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Summary:
The Contract Data Scientist role at Upwork enhances marketplace dynamics for a platform connecting startups to Fortune 100 firms. Upwork, facilitating $3.8 billion in work last year, empowers talent globally. This remote position drives strategic insights across supply, demand, and AI influences.
Responsibilities:
- Work with large datasets to model marketplace dynamics with econometric and data science foundations.
- Apply technical expertise with quantitative analysis, experimentation, data mining.
- Generate insights on business opportunities arising from AI, macroeconomic shifts, and marketplace liquidity.
- Partner cross-functionally with Analytics, Finance, Marketing, Product, and Engineering.
Requirements:
- Master’s or PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Machine Learning, or a related field.
- 4+ years of experience in Data Science, AI/ML, or Econometrics with causal inference / predictive modeling.
- Succinctly communicate data insights into business context for real world business decisioning.
- Build and gain trust with relationships to drive decisions in a consensus manner.
- Operate, lead and influence in an agile startup environment and high-performing team.
- Able to work during US business hours.
Benefits:
- Upwork is proudly committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce.
