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Data Scientist
RevenueCat is managing subscriptions for hundreds of millions of users across thousands of apps and we're sitting on a treasure-trove of data. We are looking for a data scientist, working with our data engineering team, to turn this data into valuable ̉analysis and products.
We're also pioneering the use of predictive bayesian models to democratize access to insights previously only available to teams with strong data backgrounds and resources.
About us
RevenueCat is an API that makes selling subscriptions in your mobile app easy. We launched as part of Y Combinator's summer 2018 batch and today are handling subscriptions for more than 3 million mobile subscribers, and are the subscription infrastructure for thousands of apps. We are a mission driven, remote-first company that is building for the long term.
About You
You have 2+ years of full time work experience, with at least some of that time preferably at a start-up
You are a master of SQL and are comfortable with data modeling
You have experience building bayesian inference models (probabilistic programming)
You can write code to automate common tasks
You are obsessed with understanding errors inherent in data
You are interested in the consumer mobile subscription ecosystem and are excited to explore the data we have
You are a diehard bayesian (frequentists welcome to apply as well, but we'll have to update our priors)
In the first month, you'll
Learn all the data we're collecting
Start answering questions using our existing transactional database and other data sources
Work with our engineering team to design and build a data warehouse
Take ownership of our existing predictive bayesian model, improve them, and start to build new ones
Within the first 3 months, you'll
Contribute to product-features that use our data to help developers make more money
Have a complete understanding of the extent and limitations of our data
Publish data-driven content to our blog
Launch your own explorations into our data to fulfill your own curiosity
Within the first 6 months, you'll
Publish content that is read by hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people, and is considered the authority on the subscription app ecosystem
Work very closely with the product, marketing, and operations to inform decision making and improve the trajectory of the company
Do a lot of SELECTs
Discover lots of sources of systematic error
Within the first 12 months, you'll
Be the company expert on our data
Propose, design, and develop new data driven features from idea to shipping
Lay the ground work for expanding our data team
What We Offer
$129k-$177k, 0.35%-0.65%
Employee health, vision, and dental plans (for US-based workers)
Unlimited vacation, remote work, and WFH
Company offsites twice per year
A wellness-focused, long-term oriented work environment
We are sadly unable to sponsor visas at this time.
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