Senior Data Scientist

Core responsibilities:

• Shape the future of our marketplace: Develop and deploy machine learning models that optimize our core matching algorithms, ensuring drivers maximize savings and passengers find their perfect ride.
• Enhance platform trust & efficiency: Build intelligent automation solutions, from real-time fraud detection and AI-powered content moderation to leveraging generative AI for automated translation and improved customer support.
• Empower data-driven decisions: Create impactful data products and applications that provide actionable insights, particularly for our pricing strategy, directly influencing BlaBlaCar's commercial success.
• Pioneer with generative AI: Explore and implement innovative generative AI use-cases to boost internal efficiency, automate operational tasks, and democratize data access across the company.

This role creates positive change by developing intelligent systems that power BlaBlaCar's community-based travel platform, helping 27 million members carpool or travel by bus across 21 countries, reducing individual transportation costs and environmental impact through shared mobility.

Required qualifications:

• At least 5 years of professional experience in data or software engineering, with experience putting Machine Learning models in production or producing data-based applications.
• Knowledge of Machine Learning theory, statistics and probabilities and/or econometrics modeling is required.
• Fluency in SQL and Python. Knowledge of main machine learning packages and/or MLOPs frameworks are a plus.
• Excellent communication skills: You are able to explain your models clearly to both analysts and decision makers.
• Pragmatic approach to problems: You can design intermediate solutions in an agile environment, and put them in production.
• Strong business sense: You like to partner with business managers to propose new strategies and validate their hypotheses through data.
• Fluent in English

Compensation and perks:

• 4 additional weeks on top of legal maternity/paternity leaves
• 50% healthcare coverage (Alan)
• Financial support for home office equipment
• Minimum 25 days holiday per year
• Local meal plan policy (Swile card)
• 50% transportation paid (Forfait Mobilité Durable)
• Personal growth via trainings, mentorship, and internal mobility programs
• Free unlimited carpooling & bus rides
• Employee Stock ownership plan
• Regular team building events
• 1 day off per year to test our product
• 1 day per year for social engagements with non-profits

BlaBlaCar is the world's leading community-based travel app enabling 27 million members a year to carpool or travel by bus in 21 countries. The team of 800 employees counts over 50 nationalities and is spread across 5 global offices, with 30% working fully remotely.