Safeway · 3 hours ago
Lead Data Scientist
Plano, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$158K/yr - $205K/yr
7+ years expAlbertsons Companies is a leading food and drug retailer in the United States, seeking a Lead Data Scientist to innovate and enhance customer experiences. The role involves leading projects that leverage AI and data science to drive business growth and improve operational efficiencies.
E-CommerceFood and BeverageGroceryHealth CareInternetRetailShopping
Hiring Manager
Marnie F.
Responsibilities
Identify and provide solutions and tooling built on predictive modeling, machine learning algorithms that satisfy various business needs
Use machine learning algorithms to generate customer behavior segmentation, to build recommendation engines and deliver personalized user experience on ecommerce website and loyalty mobile app
Apply predictive modeling techniques and survival models to forecast various demands for operations and to deploy real time learning algorithms to optimize the forecasts
Build data science solutions to solve complex problems and fuel growth initiatives for Digital, Merchandising, Marketing and Loyalty teams
Extract insights and scale sentiment analysis from comments and other forms of feedback using Natural Language Processing
Develop adaptable NLP solutions including text categorization, domain classification, event detection, and topic modeling
Design experiments and deliver A/B Testing analysis to improve customer experience in physical store and on digital platforms
Apply statistical analysis to detect anomaly in systems and outliers in operational metrics for operational excellence
Convey sophisticated machine learning and modeling solutions with intuitive visualizations and effective communications
Qualification
Required
Master's or PhD degree in quantitative discipline: Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Math, Statistics or related fields
7+ years of industry experience in applying data science and modeling methodologies: regression model, ensemble modeling, recommendation algorithm, NLP, clustering, deep learning algorithm, experimental design (Multivariate/A-B testing) and nonparametric Bayesian modeling etc
5+ years of experience and proficiency in Python and/or Spark-ML
5+ years of SQL development skills writing complex queries, transforming data, mining structured and unstructured data
3+ years of hands-on experience in building data science solutions and production-ready systems on big data platforms such as Snowflake, Spark, Hadoop
Proven track record of leveraging data science solutions to drive impactful business decisions
Proven ability to effectively distill and communicate complex machine learning solutions to different audiences
Preferred
Background in building Recommendation systems or Personalization is strongly preferred
Experience with Azure Databricks and Google Cloud is a strong plus
Experience using data access tools and building dashboards with large datasets from multiple data sources is a plus
Benefits
Competitive wages paid weekly
Associate discounts
Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates (Medical, Dental, 401k and more!)
Time off (vacation, holidays, sick pay). For eligibility requirements please visit myACI Benefits
Leaders invested in your training, career growth and development
An inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the communities we serve
Company
Safeway
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10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2014-01-30Acquired
1990-05-04IPO
Leadership Team
Randy N Anderson
Division CFO / VP Finance / Head of Finance - Safeway Northern California Division
Delicia Prater
CORPORATE HUMAN RESOURCES COORDINATOR
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