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Lead Data Mining/Machine Learning/ Algorithms Software Engineer
at Mint in Mountain View, CA
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Jan 06, 2009
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Overview
Lead Data Mining/Machine Learning/ Algorithms Software Engineer
Mint.com is a free online personal finance application which consolidates and automatically categorizes your financial data. We use proprietary algorithms to detect patterns in your financial situation, and present savings opportunities customized for you. This position will play a key part in extending our ability to accurately categorize transactions, and extract other valuable information from this rich dataset.
Mint.com is a free online personal finance application which consolidates and automatically categorizes your financial data. We use proprietary algorithms to detect patterns in your financial situation, and present savings opportunities customized for you. This position will play a key part in extending our ability to accurately categorize transactions, and extract other valuable information from this rich dataset.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
You will own a critical piece of Mint's backend system: the analysis and categorization engine. You will be the company’s “goto” person for anything related to extracting intelligence from raw data.
Invent and refine heuristics and algorithms to categorize transactions, correct errors, and identify patterns in the data
Implement these ideas in high-performance code capable of supporting millions of transactions daily
Evaluate, investigate and implement new data mining strategies and classification methodologies
Interface with founder/CEO and other staff to design, spec and develop analysis components
Find creative ways to monitor and proactively alert based on patterns and trends with the data
Experience
Experience Required:
Absolutely Required
5+ years of software development experience
Strong OO design skills, and understanding of design patterns
Demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following: data analysis, profiling, behavior analysis, collaborative filtering, relationship mapping, statistical analysis, semantic clustering, machine learning techniques, Bayesian inference
Fluent in SQL (MySQL experience preferred). Understanding of O/R mapping concepts and tools (Hibernate, JDO)
Love of data and creatively developing new hypotheses to test
Good social skills and a positive attitude. We are company with that revolves around data. Given this, you will encounter a diverse set of challenges and interact with Mint-ers from all departments.
Skills
Strongly Recommended
Substantial experience programming in Java
Nice To Have
Familiarity with personal finance software applications, statistics, financial math and algorithms
Linux or other Unix experience
Previous startup experience
Education
* MS degree in Computer Science from a competitive school
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