Data Scientist, Catawiki
Product Insights
Online auctioning for special objects
Posted today
Online auctioning for special objects
501-1000 employees
Posted today
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To provide an exciting and seamless experience to customers for buying and selling special, hard-to-find objects.
Role
Who you are
- A Data Scientist / Business Analyst / Data Analytics Engineer with a strong quantitative background and at least 3 years of relevant experience (ideally in an online company)
- You are not afraid of handling large volumes of data and are able to maintain complex data pipelines
- You are an SQL Ninja
- Fluent in either R or Python
- You are also skilled in data visualisation tools (Looker Studio, Tableau, Power BI etc)
- You have experience with Web and App analytics and tracking tools (GA/GTM)
- Proven ability to extract meaning from large datasets with little engineering support
- Experience with A/B experimentation and data transformation tools (dbt, Dataform etc) is a plus
- With examples from your own experience you can demonstrate a strong focus on deriving actionable business insights from your analyses
- You have strong communication skills and are able to work at a fast pace with business owners, engineers and management
- An entrepreneurial mindset that enables you to get things done, also if that requires actions outside your own area or comfort zone
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Data Scientist - Product Insights to work with our Product teams and leverage data to identify user journey opportunities and measure success of our product features and teams
- You will be part of the Data Science Product Insights Team helping us make sense of our data, finding actionable insights and creating self-service opportunities by combining data from multiple sources and working closely together with your colleagues in other departments
- In this role no two days will be the same: you will build dashboards, design robust A/B tests, uncover trends in user behaviour, collaborate with your Data colleagues on discovery for a new ML model, or enhance the reliability of our data pipelines. Whatever the task, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping Catawiki’s product solutions and deliver real impact
- You will collaborate with cross-functional Product teams, and will own analytics for an entire product vertical, developing strong relationships with your stakeholders and proactively identifying Product opportunities through your deep understanding of Catawiki’s user behaviour
- On a daily basis, you will be on top of all of Catawiki’s data, and you will work with Product, UX, and Engineering to develop metrics that measure user and business impact of Product features and implement them in dashboards and reports
- To drive data-informed decisions, you will leverage advanced analytics techniques such as regression analysis, causal inference, and experimentation (e.g., A/B testing) to understand user behaviour, identify actionable insights, and evaluate the effectiveness of new features
- You will identify and implement data self-service opportunities to enable Product teams to make decisions at scale
- You will be part of the Data team where you will also get an opportunity to work on multiple foundational data topics, such as building scalable data pipelines, improving data accessibility across the company, or expanding our A/B Experimentation program
Our take
In the past, it was only possible to purchase special items such as rare coins, antiques, and vintage cars at auctions held at physical locations. These days, many people prefer online auctions, but whilst they provide a wider range of objects for sale, this comes at the cost of proper pricing and quality control. Catawiki provides an expert-regulated online auctioning marketplace where users can browse and bid for special objects easily via the web or mobile app.
The objects listed on Catawiki are curated, valued, and verified by in-house experts, with over 65,000 objects passing through the marketplace every week. In this approach, the company has combined the community knowledge found at traditional auctions with the benefits of digital auctioning platforms, occupying a space that has long remained empty, and avoiding competition from bidding marketplace giants such as eBay.
Catawiki has received good funding in the past, which contributed to it becoming the success it is today. A recent venture has seen the company expand to serve artisanal artists with its handmade products auction series.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2020
$157.8m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Jul 2015
$78.9m
SERIES C
Total funding: $247.3m
Company benefits
- Regular fun activities both on and offline e.g summer parties, boat rides and regular team events
- Great secondary benefits including a holiday allowance and a fantastic pension plan paid for by Catawiki
- Hybrid ways of working between home and office. We offer remote and activity-based working, suited to the team and individual responsibilities
- We care about our teams’ wellbeing and offer a holistic wellbeing programme including our Employee Assistance Programme offering clinical services, single-session therapy, wellness support and more
- Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your personal and professional growth
- Provide employees with a 100 EURO Catavoucher upon joining and 50 EURO birthday Catavouchers
- Extra days of annual leave for work anniversaries at 3, 5, 8 and 10 years
- Additional leave allowances for important life events such as moving, engagement & marriage
- Each year Catawikians get an additional day’s leave to Pursue their Passion!
Company values
- Take ownership: We’re continually building. Each and every one of us takes initiative to grow our business
- Delight our customer: We strive to be our customers’ preferred destination in their ongoing search for the special objects that fulfil their passions
- Move in sync: We each play a role in Catawiki’s success and we only succeed if we are successful together
- Be geeky: We embrace new and scalable technologies to be able to lead the offline to online transition of the world of special objects
- Be open: We are always learning and evolving in order to challenge convention. We remain humble, flexible and curious
- Be passionate: We go deep, solve complex problems and innovate in order to be experts in our fields
Company HQ
Westelijk Havengebied, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Leadership
Marco Jansen
(Co-Founder)Founder and CTO of LastDodo, with experience as Project Manager for ThoughtWorks from 2004 to 2008. Co-founded Catawiki as CTO in 2008.
René Schoenmakers
(Co-Founder)Founder & CEO of LastDodo and of Vipio. Managing Director of Ordina's subsidiaries Wisdom and The Missing Link from 2006 to 2008. Co-founded Catawiki in 2016 as CEO.
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