Gopuff
Senior Data Scientist - Delivery Tech
$160K–$200K
United States · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years in delivery, logistics, marketplace, or pricing problems, or 8+ years of industry experience in data science.
- Education
- MS or PhD in Operations Research, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Leads development and deployment of data-driven models and experiments to improve Gopuff’s delivery pricing, dispatch, routing, demand forecasting, and delivery-partner experience.
What you'll do
- Develop and optimize delivery fee, order batching, dispatch, assignment, routing, and demand-forecasting solutions.
- Design and analyze marketplace experiments and use causal inference to measure impact.
- Own models end to end, from problem framing and development through production monitoring and improvement, in partnership with cross-functional teams.
What they ask for
- MS or PhD in Operations Research, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 2+ years of experience in delivery, logistics, marketplace, or pricing problems, or 8+ years of industry experience in data science.
- Strong background in at least two of pricing/revenue optimization, mathematical optimization, time-series and demand forecasting, or experimentation and causal inference.
- Expertise in machine learning and statistics; proficiency in Python, SQL, and source control; experience shipping models to production with engineering teams.
Nice to have
- Experience in on-demand delivery, ride-hailing, or gig-economy marketplaces.
- Familiarity with optimization solvers such as OR-Tools or Gurobi, forecasting libraries, ETA prediction, or driver incentive and pay design.
Pay
$160,000 - $200,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, SQL, OR-Tools, Gurobi
AI focus
Develops machine-learning and optimization models for delivery fees, dispatch, routing, demand forecasting, and delivery-partner experience.
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