Data Optimization Specialist

2 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Motorway Full time
About Motorway

Motorway is the UK's fastest-growing used car marketplace - our award-winning, online-only platform connects private car sellers with thousands of verified dealers nationwide, ensuring everyone gets the best deal. With a technology-led approach, we've redefined the experience of selling a car, generating thousands of monthly car sales and helping us grow to a team of over 400 people across London and Brighton offices.

About the Role

We're seeking an enthusiastic Data Optimization Specialist to join our newly formed Marketplace team. This team plays a pivotal role in driving Motorway's next stage of growth by optimising our online auction platform and ensuring a smooth and efficient experience for both car sellers and dealers. You'll contribute significantly to developing and implementing innovative data-driven solutions that directly impact the core of our business. This includes leveraging data insights to refine auction mechanics, building predictive models to predict outcome propensity, and enhancing user experience through personalisation.

To succeed in this role, we are looking for a naturally curious and statistically minded individual who is keen to succeed in a data science career. You should delight in solving problems in creative and data-driven ways, and be keen to deliver significant business value at scale. While experience in auction/marketplace dynamics will help, whatever your background, you should be as excited as we are about the transformative potential of using data to optimise outcomes for the entire marketplace end to end.

  • Conduct rigorous analysis of large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies in auction dynamics, translating findings into actionable insights for product and business stakeholders.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with analysts, engineers, operations, and product stakeholders to design, implement, and test the performance of new product releases.
  • Contribute to the development and implementation of solutions to incentivise positive marketplace behaviour and enhance the fairness of our auctions.
  • Work with your data science colleagues to simulate possible outcomes of different auction formats to optimise auction efficiency and revenue generation potential.

Requirements

We accept applications from all backgrounds, but successful applicants are likely to have:

  1. A Master's degree or Ph.D. in Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Economics, or a related field.
  2. Strong programming skills in Python and experience with relevant statistics, machine learning, and visualisation libraries and frameworks.
  3. Ability to identify and utilise appropriate machine learning models to fit requirements (linear/logistic regression, RFs, xgboost, NNs etc).
  4. Awareness of production MLOps & software engineering good practice, including familiarity with git, CI/CD, testing and releasing concepts.
  5. Self-sufficiency with SQL, as well as experience with data pipelining & warehousing technologies. Experience with BigQuery and dbt is a bonus.
  6. Experience with econometrics, bayesian ML, causal inference, and/or auction theory is highly desirable.

What We Offer

  • An estimated salary range of £45,000-£60,000 per annum, depending on experience.
  • BUPA health insurance.
  • Discounted dental through BUPA.
  • Discounted gym membership through BUPA.
  • Hybrid working from home (approximately 1-2 days in the office a week).
  • Pension scheme.
  • Motorway car leasing scheme - lease a zero-emissions electric vehicle at a significant discount.
  • Cycle to work scheme.
  • Enhanced maternity/paternity leave.
  • Regular social events.

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