Data Scientist
Evive people are game-changers.
Evive was founded by two people who wanted to challenge the status quo...and did. Since 2007, that spirit has defined our culture. The work we do is redefining how people use their employee benefits, with SaaS-based services that help people to improve their lives and Fortune 1000 enterprises to optimize their benefits investments. We strive every day for the ideal of #benefitslove. Are you one of us?
We’re looking for an impactful Data Scientist. Is it you?
Evive is looking for a data scientist to join our product and engineering team in Chicago. The right person will have a background in machine learning with a desire to make an immediate impact. At Evive, we integrate machine intelligence into everything we do, so the right candidate will be passionate about seeing their efforts positively impact our customers and products.
Here’s what a Data Scientist does at Evive (for people who like bullet lists):
- Identify and explain areas where our products could be enhanced by applying data science techniques.
- Selecting features, building and optimizing classifiers using machine learning.
- Using deep learning techniques to do auto feature selection.
- Designing and building closed-loop data collection and analysis systems.
- Data mining using state-of-the-art methods.
- Recommending third party data sources to improve analyses.
- Doing ad-hoc analysis and presenting results in a clear manner.
- Creating automated anomaly detection systems and constant tracking of its performance.
You bring a lot to the table.
- Excellent understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms, such as k-NN, Naive Bayes, SVM, Decision Forests, etc.
- Experience with common data science toolkits, such as R, Weka, NumPy, MatLab, etc., excellence in at least one of these is highly desirable.
- Great communication skills.
- Experience with data visualisation tools, such as D3.js, GGplot, etc.
- Proficiency in using query languages such as SQL, Hive, Pig.
- Experience with NoSQL databases, such as Cassandra, HBase.
- Good applied statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, etc.
- Good scripting and programming skills (Python prefered).
Evive takes care of its teammates. Here are our current benefits:
- Laid-back office, casual attire—jeans and a t-shirt are always okay!
- Weekly catered lunch + daily stocked kitchen with drinks, fresh fruit, and a variety of other snacks
- Competitive salaries with annual bonus pay
- Paid Time Off—both for vacation and volunteering
- Paid Sick Time
- Two work-from-home days every month
- Employer-paid medical insurance + subsidized vision, dental, and short-term disability insurance
- Voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- 401(k) with up to 4% company match
- Student loan assistance program
- Employee assistance program
- Pre-tax commuter benefit + convenient location (right off the CTA blue line and Union Station)
- Treadmill desks: walk and work!
- Company-sponsored book club
- And we watch Jeopardy! every day
If you’re prepared to go big, go bold, and go beyond, you’re ready to go Evive.
Apply now!