Senior Data Scientist | Map
Snapp
Job description
Our Journey So Far
At Snapp, we’re redefining how cities move. Our ride-hailing and mobility platform connects millions of riders and drivers every day, delivering safe, reliable, and efficient transport solutions. Powered by real-time data and robust infrastructure, we make urban travel faster, simpler, and more sustainable.
We operate with the mindset of a global tech leader and the agility of a startup, building services that scale across markets while staying responsive to local needs.
Your Impact
As a Senior Data Scientist at Snapp, you will lead the formulation and analysis of complex, real-world decision problems across the marketplace, applying rigorous statistical and machine-learning foundations to influence product and operational decisions at scale.
While your scope spans general decision science, experimentation, and modeling, a key focus area for this role is Map & Location intelligence—improving location accuracy, robustness, and reliability within a high-impact, production-grade environment that directly affects matching quality, ETA, and customer experience.
You are expected to operate as a senior individual contributor: shaping analytical direction, challenging assumptions, and ensuring that models are not only correct, but usable, explainable, and robust in production.
What You’ll Drive Forward
Lead the design, development, and validation of statistical and machine-learning models that support large-scale decision-making across the marketplace.
Formulate ambiguous, real-world problems using probabilistic reasoning, optimization, and causal thinking, accounting for uncertainty, constraints, and behavioral responses.
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Own Map & Location–related problem spaces, including (but not limited to):
GPS accuracy improvement and noise reduction
Map-matching and trajectory inference
Detection of anomalous or unreliable location signals
Design and analyze experiments and quasi-experiments (A/B tests, offline evaluations, counterfactual analysis) to measure the impact of product and policy changes.
Translate analytical insights and prototypes into production-ready logic, collaborating closely with backend and data engineering teams.
Develop interpretable models and diagnostics that explain mechanisms, trade-offs, and failure modes—especially in high-stakes systems like location and matching.
Define, monitor, and evolve metrics that reflect system health, user experience, and long-term marketplace stability.
Act as a statistical and modeling authority, reviewing analytical approaches, identifying weak assumptions, and raising the overall bar of rigor.
Communicate findings through clear, structured narratives suitable for product, engineering, and leadership stakeholders.
Mentor junior data scientists on modeling discipline, experimentation, and analytical reasoning.
What Powers Your Drive
Core Requirements
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Strong theoretical foundation in:
Probability and statistics
Machine learning
Optimization or statistical decision-making
3+ years of experience as a Data Scientist, with demonstrated ownership over high-impact analytical or modeling problems.
Proficiency in Python for data science and modeling (NumPy, Pandas, scikit-learn; PyTorch/TensorFlow as needed).
Strong SQL skills and experience working with large-scale analytical datasets.
Proven experience designing, executing, and analyzing controlled experiments in production environments.
Ability to reason rigorously under uncertainty and produce quantitatively defensible recommendations.
Strong communication skills, capable of explaining complex analytical results to non-technical audiences.
Domain Emphasis: Map & Location (Preferred, Not Exclusive)
Experience or strong interest in geospatial data, mobility data, or location-based systems.
Familiarity with concepts such as GPS error modeling, time-series filtering, map-matching, or anomaly detection.
Awareness of system and deployment constraints (latency, throughput, reliability) when moving models into production.
Experience collaborating closely with backend teams; Golang familiarity is a plus, not a requirement.
Nice to Have
Experience working in Kubernetes-based platforms (e.g., OKD).
Familiarity with deploying, monitoring, and maintaining ML or analytical models in production.
Background in signal processing or large-scale real-time systems.
Ready to Get on Board?
Help us shape the future of ride-hailing and urban mobility. Submit your CV and let’s build smarter cities together.