JOB DESCRIPTION / ROLE
We are seeking an experienced data scientist to design, build, and deploy machine learning models that solve complex business problems. The ideal candidate will create AI-driven solutions to automate processes, improve decision-making, and enhance user experiences across various business functions.
Responsibilities
- Model development & implementation: Design, build, and deploy machine learning models to solve complex business problems. These may include predictive analytics, recommendation systems, anomaly detection, classification, and other machine learning tasks.
- AI solutions: Create and optimize AI-driven solutions that can automate processes, improve decision-making, and enhance user experiences across various business functions.
- Data analysis & exploration: Conduct thorough analysis of large datasets to uncover patterns, trends, and insights that inform business strategies and model development.
- Collaborative problem solving: Partner with business stakeholders to understand their goals and challenges, and translate these into data-driven solutions and models that align with the organization's objectives.
- Model optimization: Continuously monitor, fine-tune, and improve the performance of machine learning models through evaluation, experimentation, and iteration.
- Scalability & performance: Ensure that AI models and solutions can scale effectively in production environments, handling large volumes of data while maintaining high performance and reliability.
- Stay current with AI trends: Keep up-to-date with the latest advancements in AI, machine learning, and data science to propose innovative techniques and technologies that can drive competitive advantage.
- Reporting & communication: Present findings, model results, and actionable insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring clarity and alignment on business impacts.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, data science, statistics, mathematics, engineering, or a related field.
- Proven experience (5+ years) as a data scientist, with a focus on machine learning, AI, and advanced analytics.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or similar.
- Hands-on experience with machine learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, Keras) and tools for model development, training, and evaluation.
- Expertise in data manipulation and analysis using tools like Pandas, NumPy, SQL, or similar.
- Solid understanding of statistical methods, hypothesis testing, and data modeling techniques.
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and deploying models in cloud environments is a plus.
Unfortunately, due to the high number of responses we receive, we are unable to provide feedback to all applicants. If you have not been contacted within 5-7 days, please assume that at this stage your application has been unsuccessful.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
MBC GROUP is the largest media company in the Middle East & North Africa region that enriches people’s lives through information, interaction and entertainment. In 2002, nearly a decade after the launch of MBC1 in London, in 1991, MBC GROUP moved its headquarters to Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates.
Today, MBC GROUP includes over 17 leading TV channels: MBC1 (general family entertainment); MBC2 & MBC MAX (24-hour western movies); MBC3 (children’s edutainment with a mix of both local productions and western acquisitions); MBC4 (entertainment for young families with a female-focus); MBC ACTION (an indigenous adrenaline-packed channel targeting young males with local and homegrown productions); MBC VARIETY (Western films and general entertainment with uninterrupted broadcasting); MBC DRAMA (24/7 Arabic drama) & MBC+ DRAMA (a joint pay-TV channel between MBC and OSN); MBC PERSIA (general family entertainment dubbed and subtitled in Farsi); WANASAH (24-hour Arabic music channel); MBC MASR & MBC MASR2 (general family entertainment geared towards the Egyptian family); MBC BOLLYWOOD (delivering the freshest in Bollywood content geared towards the region via an Arabized interface); MBC USA (on “Dish Network” in the US); MBC IRAQ (a premium channel aimed at the entire Iraqi family), MBC5 (new satellite channel dedicated to the Maghreb); all of them benefit from MBC STUDIOS which produces the region’s most compelling premium content for cinema, television and on-demand platforms. MBC GROUP also includes two FM radio stations: MBC FM (Gulf music) and Panorama FM (contemporary Arabic hit music).
Furthermore, part of MBC GROUP is Shahid and its premium subscription-based service Shahid VIP, the world’s leading Arabic streaming platform, home to highly rated original productions from the Arab world, a wide range of exclusive movies and premieres, as well as the top watched live Arab TV channels.