Do you want to drive the next urban revolution? At Cabify, that’s what we’re doing. We aim to make cities better places to live by improving mobility for the people living in them, connecting  riders to drivers at the touch of a button. Maybe one day cities will be places where nobody needs a private car. But we’ve still got a long way to go… want to be part of this journey?

About the position

You will join Cabify’s Applied Science team, a group of highly motivated data scientists with access to all data within the organization. The team is involved in all main areas of the company, including vehicle and route management, understanding user experience, pricing, fraud detection, and marketing optimization (see for yourself: exhibit A, exhibit B, exhibit C). You will work with state-of-the-art tools and infrastructure to help improve everyday operations in more than 40 cities worldwide. Cabify's Applied Science team provides a unique opportunity to research, test and implement great ideas that will shape the future of our cities.

As a Senior Data Scientist in our team, you will:

• Propose and develop high-impact data science projects, working closely with other data, engineering, product and business teams.
• Design, train, and validate statistical and machine learning models and help deploying them into production.
• Participate in the definition and results analysis of real-life experiments, following academy-standard scientific methods and procedures, to demonstrate the impact of the new product features we develop.
• Help to convert the team’s work into real and tangible business insights that bring value to the company.
• Participate in research and innovation, bringing new ideas to the team and helping expand our technical and scientific knowledge.
• Participate in the diffusion of complex ideas to all sorts of stakeholders, in alignment with the deeply-rooted data culture of the company.
• Be an active participant in product development conversations, proposing new features and providing the data science perspective in everything we build.
• Be a technical reference within the team, fostering growth and promoting best practices.

What we’re looking for

• At least 5 years of professional experience working as a data scientist or equivalent research role.
• Strong educational background, e.g. Master/PhD in Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, etc.
• Experience leading the design, training and validation of statistical and machine learning models.
• Strong knowledge of Python for data analysis and data visualization libraries.
• Experience with data extraction and processing. Capable of writing complex SQL code.
• Experience bringing machine learning to production, with all its subtleties: deploying, training, testing, model degradation, model serving, etc.
• Ability to work autonomously in an unstructured environment.

Bonus Points

• Strong background in Probability & Statistics.
• Experience in the various aspects of scientific experimentation (experiment design, population sampling, testing methodology, statistical significance analysis, etc.).
• Experience publishing in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
• Experience with state-of-the-art methods in topics like deep learning models, time series analysis, bayesian statistics, causal inference, etc.
• Experience with geo data modeling, analysis and visualization.

What’s it like to work at Cabify?

We’re a company full of happy, motivated people and we never want that to change. Here are some more reasons why it rocks to be part of our high-performance team:

💶 Excellent Salary conditions: 50K - 63K€

🏝️ Recharge days! (10 Free Fridays annually)

🌍 Our office is located in Madrid. 

⌚ Flexible work environment & hours.

🙌 Regular team events.

🚗 Cabify staff free rides.

🚀 Personal development programs based on our career paths.

📐 Coursera: your own license in Coursera to take as many courses as you wish and continue developing your skills.

🧘‍♀️ iFeel: Free access to the iFeel platform, so you can take care of your emotional well-being through therapy sessions.

💳 Flexible compensation plan: Restaurant tickets, transport tickets, healthcare and childcare

🐱 A pet room ,so you don’t have to leave your furry friend at home

☕️ And last but not least...free coffee and fruit!

Cabify is proud of being an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees regardless of background, gender, religion, orientation, age or ability.

Join us!

Shift Technology : 

Shift is the leading AI platform for insurance. Shift combines generative, agentic, and predictive AI to transform underwriting, claims, and fraud and risk - driving operational efficiency, exceptional customer experiences and measurable business impact. Trusted by the world's leading insurers, Shift delivers AI when and where it matters most, at scale and with proven results.

The Data Science Team🤖: 

The Data Science team works on a broad range of subjects. We actively participate in the definition and development of our suite of products on fraud detection, anti-money laundering and claim automation.  We have a lot of technical and professional experience in data science, data engineering, coding, business understanding and client interactions. Additionally, we also work on various data types such as structured data, free text, documents and images.

Your key responsibilities will include🧑‍💻:

• Setting up and deploying data processing pipelines, such as data reception (batch or real-time), data cleaning, information extraction, and calibration of fraud detection models.
• Collaborating with clients to understand their needs and incorporating their feedback to enhance our solutions.
• Conducting R&D to drive product innovation (machine learning, NLP, image analysis, trend analysis, chatbots, etc.).
• Supporting the sales team by participating in prospect demos.
• Partnering in an entire Data Science product lifecycle : Understand how sales, legal, product, engineering are connected together to deliver an AI product to clients.

Your profile and requirements✅: 

• You are currently enrolled as a master's degree student in either Mathematics,  Statistics, Computer Science, Machine learning and/or Big Data.
• You must be able to provide an internship agreement (convenio de prácticas) signed by your school or university for 6 months and you are able to start your internship around August 31th in Madrid. 
• You have experience in object-oriented programming (OOP) such as prior internship, school and/or personal projects so you can write quality production code. An experience using C# is a plus.
• You are comfortable dealing with clients.
• Spanish is mandatory at a fluent level and you can communicate clearly in English. French is not mandatory. 

Why join Shift Technology as a Data Scientist Intern ? 

🤸‍♀️Flexibility, autonomy  and adaptability are part of our core values : We are a horizontal organization without bureaucracy (40% of staff are data scientists) but optimal and reduced line management, focus on delivery and development while having a hybrid model.

🧠Learn from inside an AI leader tech company : Join the 13th French Licorne providing hands on training, workshop and sessions with highly experienced AI research Team.  

💶Your commitment, our investment : 1800€ gross monthly gratification, high  conversion rate to full time employee, dedicated HR partner, regular reviews and feedback sessions with your team.

🌍Be part of an international and diverse tech firm : Full english speaking environment with 55 different nationalities across the world and 11 offices locations (Paris, Singapore, Tokyo, Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Boston, Madrid, London, Toronto, Berlin...)

🤝Dealing with big clients and developing business skills & knowledge : Real life experience with Insurance business challenges inside the world of AI.  

What is next ? 🎯

If your application and experience meet our requirements, you can expect :

• Talent Acquisition interview (30 min)
• Technical interview 1 (60 min) 
  Technical interview 2 (60 min) 
• Hiring manager interview (60 min)

The interview process can take 2 to 3 weeks, depending on the interviewer's availability. Be sure that we are doing our best to get back to you with an answer as fast as possible. If you are not getting an update on your application after 10 days, please reach out to our email address.