Senior Data Scientist - Growth & Success

Key Skills

Python Programming, Scala Programming, C++, Java Programming, Machine learning techniques, Data science techniques, SQL, Apache Hadoop, MapReduce, TensorFlow, PyTorch, R Programming

Job Description

At Faire we build elegant and efficient products to deliver superior customer experiences and enhance marketplace efficiency at the same time. From the mobile checkout process, to personalized search ranking, to the intelligent underwriting engine that determines credit limits for retailers---we are constantly iterating and innovating our product offering to create more value for the ecosystem.

On the Growth team, we’re looking for someone who’s comfortable working on interesting growth-related problems using both cutting edge and proven techniques. As a foundational member of a fast-growing company and team, you will be working closely with other data scientists, engineers, and product managers to provide effective support to help acquire retailers and brands at scale in an efficient manner and improve retention as well as lifetime value.

What you will be doing:

• You will help us establishing a working model for properly acquiring, retaining and engaging with either our retail or brand customers.
• Provide Data Science support for growth marketing as well as paid marketing optimization across Google/Facebook ads and improve effectiveness of SEO/SEM efforts.
• Support the optimization of our new retailer promotion strategy and incentives (free shipping, other promos, etc.) and determine which is most effective.
• Enhance the product experience for new retailers to help them find the most relevant products and brands.
• Design and improve our referral and loyalty program through strategic insights and experimentation.
• Define what success looks like for each brand and identify actionable recommendations to empower brands to achieve their fullest potentials.
• Improve engagement and retention (lifecycle value) and tuning email/push notifications and other product innovations

What it takes:

• Advanced degree in any number of relevant disciplines across STEM fields, Operations Research, and Business.
• 3+ years of industry experience using experimentation, machine learning, and analytics to solve real world problems with large datasets.
• Experience and excitement in driving growth marketing initiatives.
• Exceptional product and business sense.
• Resourcefulness and proactiveness: track record for executing independent projects and leading complex, multi-functional projects with several dependencies.
• Strong communication skills: can effectively and patiently work with others in a closely collaborative team environment and evangelize growth marketing initiatives to the organization. 
• Proficiency with Python / R and SQL.