Time Series Data Scientist / Economist

Work from our office in Ho Chi Minh City.

You will create time series models using classical and modern statistical methods to demonstrate to the World the power of our repository of exogenous time series data drawn from financial markets, weather, and economics. You will develop methods that demonstrate how to select from 100,000 or more time series to improve existing models' predictive power. Applications are up to you to discover and may be in business, economics, finance, logistics, marketing, industry, science, etc.

You will be responsible for writing up and presenting your results in English as well as developing them. While you will have a team of software engineers to work with, you will be expected to write efficient Python code of your own.

You should only apply for this position if you have a strong background in some or all of the following: economics, business statistics, computer science, mathematics, statistics, data science, programming.

- A strong background in time series analysis, mathematics and statistics.

- Proven ability to write technical papers and develop time series models using Python.

- Excellence in the scientific Python stack: numpy, matplotlib/seaborn, pandas, scikit-learn, Jupyter notebook, etc.

- Experience with ARIMA, seasonal adjustment, stationarity, autocorrelation, VAR, time series forecasting.

- Solid foundation in traditional machine learning algorithms, from Naive Bayes, Linear Regression, SVM, KNN, to random forest and boosted trees.

- Experience in building, training, and evaluating deep neural networks using Google Tensorflow or Pytorch, and AWS or GCP infrastructure.

- Willing to work and wrangle with messy and incomplete data. Comfortable with SQL and Unix (MacOS or Linux command line).

- Education: We prefer a degree in economics, science, computer science, mathematics, statistics or economics from a top Vietnamese or foreign university.

- Excellent logic skills.

- Good verbal English communications skills.

- Prefer experience working in an agile development environment using eXtreme Programming and/or SCRUM.

- Willing to work closely and continuously with other researchers and programmers, almost never working alone.

The East Agile Experience includes:

(1) ability to transfer between our offices in Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Da Nang,
(2) 15 days annual leave,
(3) excellent health insurance,
(4) a 40-hour regular work week with little or no after-hours work requirements,
(5) end-of-year Tet bonus,
(6) a fun and flexible working environment in a modern office,
(7) free office lunch,
(8) salary reviews every 6 months,
(9) business trips for meetings with clients in North America.