EasyPost
San Francisco
51-200 employees
EasyPost's best-in-class Shipping APIs provide end-to-end flexibility and more control over parcel shipping and logistics processes for anyone shipping online.
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Senior Data Scientist
Senior Data Scientist
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Founded in 2012, EasyPost is a YC unicorn whose mission is to make shipping simple for businesses, from garage startups to the Fortune 500. Shipping, now more than ever, is the backbone of the global economy, but integrating the technology-enabled operations of a modern business with the low-tech and complex shipping industry has always been a challenge. EasyPost solves this problem with the first developer-friendly REST API for shipping, and we continue to push boundaries and discover new ways to simplify shipping for all. Our team is rapidly growing, and this is the perfect time to get on board. Join us, and help build the shipping infrastructure of the future.
About the role:
We are looking for a data scientist to join our team who is excited about exploring large data sets to build compelling products and provide insights to drive company strategy. In this role, you will collaborate with stakeholders across our business, product and engineering organizations to solve the most pressing challenges the company faces. If you love to dive deep into fascinating data sets, tell compelling stories with data and enjoy working in a fast paced, collaborative environment, we’d love to hear from you!
What you will do:
o Work with internal stakeholders to provide data-driven answers to strategic business questions using a variety of techniques
o Research, prototype and track key company metrics.
o Build dashboards in Tableau/Python to monitor and share the resultsIdentify new areas of opportunity for the company and prototype solutions; conduct basic market research and find external data sources to validate these ideas
o Help build internal tools that help the business team make data-driven decisions and/or automate manual processes
o Contribute to existing internal and external machine learning-based products via researching new methodologies, creating new measurement/validation techniques, etc. to increase efficacy and business outcomes
About you:
o Programming skills in a scientific computing language (Python preferred) and SQL
o Understanding of statistics and machine learning; understanding of complexity vs. performance tradeoff in these systems
o Business acumen - understand business objectives, identify problems that data can help solve and drive the solution from start to finish
o Developed communication and presentation skills; ability to effectively translate technical concepts to stakeholders with a wide range of technical capabilities
o Collaborative attitude; open to giving and receiving constructive feedback, mentoring/assisting team members and contributing to a positive work environment
o Familiarity with SaaS business model/metrics and/or previous experience in e-Commerce/logistics
o Minimum of 5 years experience
What We Offer:
o Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
o Competitive compensation package and equity
o 401(k) match
o Monthly work from home stipend of $100 net
o Flexible work schedule and paid time off
o Collaborative culture with a supportive team
o A great place to work with unlimited growth opportunities
o The opportunity to make massive contributions at a hyper-growth company
o Make an impact on a product helping ship millions of packages per day
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"EasyPost is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law."
To be considered for this position, you must be authorized and based in the United States.
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