Senior Data Scientist

Addison, IL, United States

Description

Position at Parts Town

See What We’re All About

As the fastest growing distributor of foodservice equipment parts, we like to do things a little differently. We believe our team should be like family. Not like a second cousin, twice removed, but more like the family you choose to be with every day. First, you have to demonstrate our core values and keep safety as your #1 priority, that’s key. But we’re also looking for unique enthusiasm, high integrity, courage to embrace change…and if you know a few jokes, that puts you on the top of our list.

Do you have a genius-level knowledge of foodservice equipment parts? If not, no problem! We’re more interested in passionate people with fresh ideas from different backgrounds. That’s what keeps us at the top of our game. We’re proud that our workplace has been recognized for its growth and innovation on the Inc. 5000 list, fifteen years in a row, and the Crain’s Fast 50 list ten times. We are honored to be voted by our Chicagoland team as a Chicago Tribune Top Workplace for three consecutive years in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves, go above and beyond and put your ambition to work, all while having some fun, let’s chat – Apply Today!

Red Lightning Group

Red Lightning Group is an innovation hub operating within Parts Town Unlimited. We’re focused on bringing groundbreaking digital solutions to market, across all divisions. As part of RLG, you will be part of developing game-changing products and services. Our goal is to deliver the future, and we’re moving fast to expand our team and make an impact.

Perks

Parts Town Pride – check out our virtual tour and culture!

Hybrid Work schedule

Team member appreciation events and recognition programs

Volunteer opportunities

Monthly IT stipend

Casual dress code

On-demand pay options: Access your pay as you earn it, to cover unexpected or even everyday expenses

All the traditional benefits like health insurance, 401k/401k match, employee assistance programs and time away – don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.

The Job at a Glance

The Senior Data Scientist will be responsible for building proof-of-concepts and prototypes of several initiatives to find solutions that drive the most value. In this role you will design, develop and implement various data science and machine learning solutions from various customer feedback sources to model customer intent that will inform, enhance and deliver personalized customer experience. If this sounds like you, we want you to apply!

A Typical Day

Lead the design, development and implementation of Machine Learning models, including but not limited to Natural Language Processing (NLP) models from customer feedback data to understand and predict customer intent.

We have a lot of customer feedback data that you will use as a source and leverage NLP technologies to extract insight to support decision making and improve the customer experience.

Develop specific data science models for supply chain, routing and other applications.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams - product managers, engineers, data analysts and customer service teams- to gather technical requirements for scalable NLP solutions and help the business leaders leverage the insights from the model

Technology changes constantly so you will stay up to date with the latest advancements in NLP, conversational AI and ML. You will have the opportunity to apply in our projects

It is all about building a community. You will mentor and guide data analysts and aspiring data scientists. Your technical expertise will help us grow, learn continuously, and innovate.

Collaborate with vendors, and external partners to explore and evaluate cutting-edge techniques and technologies that can boost our initiatives.

To Land This Opportunity

6+ years of proven experience in designing, developing, and implementing ML and DS models and algorithms.

You demonstrated success in understanding customer intent through the application of ML technologies

You are proficient in programming languages such as Python, and NLP libraries/frameworks like NLTK, SpaCy

You have understanding of machine learning principles in business applications

You have experience with ML/DS/AI field such as optimization, pricing, and visual processing - bonus points if you have NLP experience!

You are experienced with end-to-end ML projects preferably NLP: corpus pre-processing, modeling, supervised and unsupervised modeling, transfer learning, with structured and unstructured data

You love to keep learning

You’re an all-star communicator, fluent in English (both written and verbal), with proven decision-making skills

About Your Future Team

Why do lightning bolts read the news? They like to stay current! The same goes for the RLG team. We’re all about digging in and doing the research, while keeping our customers and the markets we serve top of mind. We’re big believers in Design-led Thinking, rapid prototyping, and having furry co-workers join us on our WFH days. RLG is looking for new perspectives, a bias toward action, and the ability to find the right opportunities. And it helps if you don’t mind the occasional pun!

Parts Town welcomes diversity and as an equal opportunity employer all qualified applicants will be considered regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

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