Staff Data Scientist (Selection)

The role

This role works at the intersection of product, operations, engineering and business. You will design selection data mining systems and develop statistical metrics to guide selection strategy using AI and big data.

What you will do

• Design next generation selection data mining systems using agentic and automated workflows.
• Set technical direction to evolve methods and models into scalable systems.
• Design and develop statistical metrics and experiments.
• Conduct research and analysis leveraging multi-modal LLMs and classical statistics/ML.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into solutions.
• Provide analysis for launched solutions to quantify outcomes.
• Act as a cross-organization thought leader on AI technology and challenges.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in mathematics/statistics, computer science/engineering, or any other quantitative disciplines
• 8+ years of relevant experience working in industry or academia
• Deep hands-on experience across statistics and ML fundamentals
• Proven experience in designing data science solutions to meet business problems
• Ability to conduct analysis independently through data manipulation, hypothesis formulation, experiment design, and statistical analysis
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice to have

• Production LLM/ agentic system experience
• Strong ability to model ambiguous business and operational problems at the appropriate level of abstraction
• Ability to think in systems that scale: pipelines, LLM-embedded workflows, Human In The Loop workflows, hybrid pipelines with context-specific agentic capabilities
• Advanced proficiency with machine learning frameworks and tools, including Python, TensorFlow, and PyTorch, and using them in conjunction with LLMs
• A deep understanding of the e-commerce business domain

About the company

Coupang is reimagining the shopping experience with the goal of wowing each customer. Their services in Taiwan include Rocket Delivery and Rocket Oversea.