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At OLX, we work togetherto build a more sustainable world throughtrade .
We make it safe, smart, andconvenient to buy and sell cars, find housing, get jobs, buy andsell household goods, and more. Our colleagues around the worldhelp to serve millions of people every month, through itswell-loved consumer brands including OLX, Otodom ,Property24.
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JOIN OLXAND WORK ONPRICING
Weinvite you to join us on a critical and exciting mission! Your jobwill be to be the technical expert tasked with establishing smartpricing models and policies for all OLX customer units (Motors,Real Estate, Goods, Jobs, and Services). Pricing that is fair forthe customers, proportional to the market value we deliver, andthat works for OLX. This is a unique opportunity! You will be partof a strategic movement inside the company, working in an area witha very significant businessimpact!
Your job will beto provide technical guidance to a team of Product, Commercial, andData Science experts working in the areas of pricing and pricingoptimization. You will be responsible for fueling the team withtechnical inspiration and mentoring the team members to explore thenewest technologies in Causal Inference and Decision Science whiledelivering business value. You will be exposed to key stakeholders,and you will have direct contact with internal customers. You willhave the freedom to design experiments across different lines ofbusiness and test things. Most importantly, you will also witnesshow your work impacts the day-to-day business and the growth ofOLX.
Finally, you willbe a mentor and a thought leader for the practice of Data Scienceand Analytics across the organizations that constitute OLX, findingopportunities to have an impact not only for the business and ourusers but also for the community of Data Scientists spread acrossour hubs.
What you willbe doing :
- Work in the Data Scienceteam, focusing on Pricing Optimization, from a platform andmarketplace perspective.
- Leading projects andinitiatives in collaboration with local Data Science and DataEngineering teams, as well as Product and Commercialleaders.
- You will maintain strong relationshipswith stakeholders. This means asking a lot of questions tocommercial people and translating their requirements intoachievable projects. It also means collaborating with other teams,like infrastructure and data engineering to get things done in anelegant and timely manner.
- Work with ProductAnalytics to track the KPIs of different ML use cases and measurethe impact on our customers.
- Partner with theExperimentation team to integrate the KPIs and their proxies intothe Experimentation (A / B testing)platform.
- Helping to formulate data sciencesolutions in order to improve business jointly with productmanagers and engineers.
- Ensuring successfulachievement of research and development objectives throughstakeholder management and mentoring of more junior DataScientists.
- Working on optimizing the modelsaccording to the requirements of the specific use case andcollaborating with other team members to bring in production andscale machine learning solutions.
- Measuring theimpact of your models against companygoals.
- Working in an agile environment todeliver high-quality software againstschedules.
- You will work in multi-functionalteams, in a diverse, multinationalenvironment.
- Most importantly you will have funworking with us : )
Who are we lookingfor :
Very strong analytical skills.Like really strong! So strong that truth and light are your twomiddle names. Decision Science is your bread andbutter.Experience in the areas of Pricing andPricing optimization, in a commercialsetting.Knowledge of Causal Inference andstrong statistical skills (e.g., design of experiments andhypothesis testing).Ability to leadcross-functional initiatives that drive scalableimpact.An eye for proactively identifyingopportunities for impact in multiple domains and in collaborationwith multiple teams.Ability to envision thefuture and articulate it to a broad community of Product andCommercial leaders as well as other keystakeholders.A deep understanding of machinelearning techniques and experience applying them to solve businessproblems.Track record in leadingcross-functional initiatives that span across theorganization.A strong engineering backgroundwith good knowledge of Python and exposure to one more programminglanguage (Kotlin, Java, etc.), as well as engineering bestpractices.Experience writing SQL queries andhandling large amounts of data.Proficient inEnglish with excellent written and oral communicationskills!Strong presentationskills.Able to work in diverse,multi-functional teams with people from differentbackgrounds.Nice tohave :
Experience with cloud-basedtools for production use (e.g., AWS Athena, AWS Sagemaker, AWSSpectrum, AWS Kinesis) orequivalent.Experience building large-scalebatch and real-time data pipelines with open-source data processingframeworks like Spark.Experience withplatforms for programmatically authoring, scheduling, andmonitoring workflows (e.g. ApacheAirflow).Experience driving initiatives suchas Tech Radar for Data Science and interacting with external groups(e.g. Amazon ML Solutions Lab or similar) to formulate and progressthe Data Science Tech agenda.What weoffer :
PermanentcontractSalary + annual bonus up to 20% ofyour annual gross salaryWork with and impactall OLX services in EuropeTrain and conferencebudget and free access to Udemy coursesHealthinsurance and life insuranceMacBook Pro alongwith necessary accessories to make your workcomfortable100% remote work (and thepossibility to work from our office inBerlin)Why joinOLX?
At OLX, we invest in ourselves andeach other to reach our full potential. We avoid bureaucracy andempower our teams to innovate; with opportunities, training, andleadership behaviors a key focus for all. Our commitment toinclusion ensures we listen to a diverse range of voices whenmaking decisions. And, we combine the spirit and agility of astartup with our global scale and the backing of Prosus, one of thelargest consumer internet groups in theworld.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusionat OLX
At OLX, we are committed tocreating a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We stronglyencourage people of all races, ethnicities, disabilities, ages,gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, religions,backgrounds, and experiences to apply.
If you areexcited about this role, and your past experiences do not alignperfectly with every criteria asked for in the job description, wewould still like you to apply. You may be just the right candidatefor this or other opportunities across the business, and we'd liketo hear from you.
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