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Job Description
The NYT seeks Director, Data Scientist (NY, NY) to lead a team of data scientists developing and deploying Machine Learning algorithms for content recommendation, powering multiple product surfaces of NYT. Masters in a quantitative field and 4 years of applied Machine Learning experience (industry or post-bachelor/academia). Must have 4 years of experience with Python or another scientific programming language. Must have experience with supervised machine learning and at least one of the following: Natural Language Processing, Causal Inference, or Reinforcement Learning. Must have experience deploying APIs, and running and evaluating experiments. FULLY REMOTE POSITION WITH MANAGER APPROVAL. Send resume, cover letter, salary requirements and reference code: 6151186.
The annual base pay range for this role is between $172,000.00 and $203,000.00.
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