Machine Learning Data Scientist - Logistics Algorithms

Stitch Fix

70d • $106,000 - $177,000

About The Position

This role will combine technical expertise in data science with strong decision-making capabilities to drive data-informed strategic decisions across the organization. The ideal candidate will have a passion for solving complex business problems, utilizing data to derive insights, and providing actionable recommendations that guide key business decisions. As a Data Scientist at Stitch Fix, you will design, implement, and validate improvements to the way our inventory surfaces to clients, improving how we match our finite assortment of available inventory to our client demand. Optimizing our inventory has considerable opportunity for impact at Stitch Fix, by combining a deep focus on ensuring a client-right approach to inventory management with smart, active processes to increase business efficiency and unit margin.

Requirements

• Proficiency in Python.
• Experience with machine learning frameworks such as scikit-learn, statsmodels and other explainable predictive algorithms.
• Comfortable with SQL and experience working with large datasets to gather insights.
• Understanding of statistical principles and how to apply them to data and experimental results, and can communicate derived insights to stakeholders to drive action.
• Drive for resiliency and a principled approach to complexity.
• Curiosity about what’s happening outside immediate sphere and how to leverage insights elsewhere.
• Familiarity with data visualization tools such as matplotlib, seaborn, looker, etc.
• Ability to balance time against multiple systems and work streams with defined objectives.

Responsibilities

• Build key relationships with stakeholders across product, engineering, finance, and operations and collaborate on translating business challenges into analytical questions that can be addressed using data science techniques.
• Use decision-modeling frameworks, such as simulations, optimization models, and A/B testing, to assess potential outcomes and guide decision-making.
• Solution at high speed with a small, agile team of coworkers to produce outsized impact on the business.
• Have the autonomy to identify unaddressed problems in the business as well as offer new, improved solutions to existing challenges.
• Build tools and dashboards to support data-driven decision-making and empower non-technical stakeholders to leverage data insights in day-to-day decisions.
• Work in concert with and learn from a large, diverse, and world-class Algorithms team towards the common goal of transforming the way people find what they love.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Equity in the form of restricted stock units depending on employee and company performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees