Jungle Scout

At Jungle Scout, we are on a mission to empower entrepreneurs and brands to grow successful ecommerce businesses, and we provide the industry-leading data, powerful tools, and resources they need.

We’re growing and we are looking to add a Senior Applied Data Scientist to our fast-paced and customer-oriented Engineering team.

Location: We’re a remote-first company and looking to hire this person anywhere between the PST - EST timezone in Canada.

Interested in learning more? Let’s get into the details:

In this role, you will:

• Use large-scale data to create and deliver data, models, and insights to brands that are looking to grow their business on Amazon
• Create new analytical products and see them from conception to prototype to scaling in production
• Work hands-on to perform analysis, build machine learning pipelines, and evaluate the performance of your solution in production
• Be embedded with an engineering team to develop and scale successful solutions to production
• Scope and define new business problems in the area of Amazon competitive intelligence, including market, traffic, and advertising analytics.
• Support existing machine learning systems that serve millions of predictions per day

You will excel in this role, if you have:

• This isn’t your first rodeo! 
• You have a minimum of 5+ years of professional industry experience or equivalent with a Master’s or PhD. 
• You are skilled in machine learning best practices with a strong statistical background. 
• You have experience conceptualizing, building, and deploying algorithms and models to production independently. 
• You have experience translating customer needs to data problems.
• You have experience working in the software development lifecycle using version control, CI/CD, and multiple environments.
• A strong toolbelt! 
• You have a strong command of SQL. 
• You have technical skills in Python, Spark, Sagemaker, S3, Athena, Postgres, Docker. 
• You are proficient in Jupyter notebooks. 
• You have experience with deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow and PyTorch.
• #clarity. Experience presenting clear analysis and conclusions to a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Interest in Amazon. Deep curiosity about data and the Amazon domain.
• Resilient & Adaptable. Comfort dealing with ambiguity, making tradeoffs, and adjusting your plans as you learn.
• Bonus: Experience with other AWS services like EC2 and Cloudwatch.

Note: The one constant in our evolving, dynamic environment is change. Needless to say, you’ll never get bored ;) The responsibilities listed above are our needs today but we are keeping future needs & opportunities in mind when hiring for this position. We value adaptability and a growth mindset in team members. Although it’s not promised, the successful candidate should be prepared for the possibility that their role may evolve over time as our business strategies and priorities change.

What you’ll get:

????The BEST team. You’ll work alongside the smartest, most passionate, and kindest humans day in and day out making work fun.

????Remote-first culture. Jungle Scout has been remote-first since day one. We believe team members should work from the place where they do their best work. Whether that's working from home, in office at one of our hubs, a co-working space.

???? A growth culture! We have tons of opportunities for you to elevate your skills and take you to that next step; we are here to help you find the ones that matter most to you through exposure and training.

???? Ability to make impact! Although it’s a highly collaborative culture, team members are empowered to work autonomously and take extreme ownership of their work. You'll have the opportunity to truly make a difference and impact our customers.

???? Competitive compensation packages! We structure our compensation packages to reward our team members' contributions to our company's success - you’ll have a bonus tied to performance and will be invested into our long-term success with Equity. 

???? Flexible Time Off. With our generous PTO and recognition of local holidays, escape to the beach, recharge mentally, or use your Volunteer Time Off (VTO) to give back through volunteering.

???? Comprehensive Health Benefits & Retirement Program. We offer comprehensive healthcare and retirement matching plans for eligible employees.

???? Paid Parental Leave Policy. Jungle Scout values the importance of family and offers a paid parental leave that provides the support and flexibility you need to embrace this special time in your life. We also offer a ramp-back period for a seamless transition for you and your family.

About Jungle Scout

Jungle Scout is the leading all-in-one platform for selling on Amazon, supporting more than $50 billion in annual Amazon revenue and 10 global Amazon marketplaces. Founded in 2015 as the first Amazon product research tool, Jungle Scout today features a full suite of best-in-class business management solutions and powerful market intelligence resources to help entrepreneurs and brands manage their ecommerce businesses. 

The Jungle Scout team is a group of smart, motivated, and fun-loving professionals working hard to help our customers achieve success. We have a remote-first culture with employees across the world as well as in our hub offices in Austin, TX and Vancouver, BC. We believe team members should have the opportunity to choose the work environment that works best for them, so we give our team members the option of working from home, at one of our hub offices, or from a co-working space.

We prioritize Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 

At Jungle Scout, we recognize the value of different experiences, backgrounds and cultures. We hire intentionally, with this in mind.

Jungle Scout is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

All offers of employment at Jungle Scout are contingent upon clear results of a comprehensive background check. Background checks will be conducted on all final candidates prior to start date.