Coupang is one of the largest and fastest growing e-commerce platforms on the planet. We are on a mission to revolutionize everyday lives for our customers, employees and partners. We solve problems no one has solved before to create a world where people ask, “How did we ever live without Coupang?” 

Coupang is a global company with offices in Beijing, Los Angeles, Seattle, Seoul, Shanghai, and Silicon Valley. 

Job Overview:  

As our Principal Data Scientist for Coupang's Supply Chain Management (SCM) Systems, you will be responsible to research and develop innovative machine learning based approaches to predict the near-term future and increase efficiency of supply chain.

 Key Responsibilities: 

• Build Machine Learning/Deep Learning Model
• Provide evaluation method of ML/Deep Learning Model
• Work with engineers to create a model publishing/updating pipeline
• Participating in interviewing and hiring the data scientist

Qualifications: 

•  6+ years of experience working with large-scale, complex datasets to create/optimize machine learning, predictive, forecasting, and/or optimization models
• Ability to write production level code in R or Python
•  Knowledge and experience of writing and tuning SQL
•  Practical understanding and hands-on experience with the following:
  · Supervised learning methods (linear and logistic regression, generalized linear models, decision trees, random forests, support vector machines, graphical models, neural networks / deep learning, etc.).
• Unsupervised learning methods (K-means, hierarchical clustering, association rules, principal components, etc.)
• Mathematical optimization (mixed integer programming, linear programming, stochastic programming/optimization discrete optimization convex optimization, reinforcement learning, etc.)
• Track record of diving into data to discover hidden patterns and solving operational problems with data science
• Past and current experience writing and speaking about complex technical concepts to broad audiences in a simplified format

Preferred  

• Master’s Degree in a highly quantitative field (Computer Science, Machine Learning, Operational Research, Statistics, Mathematics, etc.) or equivalent experience

Perks:

• Autonomy to make decisions in a rapidly growing company
• Free medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 18 days PTO + 12 national holidays off
• 401K matching
• Pre-IPO stock options
• Mobile & fitness reimbursement
• Flexible working hours