TechPythonJavaScalaML/AI
Parsed locationsBoston, MA
Posted byagermain
PostedDec 3, 2018
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Original posting

Twitter | Boston, MA | Data Scientist-Applied Research | Full-time | Onsite | Visa Who We Are: Our mission at Twitter Cortex is to empower internal teams by providing a machine learning platform and modeling expertise and by unifying, educating, and advancing the state of the art in ML technologies within Twitter. Within Cortex, the Boston Product Modeling team works on applying ML modeling approaches that can have dramatic impact on core areas of the product. As an example, we have recently been involved in ML approaches to ensure healthy conversations on Twitter. We use machine learning, statistical modeling, data mining, time series modeling, and many other analytical techniques, we build prototypes, and we perform experiments — all applied at the scale of Twitter. Requirements: - Masters or PhD dealing with quantitative analysis or commensurate work experience - Strong hands-on proficiency with at least one programming language such as Python, R, Java, Scala. - Experience using large scale quantitative customer data analysis to solve problems and answer questions - Experience with data visualization - Experience with social network data a plus Check out the opening here: https://careers.twitter.com/en/work-for-twitter/201812/data-...