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Senior Applied Scientist (Researcher) – Matching

inDrive
CyprusHybrid1mo ago
Employment
Full-time
Seniority
Senior

About the role

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and improve matching and ranking algorithms, including supply/demand response and behavioral modeling
  • Frame matching as a decision system under uncertainty and real-time constraints
  • Develop, test, and deploy real-time matching and dispatching algorithms
  • Design and analyze A/B experiments to evaluate matching impact on marketplace efficiency and user experience
  • Productionize models in collaboration with engineering, ensuring scalability and robustness in high-load environments
  • Monitor system performance, including marketplace balance, feedback effects, and long-term matching quality
  • Contribute to methodological choices (e.g., discrete optimization, ranking, RL-inspired approaches)

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

  • 3+ years of experience in Data Science, Applied Research, or algorithmic product optimization, preferably in marketplaces or matching/dispatch systems
  • Strong background in probability theory, mathematical statistics, discrete optimization, and causal inference
  • Proven ability to move from problem formulation to production-grade solutions
  • Proficiency in Python, SQL, and experience with production ML systems
  • Experience with auction mechanics, economic models, or incentive-aware matching
  • Familiarity with online optimization, RL, or real-time decision systems
  • Experience working with large-scale, high-load production environments

Why join us

  • Help us challenge injustice by creating fair choices for millions of people across 1100+ cities in 48 countries
  • Develop your professional skills with access to mentoring, career consulting, and learning programs
  • Collaborate with teams around the world and gain international experience through our Global Talent Exchange Program
  • Engage in company-wide challenges, awards, sports activities, employee-led social impact and volunteering projects
  • Work alongside people who take initiative, speak openly, and challenge themselves to grow
  • Improve your language skills through co-financed courses and internal speaking clubs
  • Annual salary from 70 700 EUR gross

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