Economist at Transfix

About Transfix:

Transfix, named to Forbes’ “Next Billion-Dollar Startups” list, is the leading transportation solutions provider whose digital brokerage marketplace and logistics software offerings are helping transform the $800 billion trucking industry. Since its founding in 2013, Transfix has been driven by a mission to deliver simple, smart, and sustainable solutions for shippers and carriers, powered by people and technology.

Here at Transfix, we are not only building incredible technology solving some of the world’s biggest, most complex, and most important challenges in the freight and logistics industry; We are also helping protect our environment and are passionate about making the world a better place by increasing sustainability and eliminating the extreme amount of waste that currently exists in our industry.

By combining deep industry expertise and a best in class carrier network with cutting-edge technology, Transfix is reimagining the world of transportation. Transfix works with some of the largest Fortune 500 companies such as Staples, Unilever, Target and Wayfair rely on Transfix to handle their most important FTL freight needs. With instant pricing, algorithmic matching, superior service, and unmatched intelligence, Transfix is optimizing the supply chain from start to finish. 

The problems we solve everyday are real and require creativity, grit, and determination. Recognized as one of Built In’s Best Places to Work 2021, Transfix is building a culture that challenges norms while fostering experimentation and personal growth. We’re hiring team members who are passionate and are energized by the vision to simplify and transform one of the largest and most complex industries through technology, data and a strong commitment to customers. 

As we continue to solve some of the world's biggest problems through data, analytics, automation, and technology, we are seeking an Economist to join and play a critical role in our growing and quickly evolving Data function. In this position, you will lead our efforts to quantify key business drivers, developing data models to successfully improve our market penetration and impact. You’ll develop and deploy data models that assess our current win rates and margins and create innovative solutions to improve our opportunities in the contract and spot freight markets. This role will provide a tremendous opportunity to have a widespread impact on our organization and provide increased analytical and technical thought-leadership to Transfix.

If you’re an expert in economically-driven data analysis and synthesization who loves taking complex business problems and translating them into insights and then actionable solutions, keep on reading!



What You’ll Do In this Role:

Develop and deploy models that quantify key business drivers related to our brokerage business
Quantify our win rate and margins related to our contract freight opportunities
Thoroughly assess the business risk as it relates to our contract and spot freight opportunities 
Understand the freight business inside and out and utilize mathematical equations to quantifiably improve our market positioning
Provide outstanding analytical thought leadership and provide innovative solutions to complex business problems
Improve our multisided platform by increasing the effectiveness of our demand matching models that allow us to match shippers and carriers
Utilize your expert understanding of auction theory and understand how to leverage game theory to solve our conundrums



How You Know this Role is For You:

You have 5+ years experience as an Economist, Data Scientist, and/or have a PhD in a quantitative field
You have a Masters degree or PhD in a quantitative field such as Statistics, or Economics
You love analyzing data and everything about it - from identifying a business problem to prepping the data to building models to showcasing and explaining your findings
You have extensive programming experience related to data structures and coding constructs
You love translating business problems into equations and have a history of scoping, planning and establishing success metrics for analytical projects
You have practical work experience with Risk or Econometric Modeling, application of Auction Theory or Market Demand estimation
You have deep knowledge of and experience in writing SQL, R, Python, script writing and/or other similar tools
You have utilized a Python Library such as Pandas, Numpy, or Scipy
You are a data visualization expert that loves showing data via histograms, box plots and other unique and insightful views on the data
You are curious, honest, intelligent and a deep critical thinker

Our headquarters is based in New York City, and we are prioritizing candidates who are based in Eastern, Central, and Atlantic time zones.








Transfix is deeply committed to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in our hiring, programming, and in our work both internally and externally. We recognize how critical diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice are to achieving our mission, our growth, and our success. In support of this commitment, some of our focuses include (but are not limited to):

-Developing policies, procedures, and services to our employees, carriers, and shippers that uplift and        protect to prevent inequalities 
-Building relationships among our employees, customers, and supporters that are reflective of our community
-Prioritizing the inclusion of diverse communities and underrepresented groups in internal leadership
-Fostering a culture of compassion, empathy, open-mindedness, compassion, and inclusivity
-Creating and maintaining opportunities for continuous education, discourse, and engagement related to issues of equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice

Transfix is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Transfix are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, and are made without regard to race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law. It is Transfix’s policy to comply with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity. Transfix does not and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Transfix encourages applicants of all ages.


To all recruitment agencies: Transfix does not accept unsolicited agency resumes and will not be held responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.