for continuous improvement an ability to explain complex problems in a simple way capability to build algorithms that touch the cutting edge of statistics and machine learning apply state of the art machine learning statistics or data mining in a variety of areas including user analysis and data product design develop scalable and efficient methods for large scale data analysis and model development derive pride from technical excellence and pursue excellence in all areas of work requirements hunger for impact drive to learn fast be creative and win as a team bs in computer science statistics mathematics physics engineering or a related field or equivalent experience 23 years experience in working with noisy real world structured and semistructured data expert in python or scala with related statistical and machine learning packages background in nlp data mining machine learning statistical analysis and modeling with experience deploying models in a production environment experience with ab testing methodologies and experiments strong sql abilities and experience with massive relational database systems able to take a complex ambiguous topic and turn it into a rigorously defined and wellformulated problem that answers the business question we are trying to solve excellent communication skills to explain your results and solution to the stakeholders in a clear and compelling way bonus ms or phd in statistics mathematics computer science physics engineering or a related field patent publication or conference presentation in an ai or ml related field has written production quality version controlled code experience considering user psychology and user experience experience with databricks spark aws airflow kafka or kinesis knowledge of basic macroeconomic concepts what we offer competitive salary and stock options a comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of you and your family unlimited paid time off corporate gym access daily breakfast weekly team lunches and an endless supply of snacks numerous career possibilities that allow you to grow with acorns talented and motivated team members who care deeply about one another our mission and our customers the rare opportunity to create a new world we inspire one another every day to do meaningful work that solves big societal challenges about acorns acorns is the leading microinvesting app in the us it allows users to round up their daily purchases and automatically invest the change into a lowcost diversified portfolio of exchangetraded funds offered by some of the worlds top asset managers including vanguard and blackrock founded in newport beach calif by father and son team walter and jeff cruttenden acorns provides a simple entrypoint using the acorns app on iphone or android customers accumulate fractional shares in one of five portfolios constructed by worldrenowned nobel laureate economist dr harry markowitz acorns smart portfolio algorithms automatically work in the background of life helping users build wealth naturally pennies at a time from acorns mighty oaks do grow mission with benevolence and courage we look after the financial best interests of the upandcoming beginning with the empowering step of microinvesting values lead with heart make bold