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【Basic Information】
Client ID: 108000
Job ID: 1074
Position: Data Scientist
Apply From: Japan Only
Location: Tokyo
Salary: 7.5M - 14.5M
Language: English + Japanese (N1 or Native)
Contract type: Permanent

Who we are

At our company, we work under the management philosophy of creating services that amaze the world, with the value of "enjoy everything with surprise in mind". We believe that everyone has a unique ability, and through the creation of our services, we hope to help "as many heroes as possible" be born.

Hayashi, one of the founders of our company, was a Shogi player who won several national amateur championships and obtained the highest amateur rank of 6-dan at that time. Later, when he was improving his skills, he was influenced by the Artificial Intelligence (AI) of Shogi, and it was the beginning of the unknown possibilities.

We are developing products based on "AI x mobile", which is a combination of the industry-leading AI developed by our engineers that have won against professional Shogi players, and mobile which is the most accessible device to people all over the world.

In the future, we will continue research and development of machine learning such as deep learning and business applications centered on our original AI and create a paradigm shift in each industry with the Artificial Intelligence Revolution. We want to do something interesting and surprising while maximizing the power of technology.

Roles and Responsibility

As a specialist in the AI business, we are promoting the AI revolution by introducing AI solutions to various industries and creating new value. We drive projects by designing and planning from a technical perspective how to approach industries with AI, while identifying issues in the world.

You will be a part of the team that develops analytical algorithms for prediction and optimization, big data analysis, and algorithms using machine learning such as deep learning, and adapts them to various industries such as construction and finance. The top-class engineers in the industry belong to our team, and you can work with one team with a high degree of freedom.

Specific duties

• Solving business problems
• Designing appropriate issues that contribute to value creation
• Discover and provide facts and insights based on data
• Data analysis based on machine learning and other general data analysis skills
• Data analysis and PoC project management

In addition to BtoB, you will also be responsible for leading BtoC projects that utilize Shogi Wars' own data.

What you can achieve

• Achievement of creating new business value using AI in Japan's leading industries
• Contributing to the creation of a data-driven society
• A track record of solving issues from a data-enabled perspective in response to diverse market and customer challenges.

Minimum Requirements

【Business mindset】

• Strong curiosity and passion for data-driven business problem-solving and value creation

【Education】

• Familiarity with the basic theoretical framework of mathematics and statistics in general

【Experience】

• Able to design appropriate business arguments.
• Experience in analytical work related to mathematical and statistical modeling
• Design dashboards and charts that are easy for users to understand.
• Able to help improve sequential work and provide new insights
• Experience in managing data analysis and PoC projects for enterprise customers

Preferred Requirements

• Educated in a cloud environment and data infrastructure organization and construction, including building and managing data lakes and data warehouses
• Able to perform advanced analytical design and analytical tasks using knowledge of Bayesian statistics and statistical causal inference
• Extensive business background and skilled in using statistical methods to improve decision-making and quantify and measure the operational impact
• Experience in designing MLOps, and DevOps workflows and implementing machine learning models in business operations.
• Experience in team development (version control by Git etc., CI operation, code review)
• Experience working on AI development projects.
• High scores and top results in data analysis and AI development competitions such as Kaggle
• Has a Ph.D. and experience working in a research institute
• Proven track record in international publications (IJCAI, AAAI, NeurIPS, ICML, KDD, etc.) related to AI and data science

【Who we are looking for】

• Sees the potential in Artificial Intelligence
• Ability to find and carry out tasks independently
• Has a user-oriented mindset in pursuit of challenges
• Has good communication skills
• Someone who likes numerical analysis
• Tenacious and can finish until the end
• Has a high level of curiosity, and are always studying and collecting technical information

Conditions / Benefits

Employment type: Full time

Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo

Closest stations:

・JR Tamachi station

・Toei Subway Mita Station

Annual Salary: 7,500,000 - 14,500,000 JPY ・Determined based on experience and skills

・Bonus paid twice a year (August and February)

Hours: 10:00 - 19:00 (1-hour break included)

・8 hour work days

・Remote work and flextime system available with prior approval (core time from 11:00 to 15:00)

・As this is a discretionary work system, it is assumed the employee will work 8 hours a day.

If, as a result of the interview and upon mutual consent a time-controlled labor system is employed, a fixed overtime rate of 20-45 hours will be paid.

・2 days off per week (Sat. and Sun.), national holidays, year-end, and New Year holidays

・Special leave: sickness and injury leave, congratulation or condolence leave

・Annual paid leave: 13 to 23 days - granted after six months of employment

Probation: 3 months

Benefits:
・ Employment insurance, workers' accident compensation insurance, employee pension, and health insurance (Kanto IT Software Health Insurance)

・ Transportation expenses paid (remote work available)

・ Free dress code

・ PC with desired specs provided

・ Use of GPU server for calculation processing

・ Birthday lunch

・ Free drinks

・ Skill development support system (training/conferences/papers/libraries/qualifications, etc.) 300,000 yen per time with no limit on the number of times it can be paid

You can use the books, papers, etc. you purchased as your own without the need for the company to provide them to you.

・ Celebration and condolence money (wedding gift money, childbirth gift money, condolence money)

・ Inner communication (Company-wide meetings, year-end party, study meetings, project sharing meetings, etc.)

Interview Process

1. CV Screening
2. 1st Interview (CTO)
3. 2nd Interview (Manager)
4. Final Interview (CEO)
5. Offer

All interviews will be conducted in Japanese and a Japanese resume is required

This process is subject to change.