Senior Data Scientist (m/f/d)

  • Full-time

Company Description

upday started in 2015 as a joint project between Axel Springer and Samsung Electronics to redefine mobile news. And a lot has happened since then!

Today, over 150 media and tech professionals with 28 different nationalities contribute to upday's vision and shape how 25 million users consume news. Headquartered in Berlin, with seven additional editorial offices in Paris, Milan, Madrid, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Stockholm and London, upday operates with the energy of a start-up and the stability of an established media company.

If you’re looking to join a young, dynamic, international team full of fantastic talent that has the energy of a start-up but the stability of an established media company - look no further, we are your match!

Job Description

  • Stay on top of pioneering technology in machine learning and implement your learnings
  • Develop statistical models and machine learning solutions aimed at improving our news recommendation system, content classification, audience targeting and all our different data products
  • Have always in mind the metrics, success criteria and expected outcome of your research, to then conceive and develop A/B tests to assess the final impact of your solutions
  • Coordinate with different teams to implement models and monitor the outcomes
  • Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy and to improve the research work of the Data Science team

Qualifications

  • An academic degree in a scientific discipline or equivalent practical experience
  • At least 3 years of relevant working experience
  • Solid background in statistics and experience with monitoring and retraining
  • Working experience with Python and the relevant frameworks (scikit-learn, numpy, pandas)
  • Working experience using ML algorithms to solve real-life problems
  • Developed production-ready ML pipelines

Experience in any of the below would be a plus

  • Experience with deep learning
  • Experience with recommendation systems

Additional Information

Our Benefits

  • Startup experience with flat hierarchies, fast decision-making processes and an inspiring high-pace environment
  • A great opportunity to expand your knowledge and gain practical experience in the media and advertising field
  • We offer flexible working hours and suitable hardware (smartphone + contract, notebook) for mobile working
  • You get free drinks, fresh fruit and discounts in the Axel Springer canteen
  • We are located in a brand new and very cool open-plan office in the heart of Berlin
  • You don't have fun at work? With us you do! An eSports corner, as well as many other gimmicks, ensure a varied time with us

We have raised your interest? Perfect!
Then your contact partner for this position is Michelle Meitner.

In order to simplify the flow of reading, we restrict ourselves to masculine terms in the course of the text. Nevertheless, diversity is an essential part of our corporate culture! We are looking forward to receiving all applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.

A small insight into how we live and implement diversity and inclusion at upday can be found here: https://www.diversity.axelspringer.com/di-stories/upday

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