Position: Senior Data Scientist
Company: thredup
Category: Data Science
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper
Published: 2021-02-01T00:00:00+02:00

As part of our data science team, you will report on marketplace insights and work cross-functionally to build the algorithms that drive pricing, supplier acquisition, and inventory management efforts. You will work with a highly interdisciplinary team of data scientists, software engineers, analysts, and product managers. If you get excited about data-driven decision making and want to play a role in managing a highly dynamic marketplace, we’d love to hear from you.

**Responsibilities**
Implement algorithmic solutions to drive decisions around item acceptance, item pricing, and discounting and clearance strategies for 3.5M unique items in inventory and 1.5M new items every month.
Uncover insights in our vast repository of raw data, and provide tactical guidance on how to achieve an assortment that maximizes growth and value for all marketplace participants
Develop rigorous forecasting systems to bring predictability to our planning around inventory growth and economics
Create mathematical representations of the flow of items into and out of our marketplace
Drive the strategy for promotions, merchandising campaigns, and sales, and investigate their effect on inventory and buyer mix
Participate in our knowledge-sharing culture by spreading best practices and learnings from prior experiences, helping the entire team level up

**Required skills**
Experience in data analytics, data science, or software engineering roles
Ability to effectively work with business leads; strong cross-functional communication skills that help push projects forward and encourage the development of new collaborations
Innate curiosity and drive to find insights that unlock new growth or efficiency — you can’t help but dig in and seek the truth
Well-rounded skill set in statistics, machine learning, software development, and project management
Advanced knowledge of SQL and Python, and experience writing code in a collaborative environment

**We offer**
High competitive top market salary
The opportunity to make a massive impact & influence outcomes for our business and customers alongside passionate coworkers
Autonomy. The ability to make, own, and carry out decisions
Working within a modern tech stack
Uncounted paid vacations
Full-coverage medical insurance, free lunches on Wednesdays, English classes, etc.
Relocation assistance and cost coverage program for candidates from other countries and cities