Smart Host | <a href=" | Brooklyn, NY | Onsite | Full-Time | Data Scientist (Lead)
We’re looking for a brilliant data scientist who codes to found our data team.
Smart Host helps property managers and landlords make more money through data analytics, from predicting prices to recommending comp sets to benchmarking ad budgets. Our first product is a dynamic pricing engine that brings hotel-style pricing to the vacation rental industry. As our data scientist, you’ll develop a nascent data model and pricing algorithm into a world class product.
Responsibilities:
- Build and validate a data model for comparing residential rentals, using statistical analysis, machine learning, and crowdsourced data.
- Create a pricing algorithm that utilizes hotel yield management theory to maximize revenue for vacation rental hosts.
- Gather and process external data by connecting to APIs and scraping websites.
- Write code to integrate new algorithms and data models into our production system, written in Python.
- Write reports / blog posts on data discoveries.
Network:
- StartupBus North America 2014 Winners
- Techstars Austin S14
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Contact: REDACTED_EMAIL [I'm posting this as a co-founder running sales. My co-founder and CEO, Evan Hammer, will be reviewing your application and scheduling an interview].