Director, Data Science at Edison Software in San Jose, CA

The Role

Come help us learn more about the world. Below is a small sample of the questions we’ve asked of our data over the last year.

Is the launch of scooter and e-bike services leading to fewer short distance Uber and Lyft rides?

Is Amazon’s revenue growth in the fourth quarter primarily driven by customers in rural areas?

How did the path of the solar eclipse affect hotel bookings across the United States?

As the leader of a stellar science team of 5, you will be responsible for helping industry-leading companies understand how purchase and travel behavior is changing in America. Armed with our rich, up-to-the-minute, behavioral dataset, you will have a front row seat to the most interesting competitive battles in the global marketplace today. And your insights will have the power to inform essential strategic decisions at companies that touch millions of consumers.

You

You are deeply curious and thrive on seeing your ideas applied in the real world. You creatively work through problems with statistically sound thinking and have the natural itch to follow obstacles to their root cause. You think deeply about the problems ahead and are comfortable moving between tools in your toolbelt. And you are quick to learn, implementing new approaches when facing questions that demand it.

You are a gifted storyteller and are passionate about helping others make sense of data. You are an excellent communicator and relish the opportunity to empower leaders in finance, technology, and consumer goods with data to shape their long term strategy. You are a strong advocate for science best practices within the company and an eager mentor for early career scientists.

You think ahead to anticipate technology and people needs before they become emergencies. You are comfortable translating company strategy to team priorities. You are quick to set context with the team and point to a north star for what matters.

Requirements

Substantial expertise in either probability and sampling, natural language processing, optimization, or causal inference

Ability to extract data from varied stores (t-sql, hadoop) and write code for models that can stand up to large datasets (python, spark)

PhD in Statistics, Math, Economics, related discipline or equivalent experience

5+ years of practical data modeling experience

Experience managing people or as project lead on multiple complex, collaborative data science projects

Excited by a high learning curve

Excellent written and oral communicator

Compensation and Benefits

Highly competitive salary and benefits

Stock grants pre-IPO at a company backed by top investors

Take unlimited, responsible vacation