Staff Data Scientist, Marketplace

CookUnity is the first-ever chef marketplace, offering a large catalogue of gourmet chef-prepared meals for customers to choose from as part of a weekly subscription.

Reporting to the Head of Data, this role presents a unique and exciting opportunity to lead our data science practice.

A key area of focus will be on our marketplace dynamics and supply: demand liquidity. You will use data to understand our customers, whether it be building eater personas and taste profiles or advancing our search and recommender engine capabilities.

• Build predictive models for our menu, including our core recommender engine, to personalize our large assortment for the many preferences that we all have as eaters.
• Partner with our supply leadership to create a data-driven framework for optimizing supply and demand elasticities through experimentation and predictive modelling. What chefs and meals should we add next?
• Develop and implement online and offline testing and validation methodologies. What was the incrementality of adding African meals in Austin? What is the optimal rotation of our menu each week?
• Provide thought leadership on data science best practices, trends, and emerging technologies. Leverage LLMs to build a CookUnity ‘waiter’ menu experience or a ‘taste profile’ for each customer.
• Oversee the creation of a modern, best-in-class data science infrastructure, partnering with engineering.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to data scientists, promoting best practices and professional development

• 6+ years of experience in data science or related fields.
• Proven experience in applying machine learning and statistics to create and expand competitive advantages and company growth. Experience in any of the following is a big plus: Marketplace, Subscription, and Food industry.
• Strong programming (Python / Scala / Java / C++ or equivalent) skills.
• Utilize OSS ML technologies such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Spark, Airflow.
• A strong understanding of various algorithms' real-world advantages and drawbacks and the ability to measure success.
• MS or higher in Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Economics, Sociology, Natural Sciences, or any equivalent field is helpful.

🩺  Health Insurance coverage

⛱ PTO policy and paid sick days.

📈 We grow, you grow: Stock Options Plan granted on Day 1.

🐣 Family leave: 12 weeks for primary caregiver and 6 weeks for secondary caregiver, fully paid.

🕯 Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises.

🥘 A generous amount of CookUnity credits to enjoy our amazing meals, added to your account, monthly.

🧘🏽‍♀️ Wellness perks: access to a nutritional coach and fitness subsidies to build a healthy lifestyle.

👩🏾‍🏫 Personalized Spanish coach.

🌟 Awesome opportunity to join a company that is looking to change how we eat and how chefs work!