Transportation Data Analyst, Via
Citymapper
$30-$40 per hour commensurate with years of experience
TransitTech platform
Job no longer available
TransitTech platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$30-$40 per hour commensurate with years of experience
1001+ employees
Company mission
Via's mission is to use technology to transform transport.
Role
Who you are
- You have a passion for public transportation and cities, and an interest in how public transportation networks operate
- You are comfortable dealing with large data sets, and have an eagerness to learn new data skills
- You take a hands-on, practical, pragmatic attitude to your work
- You have exceptional attention to detail, and an ability to communicate those details to other collaborators
- You have up to 3 years of experience working with data, Python and/or common transit data formats (GTFS, TransXChange, Siri, Hafas, etc). An interest in all will suffice!
What the job involves
- As a Transportation Data Analyst at Citymapper, you will be managing the data that is the backbone of our application’s success
- Your work directly impacts our user experience, and is the difference between a user seeing a bus drive away, or reaching it just in time
- You will help to manage the timetable data that powers the Citymapper application. Using proprietary tools and methods, you will transform often messy transit schedules into shiny and reliable user information
- You will build, validate and ship data to production on a daily basis
- You will manage data in a range of cities and across different formats
- You will work with our engineers to build for scale by improving tools and automating tasks
- You will ensure data quality in our web and mobile products so that users continue to love and trust Citymapper
Our take
Via is a world-leading public mobility technology provider, transforming transportation and logistics systems into highly efficient digital networks. Its TransitTech platform powers cost-effective, convenient, and equitable mobility across the globe including public transport, student transport, corporate transport, and paratransit.
The company has two smart go-to-market strategies. First, it licenses the technology to cities wanting on-demand solutions. Secondly, it provides a full solution for operators (such as TfL) including technologies, operations, marketing, and data science. After acquiring Remix, a mapping and transit-planning tool, Via combined the software with its own on-demand transit data to help cities visualize how on-demand services can become part of the public transit system.
With hundreds of partnerships in place, and operating across the globe, Via is committed to revolutionizing the way the world moves. The company has stated plans to go public, but for now, seems focussed on expanding its services - for example with the wheelchair-accessible autonomous shuttle service it launched in partnership with May Mobility. Substantial funds will enable Via to expand its suite of products and improve its services, as well as innovate and accelerate expansion across markets and verticals.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Feb 2023
$110m
LATE VC
Nov 2021
$130m
SERIES G
Total funding: $887.1m
Company benefits
- Health and wellness benefits
- Local volunteer opportunities
- Support for all new parents
- Learning opportunities through our Via-Versity
- Employee Resource Groups
Company HQ
Chelsea, New York, NY
Leadership
Daniel Ramot
(CEO)Formerly an Engineering Manager in the Israeli Air Force. Prior to founding Via, they were the Director of D.E. Shaw (research into computational biochemistry).
Oren Shoval
(CTO)Experienced Systems Engineer, with a PhD in Systems Biology from the Weizmann Institute of Science
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