Data Scientist

Data Scientist Opportunity

Our product team is looking for a data scientist to help set the foundations of our data-informed culture at the company. As well, you will be working alongside the co-founders to setup the processes that will allow us to collect, synthesize, and use the data to enrich the user experience.

In this role, you will be given the freedom and flexibility to experiment with new tools and methodologies as well as make a massive impact at a fast-paced startup.

Requirements

• 2 years of professional experience in data science, data engineering or software engineering related roles. (Yes, internship/coop experience counts!)
• Experience using SQL or similar big data querying languages
• Organizational skills and the ability to work independently is a must. (This role is fully remote)
• Experience with programming language, such as Python or R
• Knowledge of database systems - Relational and Non relational databases preferably - MySQL, DynamoDB, Amazon Aurora etc.
• Experience with tools such as Datadog, Segment, Tableau, Amplitude, or Mixpanel
• Experience in advanced quantitative analysis including regression, classification, clustering, and time-series analyses.

Responsibilities

• Have ownership of the full data science lifecycle, including partnering with product, engineering and business teams to deliver customer focused products.
• Apply your expertise in quantitative analysis to build and maintain our campaign recommendation system in order to improve core product experience
• Apply various data science methods to understand the most meaningful aspects of our product and generate actionable insights
• Evangelize evidence-based decision making by partnering with all teams across engineering, marketing and sales, as well as driving general accessibility of data and insights for non-technical stakeholders.
• Distill ambiguous product or business questions, find clever ways to answer them, and to quantify the uncertainty

Bonus (not required)

• Experience in designing and testing experiments
• Experience on working on 2-sided marketplace products
• Programming knowledge - Python, Node.js, React (strongly preferred), Java, C++, Angular etc...
• Familiarity with AWS is a plus
• Familiarity with test automation techniques is a plus
• Preference will be given to Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents AND students enrolled in a Canadian University or College program

If you'd like to be considered for this role, send an email to View email address on click.appcast.io introducing yourself. (No cover letters please!)