About Dealerware:

Dealerware is modern fleet management for the modern retailer. We are proud to be one of the hottest software companies in the automotive sector. By combining a modern-approach with fresh design thinking, Dealerware’s industry-leading SaaS platform enables best-in-class fleet management and mobility for top automotive dealerships and manufacturers. Three years ago, we burst onto the scene with a promise to reduce costs and elevate the customer experience at automotive dealerships. 

Dealerware currently manages fleets for 28 automotive brands and 10 of the top 10 dealer groups in the country. With a recent expansion into international markets, our growth trajectory continues to be within the top 1% of SaaS businesses. Across the automotive ecosystem, there’s hundreds of billions of dollars at stake. And we’re right in the swell of it.

Dealerware is looking for a Lead Data Scientist to apply their leadership and experience in data science development to manage and grow a small team of data scientists to innovate in the fleet management and connected car space. They will need a deep understanding of statistics analytics, machine learning, and programming to discover hidden opportunities, trends, and patterns. Working cross-functionally with our team they will understand the data science and analytics and business requirements that will help our product unlock data insights for our customers. We are looking for a strong self-starter who will work closely with product management, engineering, design, and research to co-create and drive a culture of curiosity and experimentation.

As a Lead/Senior Data Scientist, you will:

● Lead and grow a small team of data scientists to use Dealerware's data and connected car data to deliver insights using machine learning and statistics to our customers and internal stakeholders

● Work cross-functionally to establish a data science process for product development to understand requirements and opportunities to implement data science to improve existing features and innovate towards future features

● Collaborate with data engineers and data architects to implement needed data pipelines for data science-related features and a robust data ecosystem

● Clearly define the scope of work and deliverables for business requirements

●  Lead all phases of the model development process from data processing, feature selection, engineering, model training and testing, and synthesizing information in reports

● Identify key product KPIs and analytics, and develop experiments to thoroughly test and validate development team’s output based on business requirements

● Synthesize large sets of structured and unstructured data from disparate sources

● Ability to translate complex problems/concepts and synthesize into easily communicable findings to a variety of stakeholders using visualization and other means

● Develop benchmarks that measure the performance of our algorithms and telematics/connected car device services

● Be a thought leader in innovation and planning for the future data-driven capabilities in Dealerware

● Research and communicate to leadership new machine learning and artificial intelligence possibilities that can be applied in the connected car and fleet management space

Your peers would say you:

● Are a strong writer and communicator, and feel at home in the product & design team

● Make things work, get things done, and are a great team player

● You are self-motivated, detail-oriented, and can successfully navigate complexity and ambiguity

● Go above and beyond to make sure the team is successful

● Make informed decisions and know when to ask for advice

● You apply the latest methodologies and keep up to date on your craft and practice

● You love working with diverse teams and personalities

● Leave things better than you found them

Preferred qualifications:

● PhD or Masters in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Physics, Life Sciences, or Computer Science

● 2 years experience hiring, building, and leading a small team of data scientists including helping them grow their skills and careers

● 3+ years of experience using statistics and machine learning algorithms for forecasting, time series, anomaly detection, and classification to understand business data

● Strong skills in Python and a good understanding of the Python data science ecosystem and how to scale data science for a production environment

● Understanding of data modeling for relational databases, data warehouses, and SQL

● Ability to understand and work across complex systems to outline data requirements from the systems

● Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally including strong presentation and data visualization skills

● Experience clearly distilling information about data analytics, data science, and data products to designers, product managers, engineers, and company leadership

● Familiarity with working in an Agile development environment and working data science development into an iterative process to facilitate incremental improvements in the product

Dealerware offers you:

● Competitive base salary with bonus incentive eligibility

● Full benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401K) + FREE telehealth (includes therapy visits)

● Training for all employees provided in Udemy

● Tuition Reimbursement and continuing education

● Unlimited paid vacation policy

● Generous Paid Parental Leave program

● 100% remote work (during COVID). Hybrid model or remote work post-COVID (depends on candidate background and preference)

● Modern office and a dynamic team in downtown Austin with free parking

● Friendly, small company environment with a progressive culture and somewhat flexible hours

● Backed by Audi, a 111-year-old automotive industry leader

● Semi-flat organizational structure that ensures your influence on products we build

● Discounts on Silvercar rentals and participation in an Audi Lease Program

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Dealerware is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances. Dealerware's management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs and general treatment during employment.

*We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.