Data Scientist, Foursquare
Big Data
$136-228k
Location data platform
Job no longer available
Location data platform
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$136-228k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create technology that constructs meaningful bridges between digital spaces and physical places.
Role
Who you are
- Master’s degree or U.S. equivalent in Mathematics, Statistics, Information Science, or a related field plus 2 years of professional experience with Big Data (including analysis, modeling, and applied statistics) to build supervised and unsupervised learning systems
- 2 years of professional experience with Python Science Stack or Scala
- 2 years of professional experience driving feature engineering and experimentation to improve the performance of algorithms
- 2 years of professional experience collaborating with engineering teams on implementing and deploying large scale data processing pipelines
- 2 years of professional experience building internal tools for monitoring and investigation purposes
- 2 years of professional experience leading cross-team cooperation and mentoring junior scientists
What the job involves
- Tackle the challenges posed by continuous flow of massive data from heterogeneous sources, often with different data structures, as well using various big data analytics
- Utilize data science concepts and techniques such as with Hadoop, Spark, AWS EMR across the disciplines of applied statistics and machine learning
- Develop new solutions/algorithms and build scalable prototypes of novel methodologies from the ground up
- Communicate using data visualization for effectively sharing insights found in data with stakeholders
- Utilize track record of delivering on products and practical research endeavors with their Programing skill for advanced computing such as with Python science stack and Scala
- Build supervised and unsupervised learning systems to build user profiles and extract visitation behavior from sensor data
- Drive feature engineering and experimentation to improve performance of Company’s various algorithms
- Use strong communication skills (written and verbal) to collaborate with engineering teams on implementing and deploying large scale data processing pipelines
- Build internal tools for monitoring and investigation purposes
- Lead cross-team cooperation and mentor junior scientists
Our take
Foursquare was originally built as an app that used mobile phone GPS to 'check in' at certain locations. Over time, it has transformed from a user location check-in app into a large location platform that provides analytics for several business and consumer products.
Foursquare operates in a crowded market, but by continually innovating, it has successfully fended off competitors. However, with the likes of Google Maps and Facebook Places in the same industry, it will continuously need to set itself apart. Foursquare shows its appeal, though: major players, including Twitter, Uber, Apple Maps, and Airbnb, to name a few, use the platform.
The company has an ambitious goal of bringing "Foursquare Everywhere", with part of its strategy to grow by acquisitions. For example, it acquired Unfolded, a geospatial analytics firm, to help enhance its analysis of location data. Foursquare has also made a deal with social media giant TikTok to provide insights into users' in-store activity to monitor the effectiveness of ads on the video platform, and with Constellation Network to give insights into restaurant and retail business traffic trends.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
May 2019
$150m
SERIES G
Oct 2018
$33m
LATE VC
Total funding: $394.4m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- Learning and development programs from individual contributors to managers
- Individual, professional coaching for all full-time employees
- Flexible time off - rest and recharge when you need it!
- Comprehensive and competitive health, vision, dental, life insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Family planning programs via Carrot and Maven
- Employee Resource Groups to help you stay connected
Company HQ
Flatiron District, New York, NY
Leadership
Dennis Crowley
(Co-Founder & Co-Chair)Having studied at New York University, Dennis co-created the big game projects PacManhattan and ConQuest before founding Dodgeball, which he managed after its acquisition by Google in 2005. In 2009, he co-founded Foursquare with Naveen Selvadurai.
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