Artificial Intelligence Researcher, Kepler Analytics

Artificial Intelligence Researcher, Kepler Analytics

Company Kepler Analytics
Job title Artificial Intelligence Researcher
Job location Melbourne, Australia
Type Full Time

Responsibilities:

  • Being able to deliver a Machine Learning/Deep learning project from beginning to end, including understanding the business need, aggregating data, exploring data, building & validating predictive models, and deploying completed models to deliver business impact to the organisation
  • Use Deep Learning frameworks like MXNet, Caffe 2, Tensorflow, Theano, CNTK, and Keras to help our customers build DL models
  • Use Spark ML and other machine learning frameworks to help our customers build ML models
  • Work with Data Engineers to analyse, extract, normalise, and label relevant data
  • Work with Engineers to help our customers operationalise models after they are built
  • Assist customers with identifying model drift and retraining models
  • Research and implement novel ML and DL approaches

Requirements & Skills:

  • A Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a highly quantitative field (Computer Science, Machine Learning, Informatics, Operational Research, Statistics, Mathematics, etc.) or equivalent experience
  • 4+ years of industry experience in predictive modelling, data science, and analysis
  • Previous experience in an ML or data scientist role and a track record of building ML or DL models
  • Experience using Python and/or R
  • Knowledge of SparkML
  • Able to write production-level code, which is well-written and explainable
  • Experience using ML libraries, such as scikit-learn, caret, mlr, mllib
  • Experience working with GPUs to develop models
  • Experience handling terabyte-sized datasets
  • Track record of diving into data to discover hidden patterns
  • Familiarity with using data visualisation tools
  • Knowledge and experience of writing and tuning SQL
  • Past and current experience writing and speaking about complex technical concepts to broad audiences in a simplified format
  • Experience giving data presentations
  • Extended travel to customer locations may be required to deliver professional services, as needed
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • PhD in a highly quantitative field (Computer Science, Machine Learning, Informatics, Operational Research, Statistics, Mathematics, etc.)
  • 2+ years of industry experience in predictive modelling and analysis
  • Good skills with programming languages, such as Java or C/C++
  • Ability to develop experimental and analytic plans for data modelling processes, use of strong baselines, and ability to accurately determine cause and effect relations
  • Consulting experience and track record of helping customers with their AI needs
  • Publications or presentations in recognised Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Data Mining journals/conferences
  • Combination of deep technical skills and business savvy enough to interface with all levels and disciplines within our customers’ organisation
  • Demonstrable track record of dealing well with ambiguity, prioritising needs, and delivering results in a dynamic environment

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