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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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First seen Oct 27, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)