Applied Scientist / Data Scientist

Data Scientist

Postie.com is seeking a creative thinking, dynamic and visionary data scientist to help Postie, Inc. lead data science research and implementation as we disrupt the logistics, prediction and measurement of a $30 billion industry.

Why This Role Is Important:

Postie is leading innovation within the established and massive offline media world. As a data scientist at Postie, you will have an immediate impact on the future growth of the company, products we create and disruption of a giant market. You will utilize our current infrastructure as well as grow the architecture that will power industry-defining data products and make insights accessible to highly sophisticated marketing professionals. These clients represent some of the most recognizable brands in the world as well as highly disruptive direct-to-consumer brands you know and love.

Postie's DNA is data first. We hold ourselves accountable for delivering industry leading technology to make data accessible and its output effective and valuable. We must continue to act as thought leaders in the space and look to our core data team to lead the charge. We believe our core product is the output of the machine learning and algorithmic processing and you will help bring this to reality.

What You'll Learn, Teach Us, Implement, and Work On:

• Leverage state-of-the-art ML architectures ranging from deep ensembles to transformer variants and distributional reinforcement-learning agents to power new products.
• Own discovery end-to-end: surface high-impact questions from billions of events, cast them as solvable ML tasks, and prototype answers before they're asked.
• Stay updated with the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in AI. Research and present new ideas to improve the team's technical capabilities.
• Optimize real-time auction strategy: build models that bid intelligently in a high-throughput, millisecond-level marketplace.
• Collaborate with various teams (e.g., engineering, customer success, sales, operations) to develop exciting features and translate business objectives into robust AI/ML solutions.
• Translate raw campaign results into clear, actionable insights that partners can immediately leverage.
• Learn/Expertise in Python, PyTorch, and PySpark.
• Learn/Experience working with AWS and GCP.

Who We Are:

Postie's software solution allows marketers to manage and scale effective offline marketing initiatives through data science, automation and measurement tools. These tools enable quant marketers to dynamically optimize customer acquisition, CRM & retargeting efforts. We work with top brands and technology companies who believe that in a world saturated with digital ads there is out-sized value in delivering a physical, tangible experience to customers.

What We Are Offering:

• Remote (US Only) technical team.
• Zero bureaucracy
• The opportunity to learn from and collaborate with super smart people in an environment that values intellectual engagement
• Competitive salary and excellent benefits
• Flexible PTO policy

Steps to apply:

Please include any GitHub account, LinkedIn profile, and any project that you're particularly proud of - we love seeing work that you loved to do!