Senior Product Data Scientist, Marketplace

Waymo's Product Data Science team works cross-functionally with Engineering, Product and Operations to help the company make the most informed decisions using data. Our team collaborates on high-impact projects across the company - from driving quality and operational efficiency to market analysis and rider satisfaction scores - we help to safely and efficiently scale the Waymo Driver. We are data-driven, curious, open-minded, and adapt quickly to new information.

This role follows a hybrid work scheduleandyou will report to a Product Data Science Lead

You will:

• Partner with Engineer, Product and Data Science teams to develop Machine Learning models to improve the efficiency of Waymo's Marketplace
• Apply ML models to predict conversion, wait times, retention and build better understanding of vehicle values in different positions
• Apply optimization models to optimize assignment of Waymo cars to customers or positioning locations
• Build novel reinforcement learning models that continually iterate over the parameters in pricing, matching and positioning
• Define, conduct and evaluate experiments on new models

You have:

• Statistical knowledge
• Coding skills (Python and SQL)
• Experience with Machine Learning
• Experience with Reinforcement Learning
• Experience with experimentation
• At least 4 years of industry experience

We prefer:

• Experience with optimization modeling and implementation using solver packages (e.g. CP-SAT, CPLEX, Gurobi, etc...)
• Experience with optimization
• Experience at another Ride hailing or Marketplace company