Data Scientist

Job Description

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.

• 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