Junior Data Scientist

Restaurant Depot is the leading wholesale distributor of food, equipment and supplies to independent grocery retailers and foodservice operators across the United States.

We seek a highly motivated, technically proficient and business savvy data scientist for our growing analytics function. You will have the opportunity to work on a variety of interesting data science projects that have far reaching implications for all stakeholders across our organization.

Job Description

• Experience effectively translating between business value, requirements, and technical solutions

• Demonstrated ability to take real-world analytics/data science projects from start to finish – including data cleaning, descriptive analysis, predictive modelling, and visualizations

• Advanced knowledge of Python with respect to the data analysis and machine learning stacks

• Experience in extracting, cleaning, and aggregating from different data sources

• Experience in building models using statistical modelling techniques and machine learning models

• Experience with building, diagnosing, and improving time series models

• Prior experience with demand forecasting and/or pricing analytics is a big plus

• Comfortable with using SQL to extract and transform data. Advanced knowledge of querying SQL databases and writing stored procedures is a big plus

• Familiarity with Docker and Docker Compose

• Experience interacting with *nix OS’ through the command line

• Familiarity with numerical optimization is a plus

• Familiarity with Apache Airflow is a plus

• Familiarity with Plotly Dash is a plus

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Analytics / Statistics / Data Science or other related subjects

• Strong working knowledge of utilizing standard MS Office tools (Excel, Word, and Power Point)

• Ability to multi-task and adjust priorities based on workload and direction from management

• Self-motivated to document processes and teach others

Candidates that do not demonstrate all of the above are still strongly encouraged to apply

1. Applicants should submit a paragraph summarizing one of their data science projects – the challenges they faced and how they overcame it

2. Applicants should also provide links to their GitHub profiles or portfolios