Lead Data Scientist

| Greater NYC Area
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At Transfix, our vision is to efficiently move any freight to anyplace in the world over land, sea, or air. We're starting with full truckloads in North America. We work everyday to make logistics effortless, fair, and efficient through the use of software. The problems we solve everyday are real and require creativity, grit, and determination. The culture we're building is one where we challenge the norms of the industry. The team we have is built on the foundation of personal growth, collaboration and experimentation. 

As our Lead Data Scientist, you will manage a team of data scientists and engineers that have broad responsibilities ranging from ETL and data pipelining all the way through to building, deploying, and maintaining machine learning models. Data will be touching every initiative we're driving forward including pricing, routing, and optimizing performance to name a few. We’re currently living in AWS and Redshift. This role reports to the Director of Data Science.

What you'll do

  • Mentor and oversee the growth of the data science team
  • Drive adoption of improved, innovative technologies and tools
  • Implement and design scalable ETL processes
  • Collaborate with our Sales, Operations, and Tech teams to provide analytic and machine learning support
  • Help drive strategic data-driven analyses, insights, and report on KPIs
  • Identify and execute long-term modeling initiatives
  • Partner with data engineering for system design and infrastructure

About you

  • You have a Bachelor’s degree in a STEM or quantitative field
  • You love data and have at least 3+ years experience with conducting in-depth data analyses, building machine learning models, and presenting results to business stakeholders
  • You have a solid grasp on both theory and application, and you know how to balance methodological purity and practical implementation
  • You are fluent with programming languages (Python, Ruby, Java)
  • You have experience with large-scale data processing tools like Hadoop or Spark
  • You understand OO design and are familiar with fundamental algorithms and data structures
  • You are comfortable working in agile environments
  • Geolocation, mapping, and routing optimization knowledge is a plus

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

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Location

Transfix's NYC HQ is steps from the Oculus and Fulton Center, with access to subway train lines. We are close to tons of restaurants, shops. We are on the top floor so have wonderful light and breathtaking views, including a spectacular view of One World Trade from our outdoor rooftop deck!

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