Data Scientist

Average Salary
$86,829
$60,000
$139,000
Degree Requirements
Master's Degree
Career Focus

Have you ever wondered how Netflix knows what shows “you might also like…”? That’s the work of a data scientist! They transform large amounts of unruly data so that useful information can be extracted. They’re responsible for cleaning data to remove inaccuracies and transforming it so that patterns and valuable insights can be obtained. The resulting information can be used to detect consumer or market trends, patterns and behaviors that will assist agbioscience companies in producing the best consumer products.

Also known as: Marketing Analyst, Digital Analytics Product Manager, Information Technology Systems Administrator, Application Developer, Asset Manager, Operations Analyst
Mathematics
Monitoring
Operations Analysis
Programming
Systems Analysis
Systems Evaluation
Collect large amounts of unstructured data from disparate sources
Scrub and validate data to ensure accuracy
Transform data into a useable format from which data can be extracted
Utilize data-driven techniques to solve problems
Work with a variety of programming languages
Detect patterns and trends in data
Employ of statistical methods, tests and distributions.

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Also known as: Web Developer, Full Stack Software Developer, Full Stack Software Engineer, Full Stack Engineer
Instructing
Learning Strategies
Mathematics
Monitoring
Negotiation
Programming
Social Perceptiveness
Systems Analysis
Systems Evaluation
Technology Design
Troubleshooting
Develop front end website architecture and user interfaces for web pages
Develop back end functionality, like databases, for website applications
Apply programming skills across browsers, servers and database languages
Ensure cross-platform optimization for mobile phones
Work in coordination with graphic designers for web design features
Design and develop APIs (application programming interfaces)
Ensure that technical and consumer needs are met
Meet Jordan
Full Stack Developer
The Bee Corp
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"I'd say in agbioscience, one of the benefits is that there's a lot of ground to be made. So there's a lot of technology to build, maybe that doesn't exist yet. There's a lot of opportunity to do new things that haven't been done before and be on the day one of new tech that's going to help agbioscience."
Jordan
B.S. Computer Science

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