Data Scientist

s and those authorized to work in the U.S. can be considered as W2 candidates.Title: Data ScientistDuration:7 Months plusLocation: Oakland, CA (2-3 days remote)Education: Bachelors DegreeAn ideal candidate should have excellent communication skills, solid programming and problem-solving skills, and a solid grasp of statistics and/or Machine Learning.Responsibilities and Duties:- Understand business problems and suggest data and analytic solutions to support decision makers.- Help develop and transform data sets using variety of programming languages.- Develop and test analytic hypotheses using established methods.- Create data visualizations that convey a clear story about what is observed in the data.- Design, develop, and validate predictive and explanatory models using a wide variety of models.- Communicate results to variety of audiences.Qualifications:- Bachelors degree with evidence of quantitative aptitude.- 2-4 years doing analysis, model building, causal inference.- 2-4 years experience programming in R, Python, or another programming language.- 2-4 years experience writing SQL queries to various databases.Preferred Experience- 2-4 years work experience is preferred.- Masters degree or Ph.D. in computer science, statistics, data science, mathematics, engineering or other quantitative field in preferred- Analytic or operational experience and / or education in Pharmacy, Nursing, Public Health, or other relevant medicine topics is appreciated.