Educator, Data Scientist
BrainStation
- Vancouver, BC
- $85,000-110,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Teach our 12-week Data Science Diploma program
- Help build a world class technical team passionate about designing and teaching
- Deliver lectures and provide expert technical guidance to students who are building exciting projects using the most cutting-edge technologies
- Facilitate in-class activities, group discussions, demos and mentor the next wave of emerging talent
- Co-create BrainStation's curriculum that will positively impact the lives and careers of hundreds of individuals across our campuses
- Actively work on writing and researching new content to teach the most up to date design skills to our students
- Apply BrainStation's “Agile Education” methodologies to the program to continuously improve the educational experience for students
- Constantly improve your own skills and apply these skills in collaboration with other BrainStation Educators in order to build the digital platform and tools needed to effectively deliver educational material
- Define the education experience of the future
- 3-5+ years experience as a Data Scientist or Analytics professional and a Bachelor's degree relevant to the subject matter OR 8+ years work experience in the vocation
- Strong command of querying and programming languages (SQL, R and python - numpy, pandas, sklearn, TensorFlow & Keras), and visualization tools (Excel, Tableau, matplotlib/seaborn/plotly in python packages
- Experience applying various methods of numerical and categorical modelling techniques and supervised and unsupervised machine learning methods (OLS regression and GLMs, logistic regression, KNN, SVM, decision trees/random forest, clustering and cluster analysis, dimensionality reduction, neural networks)
- Hands-on development experience working with version control systems (we use Git) and Big Data and Cloud platforms (Hadoop, Spark, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud (GCP)) a strong asset regression and machine learning principles
- Practical experience designing and applying data science processes to conduct experiments using a variety of tools and methods, and can speak to their complexities in a simple and logical manner
- Experience building and leading technical teams
- Experience in a teaching role, and are comfortable speaking to large groups and mentoring others on the job
- A strong work ethic with the utmost integrity and desire to excel and succeed
- An empathetic, inclusive, enthusiastic personality, and is someone who enjoys helping others and facilitating learning
- A passion for teaching and mentoring others and creating positive learning experiences
- Comprehensive Health & Wellness Benefits Package
- Retirement Planning
- Parental Leave Program
- New Device Allowance
- Socials, Outings & Retreats
- Culture of Learning & Development
- Flexible Working Hours
- Work from Home Flexibility