Senior Applied Scientist (Researcher) – Pricing

Senior Applied Scientist (Researcher) – Pricing
Department: Analytics Department
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Spain

Description
We are looking for a Senior Applied Scientist (Pricing) to design and evolve dynamic pricing systems for our marketplace. You will develop pricing as a feedback-driven decision system, balancing supply, demand, and business outcomes under uncertainty and delayed signals. Unlike traditional surge-based pricing, our marketplace operates on a unique bid-based pricing model, where prices are shaped through direct negotiation between riders and drivers. This creates a fundamentally different optimization problem, requiring advanced approaches to modeling user behavior, incentives, and marketplace dynamics. 

Key Responsibilities

Design and improve dynamic pricing policies, including elasticity and supply/demand response modeling

Frame pricing as a decision system under uncertainty and delayed feedback

Develop, test, and deploy real-time pricing algorithms

Design and analyze A/B experiments to evaluate pricing impact

Productionize models in collaboration with engineering, ensuring scalability and robustness

Monitor system performance, including stability, feedback effects, and long-term behavior

Contribute to methodological choices (e.g., optimization, control, RL-inspired approaches)

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

3+ years of experience in Data Science, Applied Research, or algorithmic product optimization, preferably in marketplaces or pricing systems

Strong background in statistics, 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

Nice to Have

Experience with economic modeling (elasticity, auctions, policy design)

Familiarity with control systems, RL, or online optimization

Experience working with real-time, high-load systems

Conditions

Stable salary, official employment 

Remote work mode and flexible schedule

Access to professional counseling services, including psychological, financial, and legal support

Diverse internal training programs

Partially or fully paid additional training courses

All necessary work equipment