Data Scientist

WHO WE ARE

Zume is on a quest to be the most powerful source of health and well-being on the planet. We started by partnering people with technology to create a more thoughtful and efficient way to source, make, bake and deliver pizza. In the process, we are delivering an artisan pizza that takes care of the people who eat it and make it, and even takes better care of the planet we all love—a planet 9 billion people will inhabit by mid-century.

The health and well-being of people and our planet is dependent upon sustainably feeding that population with wholesome, affordable food on a global scale. Zume is meeting this challenge with an end-to-end, scalable platform that reduces the time and distance between clean food sources and dense population centers, using cutting-edge automation and transportation logistics. By developing better tools and processes, we can feed people healthier, sustainably-grown food, delivered fresh and free from chemical stabilization.

We have an employee-first philosophy and we’re deeply committed to investing in the happiness, satisfaction and success of everyone we work with. We are looking for a team who feels the same way! Join us as we change the way people think about food.

THE ROLE

We’re expanding our fleet of vehicles that can autonomously prepare food in-transit. We’ve proven that we can do it with Pizza now we’re going to scale it to all prepared food.

The problem we need to solve is a combination of Uber’s ride scheduling problem with Amazon’s autonomous supply chain problem, but to make things more tricky food needs to show up freshly prepared, so timing is critical. And that just the tip of the iceberg of where we’re going. To scale we’re going to need to solve lot of really hard problems that call for a world class data science team. That’s where you come in.

You should have a broad understanding of data science in general, but we’re also looking for specialists in at least one of (convex) optimization, stochastic processes, time series, and machine learning. Graduate work in any of these fields is a plus. You’ll need to be proficient in programming (python), and not afraid to get your hands dirty in implementation. Experience with hardware a plus, but not required.

This is a rare opportunity to get in at the early stages of a growing team, in a rapidly growing company. We’re looking for one of the next leaders in the industry. If that’s you, lets talk.

WHO YOU ARE

A generalist in data science with deeper experience in either Optimization, Stochastic Processes, Deep Learning or reinforcement learning.

• Degree CS, Applied Math, Statistics, or other scientific field. Graduate degree a plus
• Experience building models on real world problems
• Software development experience in python

BONUS POINTS

• Familiarity with hardware / robotics
• Understanding of supply chains
• Previous experience at a start-up

WHAT WE OFFER

• 100% company-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision for you and 75% for your dependents
• Ownership via Stock Options
• Flexible Time Off
• Daily catered lunch
• Free and discounted pizza!
• The opportunity to work with an incredibly supportive team of thinkers and innovators
• Dog friendly office