Zipline International Inc.
Senior Data Scientist
South San Francisco, California, USA · Senior
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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$14,512 more — $174,512 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $174,512 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Data Scientists" for prevailing-wage purposes.
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About the role
- About Zipline Zipline is the world's largest and most experienced drone delivery service.
- Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products.
- The drone is only 15% of what we've built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations.
Responsibilities
- Lead analysis and decision systems for priority domains including pricing, routing, fleet utilization, charging strategy, experimentation, and network planning.
- Design and analyze A/B tests, quasi-experiments, causal studies, and metric frameworks to evaluate features, policies, and growth interventions.
- Partner with engineers to productionize models, decision systems, data products, and experimentation infrastructure.
- Own post-launch decision quality by monitoring model and KPI performance, identifying drift or missed outcomes, and driving iterations with engineering and operating partners.
- Experience designing and interpreting experiments, including A/B tests, multiarm bandits, power analysis, metric design, and ambiguous causal results.
- Ability to build usable, explainable models and tools and to drive work from problem definition through measurable business impact.
- We design, build, and operate the world's largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably.
- Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people's lives and by scaling the future of logistics.
- Zipline is building an autonomous delivery service that helps goods move quickly and reliably through the real world.
- As a Senior Data Scientist on the Data Science & Analytics team, you will own high-leverage marketplace and operational decision problems from framing through launch and iteration.
Requirements
- Experience with marketplace, logistics, mobility, delivery, pricing, routing, fleet management, or similarly complex operational systems.
- Please note that this is a target, starting cash range for a candidate who meets the minimum qualifications for this role.
- If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!
Nice to have
- Strong Python, C/C++, or Go programming skills, plus SQL proficiency and experience working with large, complex datasets.
- A quantitative degree in computer science, statistics, mathematics, operations research, economics, engineering, physics, or a related field
- advanced degree preferred, not required.
Compensation
- The total compensation package for this role may also include: equity compensation; overtime pay; discretionary annual or performance bonuses; sales incentives; benefits such as medical, dental and vision insurance; paid time off; and more.
Benefits
- With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe.
- Build machine learning, statistical, optimization, forecasting, and simulation models for marketplace, operational, and product decisions.
- 6+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, applied statistics, operations research, economics, or a related analytical field.
- Experience applying machine learning, statistical modeling, optimization, or causal inference to real-world product or business problems.
Company info
- We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere.
- We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds.
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