Lead Data Scientist

What's the role?:
**The Team**:
We are a group of Data Scientists and GIS (Geographic Information System) experts responsible for providing quality analytics for Location based products and solve the Fundamental business question - “How does HERE know it has the best quality map in millions of locations globally?”. We are building a culture of quality that provides an unrivaled experience for customers in the Autonomous World that drives optimal end-to-end solutions and customer happiness experience. You’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with Product Management, Development, Data engineering, and operations to develop world-class testing techniques. If this sounds like something you want to do, then we’d love to talk with you.

**The Role**:
As a Lead Data Scientist, you are passionate about statistical sampling and analytic methods, measurements, and machine learning models. You are responsible for developing sampling and test designs, data and computing tools, and analytics centered on Map and Location quality requirements
- Expected to be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on statistical and experimental design methods for Map and Location quality testing processes
- Interpret project objectives and requirements, and create enabling data science solutions and outcomes
- Develop sampling plans for data collection, quality evaluation, and the production of training data, along with technical estimators for the evaluation of map quality, and A/B experiments to validate optimization and solution approaches
- Build and test statistical and machine learning models to support improvement of a wide variety of data-driven processes for location-based data evaluation and decisions
- Design and develop data and computing tools to enable processing of quality testing data and results
- Work with map and location experts, engineering teams, and other teams across the company

Who are you?:

- Master’s Degree or PhD required. Degree in statistics, mathematics, econometrics, or related fields.
- 8+ years of related work experience
- Proficiency and understanding of sampling methods and experimental design
- Proficiency of data mining and analytic methods such as regression, classifiers, clustering, association rules, decision trees, etc.
- Proficiency with analysis and programming in Python and/or R, Matlab, SAS etc
- Proficiency in SQL, Tableau, AWS
- Knowledge and experience with using GIS tools for spatial data analysis.
- Experience with understanding, specifying and explaining measurement and analytic systems with other teams of data scientists and engineers to execute projects delivering those solutions.
- Application of statistics in quality organization or Six Sigma will be a plus.
- Team player with good communication and people skills.

HERE is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

Who are we?:
HERE Technologies is a location data and technology platform company. We empower our customers to achieve better outcomes - from helping a city manage its infrastructure or a business optimize its assets to guiding drivers to their destination safely.

At HERE we take it upon ourselves to be the change we wish to see. We create solutions that fuel innovation, provide opportunity and foster inclusion to improve people’s lives. If you are inspired by an open world and driven to create positive change, join us. Learn more about us. Watch Video