Senior Data Science Consultant

Who we are

Artefact is a new generation of a data service provider, specializing in data consulting and data-driven digital marketing, dedicated to transforming data into business impact across the entire value chain of organizations. We are proud to say we’re enjoying skyrocketing growth.

Our broad range of data-driven solutions in data consulting and digital marketing are designed to meet our clients’ specific needs, always conceived with a business-centric approach and delivered with tangible results. Our data-driven services are built upon the deep AI expertise we’ve acquired with our 1000+ client base around the globe.

We have 1000 employees across 20 offices who are focused on accelerating digital transformation. Thanks to a unique mix of company assets: State of the art data technologies, lean AI agile methodologies for fast delivery, and cohesive teams of the finest business consultants, data analysts, data scientists, software engineers, and digital experts, all dedicated to bringing extra value to every client.

Location: Hybrid in Chelsea District, NY OR Century City, Los Angeles OR Montreal 

Our Opportunity

As a Senior Data Science Consultant with a background in marketing and media agency experience, you will play a pivotal role in the intersection of data and business strategies. We are seeking a candidate who not only possesses advanced data science skills but can also effectively engage with clients, ensuring that internal projects and client accounts are managed, aligned, and successfully executed. Our area of expertise involves Applied Mathematics & Statistics for Machine Learning with a strong focus on Causal Inference, Time Series, and Signal Processing. Would you like to be part of this growth? 

What you’ll be doing

In addition to the core Data Science and ML Engineering Team, you will work with Consulting and client-side stakeholders to:

• Qualify the feasibility of Use Cases, translating business challenges into technical formulations
• Define the hypothesis, and build the solution followed by testing and validation
• For those Use Cases that are validated, you will help develop a production-ready solution including potential dashboards / reports / UI
• Explain your findings to the team and clients, and recommend sounds business actions

When consulted on a business challenge, you have the ability to propose adequate AI or machine learning options to address this need, acting as an expert on the best algorithm to choose given the specific context and constraints. You are a key contributor to the design of the solution.

Development of data visualization features to generate insights and support data storytelling.

Iterating with the business in an agile way to develop, adapt and refine the solution to enable maximum business impact

Designing, building, maintaining, troubleshooting the data models integrated into the solutions delivered:

• Assess the quality of the data; clean and aggregate when necessary
• Compare and choose the right algorithms based on defining the right statistical hypothesis
• Develop and train models
• Troubleshoot the models in production

Qualifications: 

• Master's degree in Applied Mathematics, Advanced Statistics, Data Science or a related discipline
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong knowledge of data science algorithms and at least one proven experience in developing Statistical and ML algorithms
• Experience and knowledge of advanced marketing measurement/analytics preferred (i.e. MMM, mROI, MTA, etc.) 
• Have a strong business-orientation with great verbal and written communication skills; ability to represent Artefact in a client-facing capacity
• Proficient in Python (preferred) and/or R

Preferred: 

• Prior experience in marketing analytics or e-commerce, customer-centric mindset
• Preference in Causal Inference topics, Time Series, Advanced Statistics
• Cloud technologies (GCP, Azure, AWS) especially Google Cloud Platform

What we are looking for

• A Doer: you get things done and inspire your team to do the same
• An Analyst: you LOVE data and think every company should take their decisions based on 
• A Pragmatist: you have a no-nonsense mindset that seeks for practical and realistic solutions for our teams and our clients
• A Mentor: your clients and colleagues naturally seek you out for advice
• An Adventurer: you’re an entrepreneur constantly looking for business opportunities

Why you should join us

• Artefact is the place to be: come and build the future of marketing
• Progress: every day offers new challenges and new opportunities to learn
• Culture: join the best team you could ever imagine
• Entrepreneurship: you will be joining a team of driven entrepreneurs. We won’t give up until we make a huge dent in this industry!

Salary: $115,000-125,000

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