About the company
Whatnot is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and CapitalG. Weāre building the future of ecommerce, bringing together community, shopping and entertainment. We are committed to our values, and as a remote-first team, we operate out of hubs within the US, Canada, UK, and Germany today. Weāre innovating in the fast-paced world of live auctions in categories including sports, fashion, video games, and streetwear. The platform couples rigorous seller vetting with a focus on community to create a welcoming space for buyers and sellers to share their passions with others.
Job Summary
You will:
šPartner closely with leads across Discovery, Search, Ads and Community teams to find improvements & opportunities using data science methodologies and tools. šInform how to balance the needs across buyer demand, seller supply, launching new product categories and international markets. šBuild actionable KPIs linking Northstar metrics to day-to-day operations. šCreate production-quality dashboards and notebooks to convey insights for strategy and opportunities. šImprove engineering roadmaps through analysis of marketplace, user behavior, and industry trends. šGuide, oversee and improve experimentation practices to make decisions whether to rollout or rollback features. šDefine and advance company best practices within a data-informed culture.
About You
šWe are looking for intellectually curious, highly motivated individuals to be foundational members of our Data team! You will partner with Product Engineering teams across Discovery, Search, Ads and Community domains to identify critical goals for the business, develop a deep understanding of them, and design scalable solutions enabled by both analysis and self-serve methodologies. šYou should have strong critical thinking and analytical skills, excellent communication abilities, and a knack for working across teams in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will be adept in navigating the data stack and able to support initiatives in all facets from metric creation to analytics engineering to basic modeling, ideally with previous experience in recommendation and relevance systems.. šIn addition to 5+ years of experience in the Data field, you should have: š3+ years of experience in Data Analytics & Science supporting search and discovery systems. šBachelorās degree in Computer Science, Economics, Statistics, or a related field, or equivalent work experience. šExcellent verbal communications, including the ability to clearly and concisely articulate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical collaborators. šIndustry experience with proven ability to apply scientific methods to solve real-world problems on large scale data. šAbility to lead initiatives across multiple product areas and communicate findings with leadership and product teams. šComfortability with data warehouses and big data technologies such as Redshift, Snowflake, Big Query, Presto/Trino, Athena, Spark, DBT. šExpert in using SQL for data analysis, reporting, and dashboarding. šExperience with a scripting language such as Python or R. šAptitude in goal setting, driver and cohort analysis. šFirm grasp of visualization tools, interactive and self-serving, such as business intelligence and notebooks.