Data Scientist

Role Purpose:
Quant, a pioneering Saudi enterprise, leads the charge in digital transformation by leveraging the vast array of data resources available in the fourth industrial revolution. We are deeply committed to delivering exceptional Data Science and AI SaaS products and solutions, with a specialized focus on the real estate sector through Suhail and the retail sector through Fruits360. Our talented dream team possesses unique expertise, enabling us to achieve a track record of marvels, from analyzing more than a trillion data records to serving hundreds of clients across more than 10 industries. Our strategic international and local partnerships alongside our expertise have positioned us as trailblazers in the global transition towards data-driven economies.
The core of Quant is Data Science, and hence it requires highly capable individuals that can deliver the level of quality our clients have grown accustomed to, and to have a mindset that s highly agile, critical and curious. This is a project-based role, meaning the Scientist will work on specific projects with defined goals and timelines. The Data Scientist is required to collect, analyze and interpret large data sets in order to develop data-driven solutions, insights, and visualizations for difficult business challenges.
Job Responsibilities:
Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand their needs and challenges through their data in order to devise potential solutions.
Mine and analyze data from stakeholders databases in alignment with their requirements to conclude optimization recommendations.
Research and develop statistical learning models for data analysis.
Implement new statistical or other mathematical methodologies as needed for specific models or analysis.
Optimize joint development efforts through appropriate project design, code writing and database use.
Enhancing data collection procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic systems.
Communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders through visualizations, reports, and presentations.
Enriching company s data from third party sources when needed.
Staying up-to-date with the latest technology trends.
Requirements
Academic Prerequisites:
Bachelors and/or Master s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering or another quantitative field.
Skills Required:
Strong proficiency in Python with experience in data science related frameworks such as scikit-learn, NumPy, SciPy, pandas, TensorFlow, pytorch, etc
Has a good understanding of the fundamentals of machine learning, probability and statistics, and algorithms.
Proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases.
Experience in data visualization tools such Matplotlib, Seaborn, Tableau and/or Power BI.
Excellent problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
Good grasp of data engineering and devOps concepts and tools and the best practices of software development.
Skills Preferred:
Experience in working in geospatial data analytics and time series forecasting.
Familiarity with big data frameworks like Hadoop or Spark.
Experience in computer vision libraries and frameworks such as OpenCV, scikit-image, or SimpleCV.
Understanding of NLP, graph neural networks and reinforcement learning fundamentals.
Benefits
Company Sponsored Incentives:
The Data Scientist could be eligible to be considered for numerous incentive mechanisms, being:
The Career Development Plan, where the Company supports the employee s growth by covering the expenses tied to gaining certificates that are pre-approved in accordance with the employee s career development plan.
The Profit Incentive Plan, comprised of a bonus payment pool based on the Company s generated revenue.
The Milestone Incentive Plan, awarded based on achievements relevant to enhancing the functions within your department or achieving a key Company goal. All of which will be awarded based on certain subjective criteria established by the Company s management.
Commission Plan, awarded based on certain subjective criteria further clarified in the commission policy set by the Company s management.
Employee Wellness, part of the company s culture is to promote wellness, best represented in the subsidies provided, such as healthy meal subscriptions, and discounts in numerous wellness and entertainment outlets.
Medical Insurance Plan
The Company provides a medical insurance plan as per Company policy. The current adopted medical insurance plan is provided by Bupa Medical Insurance, with the typical medical insurance plan being Premium 2.1. Further information regarding the policy may be provided upon request and provided policies may change according to vendor s change in their policy plan structures.
Leaves & Holidays Policy as per Saudi Labor laws, some of which being:

Desired Candidate Profile

Education:
Bachelor of Science
Gender:
nm
Nationality:
Any Nationality