Data Scientist (Recommendation Science), Media Group Decision Sciences

The Media Group at NBCU supports a powerhouse collection of consumer-first brands, including Peacock, NBC, Bravo, NBC Sports, and NBCU International. With unequalled scale, our teams make the most out of every opportunity to collaborate and learn from one another. We’re always looking for ways to innovate faster, accelerate our growth, and consistently offer the very best in consumer experience. But most of all, we’re backed by a culture of respect. We embrace authenticity and inspire people to thrive. As part of the Peacock Data Science team, this Data Scientist will be responsible for creating live content recommendations solutions for one or more verticals of NBCU’s video streaming service. In this role, you will use advanced content recommendation methodologies, including collaborative filtering, deep learning, reinforcement learning, on-line modeling, etc., and work closely with teammates and engineers to build a state-of-the-art real-time video streaming service. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Build prescriptive content recommendation models using statistical, machine learning, and data mining methodologies. Apply cleansing, discretization, imputation, selection, generalization, etc., to create high-quality features for the modeling process. Use big data, relational, and non-relational data sources to access data at the appropriate level of granularity for the needs of specific analytical projects. Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of the relevant data set structures, access levels, and ownership information. Collaborate with engineering teams to build real-time and automated batch implementations of the data science solutions. Continually work on improving the codebase and machine learning lifecycle infrastructure. Have active participation in all aspects of the teamwork.