Senior Data Scientist - Recommendations

Viber

Rakuten Viber is a globally renowned application focused on enhancing user connections through its super-app capabilities. The Senior Data Scientist role is integral to crafting mathematical models and algorithms that address the complexities of global interactions, substantially affecting daily active users. The team collaborates extensively, utilizing deep learning models in varied domains like dating and content segmentation to elevate user engagement through recommendation systems.

In this role you can expect to have the responsibilities:

• Design and implement recommendation system solutions alongside management and partner teams.
• Lead technical efforts in performance improvement of deep learning models.
• Independently solve complex issues in social network recommendations.
• Analyze application data to boost model precision and efficacy.

This role requires you to have:

• Master’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics or Computer Science.
• 4+ years of experience in production-level deep learning recommendation models.
• Proficiency in Python, Pandas/Dask, SQL, PyTorch or Tensorflow.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to convey complex information to non-technical stakeholders.

You would benefit from having:

• Advanced knowledge in generative models like auto-encoding and adversarial models.
• Experience with deep learning graph models and large datasets.
• Published research in reinforcement learning and deep learning.
• Experience with technologies such as SageMaker, Athena/Trino, Spark, Milvus, and OpenSearch.