Data Scientist
at Yext
Budapest, Hungary
Yext (NYSE: YEXT) is the leading brand visibility platform, built for a world where discovery and engagement happen everywhere — across AI search, traditional search, social media, websites, and direct communications. Powered by over 2 billion trusted data points and a suite of integrated products, Yext provides brands the clarity, control, and confidence to perform across digital channels. From real-time insights to AI-driven recommendations and execution at scale, Yext turns a brand's digital presence into a competitive advantage, which is only possible through our team of innovators and enthusiastic collaborators. Join us and experience firsthand why we are consistently recognized as a ‘Best Place to Work’ globally by industry leaders such as Built In, Fortune, and Great Place To Work®!
In 2024, Yext acquired Hearsay Systems, bringing together two industry leaders to form one unified organization. By combining Yext’s brand visibility expertise with Hearsay’s best-in-class compliant engagement solutions, we’re delivering even greater value to our customers. Our integrated approach unlocks a deeper set of data, insights, and recommendations — empowering brands to convert prospects into customers faster and more effectively.
This is a hybrid position, offering the flexibility of remote telework with the requirement to be on-site at least one day per week on average. Occasional adjustments may be made based on team needs or project demands.
What You'll Do
- Lead or contribute to strategic, high-impact machine learning and data science projects that drive product improvements and support informed business decisions.
- Develop, validate, and continuously improve ML models using structured and unstructured data.
- Identify, clean, and prepare relevant datasets while ensuring data quality and integrity.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and business stakeholders to define data requirements and translate insights into actionable outcomes.
- Apply large language models (e.g., GPT, LLaMA) for specific use cases, using techniques such as RAG or instruction tuning.
- Stay current with advancements in ML, generative AI, and NLP, applying emerging methods when appropriate.
- Help promote and eventually act as an advocate for data-driven decision making. Foster a healthy data culture by mentoring colleagues and running knowledge-sharing sessions.
- Promote the importance of data science within the organization.
- Contribute to enhancements of the data stack and support agile delivery processes.
What You Have
- Proven experience developing supervised and unsupervised ML models.
- Experience with generative models, including RAG, prompt engineering, instruction tuning, etc., and evaluating outputs for bias, safety, and relevance.
- Proficient in Python (NumPy, Pandas, scikit-learn, etc.) and SQL, with a solid understanding of data modeling and warehousing concepts.
- Hands-on experience working in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Strong analytical, statistical, and problem-solving skills.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in data science, data analytics, or related roles.
- Passion for social media data and digital behavior analysis.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
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