Senior Data Scientist

At Evolve we’re a hardworking team serious about hospitality. Our teams work every day to make vacation rental easy for everyone — from our owners who trust Evolve to build their business to our guests who rest easy with every stay to our Evolvers who make this difference a reality. Our values anchor our daily decisions and interactions with our customers, communities, and each other. Join our inclusive culture in one of the most rapidly-growing segments in travel. Find your home at Evolve.

Why this role   

As a tech-enabled disruptor in the vacation rental industry, Evolve is professionalizing the category by leveraging data science to capitalize on opportunities across the vacation rental ecosystem. The projects we work on aim to fundamentally change how guests interact with vacation rentals and how homeowners maximize rental income generation. As a member of the core data science team, you will be responsible for building  machine learning products using a combination of modeling, software development, exploratory analysis, and data strategy to transform how a business domain is able to operate.

Come join our fast-paced growth-stage culture working alongside other talented data professionals in an environment that invites and necessitates professional growth and learning while enjoying the support of a well funded company - we’ve raised over $235M in investment capital from world-class investors like Durable Capital, T. Rowe Price, and Allen & Company.

What you’ll do

• Build, deploy, and monitor machine learning algorithms that have a sustained business impact 
• Develop software that allows new models to be reliably deployed and monitored
• Develop endpoints that allow other services to interact with model predictions
• Employ retrospective statistical methods to enhance domain understanding
• Partner deeply with cross-functional leaders to gain domain knowledge, challenge existing assumptions, and develop data product roadmaps
• Effectively communicate complex and ambiguous information to technical and non-technical stakeholders 
• Leverage internal and 3rd party experimentation capabilities to measure the impact of new solutions 
• Accelerate continual improvement on the data science team by sharing learnings and providing feedback on other challenging projects around the company
• Innovate on existing strategies by researching and applying techniques from other leading data science teams outside of Evolve

What makes you a great fit

• 5+ years of data science related work 
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or related quantitative field, Masters or PhD preferred
• Strong programming experience with Python and SQL, ideally in a full-stack machine learning setting
• Software development understanding to be able to create high quality, well-documented, and well-tested production code
• Proven track record of business impact from models you took from prototype to production 
• Experience working in a collaborative environment and communicating effectively with a variety of stakeholders

Location 

Evolve has a flexible working environment so teammates can work remotely anywhere in the state of Colorado, in our beautiful downtown Denver office, remotely or a hybrid of both! 

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Compensation

For this role our salary range is $138,000 to $169,500, depending on relevant experience. This role will also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on both company and individual performance.

Additional compensation details: 

Equity: 50% of salary equivalent RSUs

Variable comp: 10% of salary target

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How we reward Evolvers

Evolvers have access to highly competitive benefits and rewards that support their whole well-being so they can focus on bringing their best selves to work. 

Financial

• Industry competitive pay, including equity in the company for all Evolvers
• 401(k) with a 4% match that vests immediately

Family

• 6 weeks of paid parental leave for birth and non-birth parents
• Infertility coverage
• Child care discounts and locator support 
• Pet insurance to cover your furry children

Well-being

• Comprehensive health plans that include a 100% employer paid option for you and your family
• 100% employer-paid dental and vision for you and your family
• 8 free mental health