Tronc | Sr. Data Scientist | Los Angeles, California | ONSITE with flexible schedules
We are looking for a data scientist to join the data science and engineering team at tronc, Inc. in our Los Angeles office. We build data solutions to serve the broad set of digital properties owned by tronc including brands like the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, Baltimore Sun, and 6 other major daily newspapers as well as sites like The Daily Meal.
Responsibilities
* Personalization and audience modeling
* Content classification and understanding
* Subscriber acquisition and retention
* Data driven solutions for digital advertising
Qualifications
* 2+ years developing machine learning models in industry
* Proven ability to develop machine learning models that solve business problems
* Strong understanding of modern machine learning techniques including regression,classification, clustering, and their use with text data
* Expert in at least one of the following: NLP / Computational * Linguistics, Recommender Systems, Deep Learning, Online Learning
* Strong programming skills (Python / Java / Scala preferred)
* Advanced degree in a quantitative field
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Our interview process
* Short 15 minute technical test
* Phone call with our VP of Data
* 30 minute phone screen with an engineer/data scientist
* Onsite in person interview
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If you have any questions please reach out directly to me. I'm a data engineer on our Data Science team. sdyro ( @ ) tronc.com
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