Data Scientist at Great Learning

About the job

Who are we?

We are a bunch of learning enthusiasts hooked on delivering meaningful learning outcomes. As

India’s largest professional learning company and with a global footprint in 170+ countries, we’re on a mission to make professionals around the globe proficient and future-ready. We are also totally sold on the idea that data is the new currency driving the world and that data-driven analytics and automation determine survival and success. Our mission is to make all knowledge professionals data-proficient thus ensuring their success in the data and automation-driven digital future (and yes, make the world a better place while we are at it)
 

Mission Statement - To enable career success in the digital economy (through transformational

learning experiences)

Our story so far. . .

A brainchild of Mohan Lakhamraju and Hari Nair, Great Learning came about in mid-2013. Starting from a 4-member team, today we are 2000 strong and growing fast. We have created a network of 2500 + Gurus (Industry Experts and Academicians) who help us deliver high-quality learning experiences across 30+ programs and 170+ countries. Over the last eight years, we have delivered more than 10 million hours of impactful learning, seen a 100x growth in learners, and a 30x growth in revenue and we are just getting warmed up!!

Keeping in mind the importance of constant skill development in an effort to stay relevant, we crafted our programs with institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford Center for Professional Development, McCombs School of Business (UT Austin), IIT Roorkee, IIT Madras, Stanford GSB (Executive Education), and, Great Lakes Institute of Management..

We are leaders – our Great Learning Business Analytic Program was ranked #1 in India 4 years in a row and this speaks volumes about the quality of work we do amidst such stiff competition in the market. Several of our newer programs have shot up their respective charts within the first year of their launch! We love our programs and we feel immense pride every time our graduates crack new jobs, new promotions, new roles and start new divisions or startups - but we are never satisfied and will never stop.

Learn More about us and our journey so far: https://www.greatlearning.in/about-us

Why join us?

We have established ourselves as one of the best in the world in the ed-tech space for professional education/upskilling - Awarded as the #1 Ed-Tech Startup in the year 2020.

• We have an alumni footprint across the global corporate village with thousands of them having achieved successful career progression in leading companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Adobe, American Express, Deloitte, IBM, Accenture, McKinsey, and more.
• We are led by some of the best in the world - The team comprises alumni from some of the best institutions in the world - Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, IITs, IIMs, INSEAD, Great Lakes, Kellogg University, ISB, ISI, MDI, etc., with experiences from Tiger Global, Flipkart, Boston Consulting Group, Citi Group, Google, McKinsey, Apple, etc.
• We are a 21st-century company with a very strong value system and a belief in a better future which we all are very excited about

If you are looking for a work culture that fosters creativity, provides you with flexibility, and autonomy, and brings out the best version of you through challenges and endless learning opportunities, then Great Learning is the place to be! Together, we shall strive to create a company that aims to change the future of learning, impact the lives of millions of learners and make them future-ready.

Join us if

• You have an entrepreneurial bug
• You work best under no adult supervision
• You get all the weird ideas and a sudden urge to implement them
• You believe education is beyond books and can be damn exciting
• You feel all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
   

We walk the talk and believe in the same learning experience for our people; we do not say we

ignite.

Role

• Own the quality of end to end learning experience for our global flagship programs in the domain of analytics, data science and artificial intelligence
• Own the hands on development of all the different components of the learning experience, including but not limited to video content, hands-on/ labs material, projects and various other learning activities/interventions. This will include engaging with SMEs/faculties/industry experts.
• Be a mentor / training assistant to hundreds of global professional by providing technical support, guidance and feedback in a timely manner
• Develop and leverage analytics powered solutions to continuously monitor and identify opportunities to improve quality of the learning experience in terms of appropriateness, accuracy, richness and outcomes. This will involve solving a variety of business problems using data.
• Be an active contributor to organization building by identifying and executing on various growth as well as capability development opportunities, in terms of new products or processes.
   

Requirements

• 1+ years of working experience in Data Science, Analytics or Artificial Intelligence
• Have solved an end-to-end business problem or been part of a problem-solving journey
• Strongly mandatory - 1+ year experience in using SQL to query data and Python to manipulate data and draw insights from large data sets
• Experience in creating and using machine learning algorithms and statistical modeling methods
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills with the ability to work through complex concepts in easy-to-understand language
• Experience with open-source DL toolkits such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face