Lead Applied Researcher - Pricing
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The Lead Applied Researcher – Pricing will design and evolve dynamic pricing systems for the marketplace, developing feedback-driven decision models, optimizing supply and demand, and deploying real-time algorithms while collaborating with engineering to ensure scalable, robust solutions.
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Lead Applied Researcher – Pricing Department: Analytics Department Employment Type: Full Time Location: Cyprus
Description We are looking for a Lead Applied Researcher — Pricing to design and evolve dynamic pricing systems for our marketplace. You will develop pricing as a feedback-driven decision system, balancing supply, demand, and business outcomes under uncertainty and delayed signals. Unlike traditional surge-based pricing, our marketplace operates on a unique bid-based pricing model, where prices are shaped through direct negotiation between riders and drivers. This creates a fundamentally different optimization problem, requiring advanced approaches to modeling user behavior, incentives, and marketplace dynamics.
Key Responsibilities
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Design and improve dynamic pricing policies, including elasticity and supply/demand response modeling
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Frame pricing as a decision system under uncertainty and delayed feedback
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Develop, test, and deploy real-time pricing algorithms
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Design and analyze A/B experiments to evaluate pricing impact
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Productionize models in collaboration with engineering, ensuring scalability and robustness
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Monitor system performance, including stability, feedback effects, and long-term behavior
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Contribute to methodological choices (e.g., optimization, control, RL-inspired approaches)
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
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3+ years of experience in Data Science, Applied Research, or algorithmic product optimization, preferably in marketplaces or pricing systems
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Strong background in statistics, optimization, and causal inference
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Proven ability to move from problem formulation to production-grade solutions
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Proficiency in Python, SQL, and experience with production ML systems
Nice to Have
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Experience with economic modeling (elasticity, auctions, policy design)
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Familiarity with control systems, RL, or online optimization
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Experience working with real-time, high-load systems
Why join us
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Help us challenge injustice by creating fair choices for millions of people across in 48 countries
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Develop your professional skills with access to mentoring, career consulting, and learning programs
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Collaborate with teams around the world and gain international experience through our Global Talent Exchange Program
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Engage in company-wide challenges, awards, sports activities, employee-led social impact and volunteering projects
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Work alongside people who take initiative, speak openly, and challenge themselves to grow
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Improve your language skills through co-financed courses and internal speaking clubs
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Annual salary from EUR 80 200 gross
Final benefits may vary depending on the location.
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