Skills Needed for Data Scientists

Knowledge of

 Statistics
 Data mining and cleaning
 Data visualization
 Unstructured data management techniques
 Programming languages such as R and Python
 Understand SQL databases
 Use big data tools like Hadoop, Hive and Pig

Skills Needed for Machine Learning Engineers

Knowledge of

 Computer science fundamentals

 Statistical modelling
 Data evaluation and modelling
 Understanding and application of algorithms
 Natural language processing
 Data architecture design
 Text representation techniques

Data science is a broad, interdisciplinary field that harnesses the

widespread amounts of data and processing power available to gain
insights.
One of the most exciting technologies in modern data science is
machine learning. Machine learning allows computers to
autonomously learn from the wealth of data that is available.