CONTRACT - Senior Data Scientist (NTD) (Finance)

Nintendo Technology Development

The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Nintendo Switch ™ system and the Nintendo 3DS ™ family of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System ™ , Nintendo has sold more than 4.7 billion video games and more than 740 million hardware units globally, including Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, as well as the Game Boy ™ , Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS ™ family of systems, Super NES ™ , Nintendo 64 ™ , Nintendo GameCube ™ , Wii ™ and Wii U ™ systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names, such as Mario, Donkey Kong, Metroid, Zelda and Pokémon. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo Technology Development, based in Redmond, Washington, creates future hardware/software technology and researches North American-based technologies.

We are seeking a data scientist to assist with the development of deep learning neural networks including, but not limited to, audio enhancement and computer vision. The role focuses on iterating over the training, quantization, and evaluation of neural networks implemented in PyTorch and/or TensorFlow.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

• Train, evaluate, and optimize neural networks
• Write scripts to facilitate neural network model development and use
• Procure and clean data necessary for training models
• Effectively communicate with other teams, especially as it relates to domain-specific knowledge, model quality, and model performance
• Documents work according to defined processes