Junior Data Scientist

ADIB - Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank


Date: 6 hours ago
City: Abu Dhabi
Contract type: Full time


Role: Junior Data Scientist

Location: Abu Dhabi

Role Purpose:

  • The role of the Data Scientist is to act as an analytics translator, communicating complex data related requirements between business and IT stakeholders.
  • He/she will be involved in building of new, bespoke advanced analytic tools.


Key Accountabilities of the role:

  • Work with stakeholders throughout the organization to identify opportunities for leveraging company data to drive business solutions.
  • Mine and analyse data from company databases to drive optimization and improvement of product development, marketing techniques and business strategies.
  • Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques.
  • Develop custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets.
  • Use predictive modelling to increase and optimize customer experiences, revenue generation, ad targeting and other business outcomes.
  • Develop company A/B testing framework and test model quality.
  • Coordinate with different functional teams to implement models and monitor outcomes.
  • Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyse model performance and data accuracy.


Specialist Skills / Technical Knowledge Required for this role:
  • Knowledge of statistical and data mining techniques (regression, decision trees, clustering, neural networks, etc.)
  • Knowledge of additional programming languages is a plus (Python, C++, Java)
  • Intellectual curiosity, along with excellent problem-solving and quantitative skills, including the ability to disaggregate issues, identify root causes and recommend solutions
  • Distinctive communications skills and ability to communicate analytical and technical content in an easy-to-understand way


Experience required:
  • Bachelor’s degree in quantitative field like Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics or related field required. Advanced degree is a strong plus
  • 0-2 years of hands-on mathematical modelling experience in business environment
  • Proven experience in working with datasets and relational databases (SQL).
  • Strong knowledge of one or more data science or decision science domains (e.g. [un)] supervised learning, explainable artificial intelligence, econometrics, deep learning, Natural Language Processing, time series forecasting, deployment, causal inference, uplift modelling, and/or optimization)
  • Ability to describe analytic processes from start to finish in your area of expertise


This position is for UAE Nationals only.



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