Data Scientist

Muzz
City of London
2 months ago
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We’re looking for a smart and ambitious data scientist, with real entrepreneurial flair to join our team and understand our members and all the metrics that matter. Love numbers and love being commercial? This role presents an opportunity to mold the future of the data science team, explore new ideas and new technologies.

Muzz is the world’s largest Muslim dating and marriage app. We’ve got over 15 million members and have helped more than 600,000 couples get married. We’re on our way to become the first $1 billion Muslim tech brand – but we need your help!

Day to day

  • You’ll be joining a dynamic data science team whose goal is to grow the company and optimize our products as we expand into new markets around the world
  • You’ll be understanding our user behaviour on the platform with a view to generating actionable insights in terms of both product and marketing
  • You’ll work closely with our product, engineering, marketing and user acquisition teams
  • You’ll be a proactive self-starter, driving innovation with a product focus
  • You’ll be working on our production ML models driving product personalization and recommendations
  • You’ll be exploring new ideas and optimization projects, and building MVPs to prove value
  • You’ll be diving into a range of data across marketing and product to solve our highest impact and complex challenges
  • You’ll work alongside the data analysts and data engineer in the data team to clean, transform, and build new datasets
  • At least 5+ years of experience in a Data Scientist, Applied Scientist, or a deeply analytical Product-focused role
  • Strong Python and SQL knowledge
  • Strong knowledge of common statistical methods
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and presenting to non-technical audiences
  • Commercial mindset with the ability to harness customer insights to optimise our marketing and products
  • Ability to work flexibly, be organized and manage multiple projects at the same time
  • Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams
  • Passionate about solving complex and challenging data problems
  • Experience in designing and conducting A/B experiments

Nice to have

  • Experience with recommendation systems
  • Familiarity with MLOps tools/practices
  • Experience in consumer-facing mobile-first products

Why join Muzz?

We’re a profitable Consumer Tech startup, backed by Y Combinator (S17) and based in London . Join our fast growing team and work on an amazing product that’s changing the world.

A great product

We’re the leading app in this space with over 12 million members worldwide and counting!

A diverse team

We have people from all walks of life all adding their unique perspective. Muslims and non-Muslims, cat lovers and dog lovers. Everyone is welcome!

Meaningful equity

We’re all working together to succeed and everyone on the team gets a slice of the pie.

A day off per month to learn

We value curiosity, that's why the last Friday of every month is set aside for you to learn and develop.

International travel

We fly the whole team to somewhere amazing twice a year to connect and have fun.

Mini golf, hikes, super competitive Catan nights - we’ve done it all. Maybe you’ll be at the next social?

Generous Holiday / PTO

All full-time members get at least 33 days of holiday, regardless of where they live.

Our hiring process

We pride ourselves on making fast hiring decisions.

Step 1.Step 4.

Interview (in person or remote)

Step 5.

Receive an offer!

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