Senior Data Scientist, Plenty of Fish

$140-160k

+ Employee stock purchase plan

SQL

Python

Java

Spark

Senior and Expert level

Vancouver

More information about location

3 days a week in office

Online dating platform

Job no longer available

Online dating platform

101-200 employees

B2CSocialDatingCommunity

Job no longer available

$140-160k

+ Employee stock purchase plan

SQL

Python

Java

Spark

Senior and Expert level

Vancouver

More information about location

3 days a week in office

101-200 employees

B2CSocialDatingCommunity

Company mission

To find new ways for singles to connect while easing the pressures of dating.

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Company

Role

Who you are

M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field. Advanced degrees preferred, but not required
Math degree for stats
Minimum of 5+ years post graduation experience as an Industry experience as a Data Scientist / Data Engineer / Machine-Learning Engineer or demonstrated ability to drive value through data science projects
Deep understanding of fundamental statistics: inference, Bayesian methods, likelihood estimation, decision theory, Monte-Carlo methods and sampling theory
Knowledge of experiment design and hypothesis testing
Knowledgeable in data cleaning, data mining and distributed machine learning
Ability to rapidly acquire and adopt new knowledge and techniques
Proficient with standard SQL and relational databases; experience with Apache Spark & HDFS a plus
Familiarity with R or Python and their data science/machine learning packages - Need Java
Comfortable working independently on large projects (demonstrated via industry or academic experience) or as part of a diverse team of different skills as necessary

What the job involves

We’re looking for a Senior Data Scientist who thrives at the intersection of experimentation, engineering, and product impact
You’ll work on high-visibility projects spanning recommendation systems, personalization, fraud prevention, and behavioral modeling — building production-grade models that power real-world experiences across our apps
You can clean, analyze, and mine data to unearth trends
You also have the technical chops to build a system around this data that improves the POF experience - deploying production codeYou can develop data pipelines with automated, machine-learning systems that convert large source datasets into actionable signals
You like deep-diving into unstructured data and building complex models to extract valuable insights into our users and our business
You can perform time series analysis and forecasting for a variety of important business and operational metrics
You make business recommendations (e.g. cost-benefit, trend forecasting, experiment analysis) with effective presentations of quantitative findings to multiple levels of stakeholders
You craft new algorithms and learning systems to detect and combat spam and fraud
You have experience coordinating with business analysts to define analytic events and key performance metrics
You have experience writing complex algorithms and measuring their impact on a user base
You can see the “big picture” and how your work relates to POF’s entire business - and the ability to prioritize your work accordingly

Our take

Online dating is one of the areas that has seen renewed growth as virtual interactions are increasingly replacing physical interactions. Plenty of Fish is an online, easy to use, dating app that has established a strong presence for consumers on the dating scene. It offers its customers a diverse community of single people to choose from.

Unlike several of its competitors, Plenty of Fish has become a singles’ favorite because it allows them to view matches and send messages between users for free. Since becoming part of the Match family (along with Match.com, Tinder, and Hinge), the platform has been able to keep up its low-barrier model for its users.

Plenty of Fish has grown to a massive 150+ million registered user count. It boasts users in over 20 countries and across 11 languages. The company remains one of few steady-state dating platforms, and is poised to keep increasing over the coming years.