Senior Data Scientist, Bolt
Campaigns
+ Stock option package
Building the future of transportation
Job no longer available
Building the future of transportation
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
+ Stock option package
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build a future where people don't need to own personal cars to move around safely and conveniently.
Role
Who you are
- Industry experience in data science and machine learning (3+ years recommended)
- Natural curiosity to identify problems, explore trends, and discover opportunities with little supervision
- Capability to approach problems with first-principle thinking
- Team player with strong verbal and written communication skills in English
- Experience in time series analysis, modeling multivariate time series, familiarity with forecasting techniques
- Experience in Python programming, including libraries like Pandas, Numpy, sklearn, OR-tools
- Understanding and practical experience with statistical hypothesis testing
- You will get extra credits for Ph.D. in a quantitative field (physics, mathematics, computer science, economics)
- You will get extra credits for product development experience in a technology company
- You will get extra credits for experience with multivariate time series forecasting methods
What the job involves
- You will be building models for predicting the probability of the user booking under specific circumstances
- You will work on customer segmentation: discover rider, driver, and eater segments for efficient campaign targeting
- As a Data Scientist, you will be developing a system for automating promo campaigns setup and scaling it for millions of Bolt customers
- You will be engaged in designing optimal experimental setup for comparing different campaigns targeting methodologies and user behavior dynamics
- You will work on prioritizing user acquisition channels using analytical and machine learning approaches
- Machine learning and statistical model development and its deployment into a production environment)
- Studying historical user behavior data to identify opportunities for optimization)
- Building models for optimal users’ discount allocation )
- Developing a system for automating regular promo campaign setups)
- Setting up A/B tests, collecting, interpreting its results, and communicating to stakeholders)
- Working with a technical stack consisting of Python, Docker, Presto, SageMaker, Airflow)
- Collaborating with data analysts, data scientists, product managers, and software engineers in feature teams )
Our take
Across Europe, more and more people are choosing flexible, on-demand transport instead of owning a car. And ride-hailing, shared vehicles and new technology like autonomous driving are all part of this shift. So, cities are pushing for safer and more efficient transport, which is encouraging mobility companies to invest in electric vehicles and even driverless solutions which could eventually reshape urban travel.
Bolt has positioned themselves right in the center of this change, with is leading mobility platform that offers ride-hailing services across more than 50 countries. Through its app, Bolt connects users with transport options designed to be affordable and simple.
Recently, the company partnered with Stellantis to explore Level 4 autonomous, driverless vehicles, showing just how far ahead Bolt is looking for its next phase of mobility.
That said, Bolt operates in a very crowded market and urban mobility is highly competitive, with many local and international players all trying to come out on top. Even so, demand for shared and on-demand transport is at an all time high and only growing. Bolt's broad geographic reach, focus on scale and willingness to invest in future technologies puts it in the perfect position to keep growing.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jan 2022
$746.3m
SERIES F
Aug 2021
$713.1m
LATE VC
Total funding: $2.0bn
Company HQ
Veerenni, Tallinn, Harju County
Leadership
Markus Villig
(CEO)Markus founded Bolt in 2013 and has served as the CEO since.
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