Data Scientist at Vroom

Vroom is an innovative end-to-end ecommerce company that is revolutionizing the car buying experience. Our scalable, data-driven technology brings all phases of the vehicle buying and selling process to consumers wherever they are and offers an extensive selection of vehicles, transparent pricing, competitive financing, and contact-free, at-home pick-up and delivery. We have experienced tremendous growth and have become a disruptive force in the automotive industry. Vroom is an exciting, dynamic workplace, and there's no better time to join the team than right now.Vroom's Data Team is looking for a Data Scientist who will focus on making continuous improvements to the website. This candidate will be responsible for customization of the customer experience. E-commerce industry, modeling and forecasting experience is required.We value your personal growth, and will gladly train you on any of our technologies that you don't currently have. Ours is a culture where your voice will be heard, and you'll be able to see the result of your work! We're one of the few players in the ecommerce automotive space. As a member of our crew, you will become an industry expert.Responsibilities
Own end -to-end ML/analytics pipelines and work with stakeholders to develop deep domain expertise on associated business processes.
Build, validate, and maintain predictive models to increase and optimize conversion, customer experience, and other business outcomes.
Identify standard and novel data solutions to assess consumer-related demand levels and other market indicators.
Acquire, organize and leverage insights derived from large datasets.
Collaborate with different functional teams to rapidly deploy newly developed models, maintain existing ones, and run ad-hoc analyses as needed.
Propose solutions and strategies to business challenges.
Present proposed solutions and results to stakeholders.
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Quantitative Sciences (Computer Science, Mathematics/Statistics, Engineering, Physics, among others) required. Masters Degree preferred.
2+ years of hands-on experience as a Data Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer, or similar role. 
Proficient with Python or R, and solid working knowledge of SQL.
Strong communication and presentation skills.
Experience with ecommerce predictive analytics / modeling to include optimizing website conversion and behavior preferred.
Conceptual knowledge and background in probability, statistics, and machine learning including their technical implementation. 
Experience designing, prototyping, and deploying production-ready machine learning solutions. 
Strong problem-solving skills.  
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