Sr. Data Scientist

At HopSkipDrive, our goal is to create opportunity for all through mobility. 

We’re a technology company that solves complex transportation challenges where there is a heightened need for safety, equity, and care. Through our marketplace, we connect kids, older adults, or anyone needing extra support to highly-vetted caregivers on wheels. Through our software, we solve the biggest transportation challenges facing schools and school districts around the country. 

Founded by three moms as a solution to their own transportation challenges, we’ve now facilitated more than 3.3 million rides and operate across over 13 states across the country. We continue to expand at a rapid pace, making the Inc. 5000 list four times, as well as the Deloitte 500 Fast-Growing Technology list. HopSkipDrive is a Series D company and has raised $100M in funding to date.

Who We Are

At HopSkipDrive, we are building a top-notch data science and analytics practice. This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing team as we evolve into proactive, strategic partners to our business stakeholders. We are committed to leveraging advanced analytic solutions to solve existing problems and anticipate future opportunities ultimately playing a pivotal role in shaping HopSkipDrive's success.

As a Sr. Data Scientist, you will support the business in the following ways:

• Partner closely with business stakeholders from safety, marketing, sales, product, customer success and/or finance to understand and identify key opportunities to improve the product, enhance revenue, or reduce costs.
• Combine DS strategies, programming expertise, and theoretical understanding of techniques to deliver predictive and prescriptive analytic solutions.
• Perform in-depth statistical analyses to understand and  predict complex market behaviors 
• Utilize modern, open-source data scientific/AI workflows (SQL, R/Python, Github, AWS, Snowflake) to create highly accurate or explainable models
• Scope, explore, specify, test, deploy and observe accurate and stable models into production environments and own them once in production.
• Demonstrate a product mindset to deliver components that can be deployed into existing products or converted into stand-alone data products
• Communicate results and model specifications to appropriate stakeholders.
• Mentor, train, and assist data professionals who are engaged with data science-related work.

Who You Are

You are an experienced Data Scientist who is excited about solving problems with data and inspired by our mission to create opportunity through mobility and powerfully impact kids’ lives. You are adept at translating a core business challenge into an advanced analytic strategy to deliver rapid, high-impact business value. You are curious, creative, experimental, and continually learning. You bring the following skills and/or experiences:

• 5+ years of post-graduate, hands-on experience building and deploying production quality predictive, prescriptive, or generative models, ideally in a fast-moving technology company
• Strong data acquisition skills using SQL in modern technical stacks (PostGres, AWS, Snowflake)
• 5+ years of post-graduate experience working with open source data science toolkits including Python (numpy, pandas, scikit, Polars, PySpark) or R (Tidyverse/Tidymodels) including the use of reproducible virtual environments, library management tools, and version control using Git/Github. Strong preference for candidates who can capably translate between Python and R. 
• 3+ years experience deploying models to production environments through APIs, or batch processes
• 3+ years experience using at least TWO of the following DS methods: 
• Supervised and Unsupervised ML (regression, classification, etc.)
• Econometric modeling (e.g.  time-to-event/survival analysis, ARIMA/SARIMA)
• Reinforcement learning (e.g. multi-arm bandits for price or intervention optimization)
• Operations research (e.g. combinatorial optimization/ traveling salesman, linear programming)
• Excellent visualization communication skills along with demonstrated experience documenting workflows with reproducible, literate programming (Quarto preferred).
• Collaborative problem-solving skills with an entrepreneurial attitude and results-oriented mind set

Our Investment In You

We want you to be an owner in our company and share in executing our vision, so every full-time employee has equity. In addition, we offer flexible vacation, medical, dental, vision and life insurance, 401(k), FSA, and an opportunity to work for a uniquely positioned, VC-backed company in a hugely attractive space with significant upside potential. HopSkipDrive is proud to operate as a drug-free workplace. HopSkipDrive is also committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this role in Los Angeles, CA is $155,000 - $175,000. This position is remote and, as such, compensation will ultimately be in line with the location in which the position is filled. Final compensation for this role will be determined by several factors such as a candidate’s relevant work experience, skill set, certifications, and specific work location. The total compensation package for this role also includes equity stock options.

HopSkipDrive 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, veteran status, or any other protected class.

* This role will be fully remote in one of the following states AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI**