Data Scientist in London Area

Job description

We’re looking for a smart and ambitious data scientist, with real entrepreneurial flair to join our team and understand our members and all the metrics that matter. Love numbers and love being commercial? This role presents an opportunity to mold the future of the data science team, explore new ideas and new technologies.

Muzz is the world’s largest Muslim dating and marriage app. We’ve got over 15 million members and have helped more than 700,000 couples get married. We’re on our way to become the first $1 billion Muslim tech brand – but we need your help!

Day to day

• You’ll be joining a dynamic data science team whose goal is to grow the company and optimize our products as we expand into new markets around the world
• You’ll be understanding our user behaviour on the platform with a view to generating actionable insights in terms of both product and marketing
• You’ll work closely with our product, engineering, marketing and user acquisition teams
• You’ll be a proactive self-starter, driving innovation with a product focus
• You’ll be working on our production ML models driving product personalization and recommendations
• You’ll be exploring new ideas and optimization projects, and building MVPs to prove value
• You’ll be diving into a range of data across marketing and product to solve our highest impact and complex challenges
• You’ll work alongside the data analysts and data engineer in the data team to clean, transform, and build new datasets

Requirements

• At least 5+ years of experience in a Data Scientist, Applied Scientist, or a deeply analytical Product-focused role
• Strong Python and SQL knowledge
• Experience in a production environment – version control, virtual environments etc
• Strong knowledge of common statistical methods
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and presenting to non-technical audiences
• Commercial mindset with the ability to harness customer insights to optimise our marketing and products
• Ability to work flexibly, be organized and manage multiple projects at the same time
• Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams
• Passionate about solving complex and challenging data problems
• Experience in designing and conducting A/B experiments

Nice to have

• Experience with recommendation systems
• Familiarity with MLOps tools/practices
• Experience in consumer-facing mobile-first products

Why join Muzz?

We’re a profitable Consumer Tech startup, backed by Y Combinator (S17) and based in London. Join our fast growing team and work on an amazing product that’s changing the world.

• A great product - We’re the leading app in this space with over 10 million members worldwide and counting!
• Level up quickly - Work with talented, generous people on the kinds of challenges you’ll be proud to share.
• A diverse team - We have people from all walks of life all adding their unique perspective. Muslims and non-Muslims, cat lovers and dog lovers. Everyone is welcome!
• Meaningful equity - We’re all working together to succeed and everyone on the team gets a slice of the pie.
• A hackathon every quarter - We value curiosity and building something wacky (but useful!). Every quarter we organise into random teams and together we build, code, and prototype. Prizes and dinner complete the day!
• International travel - We fly the whole team to somewhere amazing twice a year to connect and have fun.
• Regular socials - Mini golf, hikes, super competitive Catan nights - we’ve done it all. Maybe you’ll be at the next social?
• Generous Holiday / PTO - All full-time members get at least 33 days of holiday, regardless of where they live.

Interview Process

• Step 1. Submit your CV
• Step 2.An initial video call
• Step 3.Complete a technical exercise
• Step 4.Interview (in person or remote)
• Step 5. Receive an offer!

Extra information

Status

Closed

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

London Area

Type of Contract

Casual / Part Time Jobs

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English