Potential candidates should have excellent depth and breadth of knowledge in machine learning, data mining, and statistical modeling. They should possess the ability to translate a business problem into an analytical problem, identify the relevant data sets needed for addressing the analytical problem, recommend, implement, and validate the best suited analytical algorithm(s), and generate/deliver insights to stakeholders. Candidates are expected to regularly refer to research papers and be at the cutting-edge with respect to algorithms, tools, and techniques. The candidate is expected to provide hands-on contributions to projects while providing mentorship to more junior team members and interacting with Business partners on regular basis.