Staff Data Scientist Fulfillment
Staff Data Scientist Fulfillment
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About Flexport:
At Flexport we believe global trade can move the human race forward. Thats why its our mission to make global commerce so easy there will be more of it. Were shaping the future of a $10T industry with solutions powered by innovative technology and exceptional people. Today companies of all sizesfrom emerging brands to Fortune 500suse Flexport technology to move more than $19B of merchandise across 112 countries a year.
The recent global supply chain crisis has put Flexport center stage as we continue to play a pivotal role in how goods move around the world. We are proud to have the support of the best investors in the game who believe in our mission solutions and people. Ready to tackle global challenges that impact business society and the environment Come join us.
Build the Programs that help Flexport Grow
Develop and enhance models and algorithms to improve Flexports fulfillment operations
The opportunity:
Flexport is looking for a creative technicallyminded Staff Data Scientist who is excited about solving challenging problems in fulfillment and logistics. We provide ecommerce merchants a full range of porttoporch logistics solutions. This role focuses on building automated decisionmaking processes that ensure that we meet or exceed the expectations of our merchants for fulfillment speed and reliability while growing the network in a costefficient way.
Data is at the heart of our business and as a Data Scientist you will develop firstinclass science products to make fulfillment easy and efficient for our merchants. In collaboration with multidisciplinary product engineering and business/operations teams you will apply advanced Operations Research (OR) and Machine Learning (ML) methods to deliver datadriven insights and automated decisionmaking solutions in Flexports fulfillment products.
Our business product and engineering teams collaborate closely with our Data Scientists to share domain knowledge test hypotheses at scale and develop promising solutions that can be quickly and widely deployed. We are passionate about providing effortlessly accessible intelligence and actionable insights to our end users. Our ideal candidate is: selfmotivated technically excellent at writing code and passionate about delivering cuttingedge solutions.
You will:
- Design and develop models and algorithms to enable and improve the service of the fulfillment network including optimal inventory management and reliable delivery promises
- Manage projects that measurably contribute to business goals translating a business need to an actionable development plan and executing the plan successfully
- Work cross functionally across Data Science Engineering Product Planning and Operations to implement production processes and reporting to achieve desired KPIs
- Communicate proposals and solutions to partner teams customers and leadership
- Provide optimization data science and analytical expertise and serve as a mentor to junior data scientists and a subject matter expert to others in the organization
You should have:
- Masters or PhD (or equivalent industry or research experience) in a quantitative field like Operations Research Applied Mathematics Computer Science Econometrics etc.
- 1214 years of industry experience in solving optimization and/or machine learning problems and developing practically efficient automated solutions
- Experience developing and maintaining endtoend data science production processes including data modeling algorithm development testing and metric tracking
- Strong project management skills managing the following effectively: project timelines deliverables team accountability and status updates amongst partners and key stakeholders
- Proficient with Python and SQL. Experience with Snowflake dbt data visualization/reporting tools (e.g. Looker) preferred
- A compliance first attitude to keep our regulators happy and enthusiastic about Flexport since we operate in a heavily regulated industry.
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Worried about not having any logistics experience
Dont be! Our mission is to make global commerce so easy there will be more of it. Thats why its important to bring people from diverse backgrounds and experiences together with our industry veterans to help move the global logistics industry forward.
We know this industry is complex. Thats why we invest in education starting day one with Flexport Academy a one week intensive onboarding program designed specifically to set every new Flexport employee up for success.
The US base salary range for this position (exclusive of bonus equity and benefits):
$204480 $255600 USD
Commitment to Equal Opportunity
At Flexport our ability to fulfill our mission of making global commerce easy and accessible relies on having a diverse dedicated and engaged workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race color religion sex national origin age physical and mental disability health status marital and family status sexual orientation gender identity and expression military and veteran status and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
