Applied Scientist

Summary

The job is for an Applied Scientist at Thumbtack, a fast-growing company in the home services industry. The role involves using machine learning techniques to solve various problems related to marketplace monetization, collaboration with other teams, and maintaining a balance between speed and scientific rigor.

Requirements

• Expert knowledge of machine learning techniques
• Experience building algorithms to serve complex human settings with dynamic behavior adaptation
• Ability to effectively read, write, and debug code in programming languages such as Python
• Good knowledge of probability and statistics, including experimental design, optimization, and causal inference

Responsibilities

• Initiate and drive applied science initiatives to completion, with a focus on the business impact of those projects
• Architect and deploy machine learning systems and algorithms to production
• Design and execute experiments, collect and analyze data to characterize our product and marketing
• Analyze a wide variety of data: structured and unstructured, observational and experimental

Preferred Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of probability and statistics, including experimental design, predictive modeling, optimization, and causal inference
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems
• Ph.D. in a relevant field

Benefits

• Virtual-first working model coupled with in-person events
• 20 company-wide holidays including a week-long end-of-year company shutdown