Senior Data Scientist, Mudflap
Risk
$185-225k
+ Equity
Fuel discounts for truck drivers
Posted today
Fuel discounts for truck drivers
101-200 employees
Posted today
$185-225k
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
Mudflap's mission is to change a $1 trillion industry for the better.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or related fields
- Proficiency in SQL and Python for data manipulation, modeling, and automation
- Experience building production-ready models and pipelines
- Strong statistical knowledge and experience designing experiments (A/B testing, cohort analysis, causal inference)
- Excellent communication skills—ability to present complex insights clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience in at least one of the domains: risk, growth/marketing, or product analytics preferred
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment where collaboration and flexibility are essential
What the job involves
- In this role, you will develop the models, insights, and strategies that help us identify, assess, and mitigate credit and fraud risk across our platform.
- You’ll lead the development of underwriting capabilities, design predictive models to reduce fraud losses, and uncover opportunities to improve portfolio performance.
- Working closely with Product, Engineering, Risk, and Finance teams, you’ll translate complex data into scalable risk solutions that drive growth while protecting the business
- Drive strategic data science initiatives that directly impact business outcomes, working closely with executive leadership to identify high-value opportunities in your domain
- Lead end-to-end machine learning projects from problem formulation through production deployment, including model development, validation, A/B testing, and performance monitoring. solve high-impact business problems such as fraudulent risk assessment, underwriting, customer segmentation, etc
- Drive data-driven decision making across cross-functional partnerships — Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Ops, Risk teams, etc. to translate complex business requirements into analytical solutions and communicate insights to executive stakeholders
- Mentor junior data scientists and analysts and establish best practices — Provide technical leadership, code reviews, and strategic guidance while developing scalable data science methodologies and standards across the organization
- Lead experimentation strategy and drive product innovation — Own end-to-end A/B testing frameworks, mentor teams on experimental design, and translate test results into actionable product improvements that directly impact key business metrics
Our take
Owner-operators make up 9% of the truckers on the road, in other words 680,000 small businesses forming the backbone of the U.S’s crucial trucking industry. However, only big fleets get major fuel discounts because they have large gallon volumes, leaving these self-employed truckers to pay full price.
Mudflap is bringing those savings to owner-operators & small fleets. When drivers sign up for the app, they join tens of thousands of users which Mudflap then leverages to drive sales for truck stops which offer discounts on fuel in return. It’s a smart model which massively simplifies the process for earning discounts compared to the old route of a fuel card which requires a credit check.
Stop managers could be sceptical about working with mobile payments in return for a promise of increased demand. However, the company provides its entire network with a Mudflap tablet through which to handle all payment transactions within the network, making it easy for whoever is behind the counter.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
52% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- A flexible, remote-first company
- A team of talented individuals on a mission to change a $1 trillion industry for the better
- A high bar for quality and commitment to self-improvement
- An open mind to new ideas and methodologies
- Opportunities and support for massive career growth
Company HQ
Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Sharon Yapp
(Co-Founder & Head of Product)Previously Director of Product Management at Trip.com, Zinio, Care.com, and Trucker Path.
Sanjay Desai
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Chief Product Officer at Klout and Trucker Path. Was also CEO of SchoolTube.
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