[ddj] Two data scientist jobs at ScraperWiki

Thu Nov 22 17:32:06 UTC 2012

Hi everyone,

ScraperWiki just advertised two job openings which might be of interest to
some of you. See more details below.

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From: Francis Irving <francis at scraperwiki.com>
Date: 22 November 2012 18:00
Subject: [scraperwiki] Jobs - 2 data scientists at ScraperWiki
To: scraperwiki at googlegroups.com

We're hiring not one but two data scientists / programmers in
Liverpool.

One to be a more junior and one a more senior role.

https://scraperwiki.com/jobs/#swjob5

Please pass this on to anyone you know who likes data!

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Pool temperatures, company registrations, dairy prices …

ScraperWiki is a Silicon Valley style startup, in Liverpool, UK. We’re
changing how data science is done together on the Internet.

We’re looking for two commercially minded geeks who…
* Like communicating with non-technical customers
* Good at organising other geeks to make sure the job gets done
* Able to learn to code complex scrapers
Will take a lead in improving what we do – workflow and technical

To apply, send the following:
* A brief story of a time you made a company who was your
client/customer happy.
* A link to one scraper that you've made on ScraperWiki or Github,
involving a dataset that you find interesting for some reason.
8 Any questions you have about the job.

Along to francis at scraperwiki.com with the word swjob5 in the subject
(and yes, that means no agencies, unless the candidates do that
themselves)

… Oil wells, marathon results, planning applications

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