Data Scientist, Auto-Tech
Data Scientist, Auto-Tech
ABOUT THE COMPANY:
The Company is the world’s leading roadside assistance platform. We expand mobility and transportation options for consumers, automotive, logistics, and technology companies. Analysts project travel miles to increase by one third globally by 2030 from new services which means more things breaking. We help fix those things by offering a seamless, end-to-end digital platform, viewable by every stakeholder in real-time.
The Company is proud that:
● We rank #6 out of 500 in Deloitte’s 2019 Technology Fast 500 fastest-growing tech-forward companies in North America
● We rank #10 on the Financial Time’s 2020 list of fastest growing companies
● We rank #221 on the 2020 Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.
● We are backed by BMW, Porsche, Jaguar Land Rover and some of the world’s other biggest mobility companies. We work with some of the coolest brands on the planet!
Your mission
Your mission is to improve Urgent.ly business processes and user experience which include dispatch algorithms, demand pricing, service provider supply & demand predictions using data science. By developing and implementing new machine learning algorithms and understanding human behavior, you help to accelerate the company’s growth, serve more customers better and faster than our competitors.
Your legacy
You developed data science products in a collaborative team setting using data analyses & machine learning processes, created and tested new hypotheses from the service provider, customer & company perspectives. You built new products and innovated by testing and measuring new improvements and quantified your impact in key KPIs and company OKRs. Your models helped the company grow its business, reduce costs and innovate in the mobility space.
Competencies (HOW)
● You have a Bachelor Degree (Masters preferred) in a STEM or related quantitative field (economics, social sciences, finance). You have proven experience in using statistical and/or predictive modeling to build algorithms that will move human behavior in a desired direction. You are obsessed with data and want to know how things work under the hood.
● You are well-rounded. You are a technical expert in data science and programming. You can express your ideas by building algorithms, data analysis and visualization. You are self-directed and ask the right questions.
● You have proven experience in working with large datasets in a Cloud environment. You worked with data in its many forms such as relational or NoSQL databases in structured and unstructured formats. You have worked with large datasets in streaming format, large tables or flat files and have used big data tools (i.e. EMR, Spark) in AWS (Amazon Web Service).
● You are adept at coding and developing prototypes. You have built machine learning models in Python, Jupyter Notebooks, PySpark, SparkML or related technology.
● You have previous experience in transportation, supply & demand and/or logistic field. You worked in logistic, supply chain and/or location based fields and know how to analyze location data in a time series.
● You have proven knowledge of advanced modeling techniques such as classification/regression, spatial analysis, time series analysis. You have used location based data to solve the optimization of complex customized networks in the mobility space.
● You have designed A/B experiments and can evaluate its effectiveness with statistical hypothesis testing and analysis.
● You have outstanding written and verbal communication skills. You can effectively communicate a complex data science concept simply in writing and in person. Your writing can move an audience to a clear decision.