Data Scientist

Job Summary

Webstaurant Store, the world's largest online restaurant supply company, is looking for a full-time Data Scientist to join the Data Science team. The Data Scientists are responsible for supplying statistical rigor to the organization's analytics projects, aimed at discovering actionable insights and opportunities for growth and optimization.

This role can be remote in some US states or based in one of our offices (Lititz, PA or Tampa, FL).

• Advising on analysis and modeling techniques, selecting the best fit for structured & unstructured, complex data, and developing custom analytics models to generate insights that drive value for our customers and unlock competitive advantage for our organization.
• Collaborating with our analytics engineers to gather the right information from various sources so that you can implement advanced statistical methodologies and design interventions to optimize our business performance.
• Conducting exploratory analysis including hypothesis testing, statistical inference, and statistical analysis (predictive and/or prescriptive).
• Partnering with business and technical stakeholders to translate challenging retail business problems into state-of-the-art data science solutions.
• Developing processes and tools that monitor, analyze and continuously improve model performance and data accuracy.
• Work with other data scientists to design and implement experiments and glean actionable insights from experimental analyses.
• Defend and explain the validity of predictive/ML models to those without a background in data science or statistics.
• Actively research new tools and technologies, staying on top of analytics news and best practices.

• Work is performed while sitting/standing and interfacing with a personal computer.
• Requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision, and hearing.
• Requires the regular use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations.
• Requires occasional bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, and reaching.
• Requires the ability to occasionally lift, carry, push, or pull medium weights, up to 50 lbs.

• Access to a reliable and secure high-speed internet connection (Cable or fiber preferred, 75mbps down/10mbps up).
• Access to a home router and modem.
• A dedicated home office space that is noise- and distraction-free.
• A valid, physical address (PO Boxes are not supported).
• The desire and ability to work and communicate with other team members via chat, webcam, etc.
• Legal residents of one of the following states: (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, , IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV, or WY). H-1B Visa Sponsorship Not Available, W2 only.

• Minimum 2 years of work experience in Data Science, or a PhD in math, statistics, economics, or a modeling-related field.
• Advanced Python and SQL skills.
• Proven ability with statistical methods and advanced modelling techniques; extra points for experience with e-commerce search, recommendation engines, dynamic pricing, or user matching/data clean rooms.

This role does not require a degree. We value relevant skills and experience and alignment with our core values above all else.

• Effective communication:
  Ability to explain ideas simply and confidently.
• Entrepreneurial Spirit:
  Self‑motivated, creative, and finds ways to add value.
• Desire to Grow:
  Constantly seeks to improve and expand professional knowledge.
• Inquisitive, out‑of‑the‑box thinker.
• Consistently high standards for quality.
• Familiarity with a variety of supervised/unsupervised/reinforcement learning methods.
• Demonstrable portfolio (git repos, Kaggle competitions, etc.) of machine learning projects.
• Proven ability as a full‑stack data scientist who develops, experiments, optimizes, and scales models for the production environment.
• Connects the how and why, using knowledge of data science theories and methodologies.

The food service professional's premier source for restaurant equipment, supplies, and knowledge online. Our purpose is to empower and equip people to run their businesses more profitably and efficiently.

• Medical, Vision, Dental, PTO, Paid Maternity/Parental Leave
• Life Insurance, Disability, Dependent Care FSA
• 401(k) matching, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness Incentives
• Company Discounts, AT&T & Verizon Discount, Bonus Opportunities
• Accident Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Adoption Assistance

• On-Site Fitness Centers
• Dog-friendly Offices