Data Scientist – Transportation & Logistics Intelligence

About the Role:

ShipMonk has built world-class infrastructure for shipping—our Virtual Carrier Network (VCN), claims systems, and logistics modeling are the rails. Now, we need the engine. We are seeking a Data Scientist – Transportation & Logistics Intelligence to transform our transportation systems to "predictive-first."

In this role, you won’t just be "analyzing data"—you’ll be building the autonomous logic that powers millions of shipments. You are the architect who will replace manual "if/then" rules with real-time, high-margin predictive models. Your mission is to bridge the gap between logistics physics and machine learning, ensuring that manual becomes modeled and reactive becomes predictive.

Desired Experience:

• Education: Master’s or PhD in Data Science, Statistics, Operations Research, or a related quantitative field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Data Core: 4+ years of experience building and deploying predictive models into production environments.
• Data Engineering: Strong proficiency with dbt and SQL within a Snowflake (or BigQuery/Redshift) environment. You should be comfortable collaborating on complex DAGs and version-controlled data pipelines.
• Logistics DNA: Previous experience in transportation, supply chain, or e-commerce logistics is a massive plus. You should understand the nuances of carrier performance, transit latencies, and "last-mile" variables.
• The Stack: Expert-level proficiency in Python and SQL. Experience with machine learning frameworks (e.g., Scikit-learn, XGBoost, PyTorch) and cloud-based data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery).
• Business Acumen: Ability to translate complex model outputs into "Margin impact" or "Conversion growth" for stakeholders.

Skills & Responsibilities:

• VCN Optimization (The Margin Engine): Build real-time risk/value models. You’ll build the logic that weighs package value vs. risk of loss to ensure we never overspend on "safe" routes or under-insure "risky" ones.
• Precision EDD (The Conversion Driver): You will develop dynamic Estimated Delivery Date (EDD) models that adjust in real-time based on live network health, weather, and historical carrier latency.
• Predictive "At-Risk" Intelligence: Build the "early warning system" for our warehouse and support teams. You’ll develop models that identify "lost" or delayed packages before a merchant or customer even notices—enabling proactive resolution and automated claims.
• Collaborative Data Preparation: Partner with Engineering to co-author and refine the dbt models and SQL transformations that power your work. You’ll ensure the "preparation layer" is optimized for feature engineering and model training.
• Scalable Modeling: Transform manual logistics workflows into autonomous systems. You’ll be responsible for ensuring our intelligence scales with our global warehouse footprint.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with Product Managers and Engineering teams to integrate your models directly into the ShipMonk application, moving from "insights on a slide" to "logic in the code."
• A/B Testing & Validation: Design and execute experiments to validate that your models are actually driving the expected increases in margin and delivery reliability.

Hello from Inbank! If you’ve ever bought something in three installments or financed your gadget purchase online or in a shop, there’s a good chance you’ve used something we built. 

Since you’re reading this, you’re probably looking around, or at least curious about what’s out there. We get it: choosing your next role is a big decision. Let’s get acquainted.

We’re not here to be another bank. At Inbank, we’re a modular finance platform helping businesses grow and customers pay with ease. We believe banking should feel invisible—an effortless layer that powers every great digital experience. Today, our financing rails are woven into the flow of 6,000+ leading retailers, giving around half a million customers a one-tap way to pay while turbo-charging merchants’ growth.

There are already 440+ of us across Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Czechia, and we’re continuing to grow as we help thousands of retailers expand their business and reach millions of shoppers.

We’re looking for an autonomous, driven, and highly collaborative Business Implementation Manager to join our team in Prague. In this pivotal role, you’ll become a member of our Core Tribe, helping to scale Inbank’s product offering and operational excellence in the Czech market. As the bridge between local business needs in Czechia and our international Product and Technology teams, you will be crucial in turning market insights, local regulations, and new ideas into actionable, functioning product solutions. This role is about ownership and ensuring our embedded finance products deliver a real and measurable impact for our Czech customers and partners. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and want to shape the future of embedded finance in Czechia, your next big challenge starts here.

Where does this role sit?

The Business Implementation Team within our Core Tribe acts as the crucial link between our products, technology, and local markets. We:

• Configure and tailor products across their entire lifecycle.
• Ensure that day-to-day business operations run smoothly, efficiently, and reliably.
• Connect the local business unit with our Product and Technology teams—promoting standardisation while addressing market-specific needs.

What will you do?

You’ll be the go-to expert for how our products function in the Czech market — the person who ensures everything works as intended and evolves as the market does.

• Own product configuration for Czechia across the full lifecycle — from initial launch to continuous optimisation and eventual phase-out (incl among others adjusting product setups when pricing, regulations, campaigns, or internal processes shift).
• Manage change effectively: adjust product setups when pricing, regulations, campaigns, or internal processes shift.
• Support day-to-day product and business operations for the Czech portfolio, with a strong focus on BNPL and lending products.
• Translate local needs into action: define market-specific requirements for Product and Tech teams and carry out business testing before releases.
• Close market gaps: lead or contribute to projects that align features, processes, and quality standards across countries.
• Own product-related documentation: configure and maintain customer-facing templates (contracts, pre-contractual info, notifications) in cooperation with our Legal and Product teams.
• Be a trusted partner for Sales and Customer Support: help teams use our products and platform effectively, provide guidance, and collect insights from the field.

Ideally, you would have:

• Proven experience in roles related to Product Operations, preferably in financial services or fintech would be an asset.
• A beneficial asset for this role would be a practical familiarity with Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) and consumer lending products, particularly their end-to-end lifecycle, spanning from origination through repayment and collections.
• Hands-on experience with projects or change delivery – coordinating multiple stakeholders, following timelines, and documenting decisions.
• Strong analytical thinking – you enjoy digging into logic, parameters, and edge cases.
• Comfortable working with data; basic SQL skills are a valuable advantage, but not a hard requirement. We are willing to teach simple queries.
• Excellent communication skills – able to explain complex things in simple language to different audiences (tech, legal, sales, partners).
• High level of ownership and reliability – you keep things moving and don’t drop the ball.
• Fluent Czech is essential for local market cooperation, and Fluent English (spoken and written) is required for daily work with our international teams.

You will do great here if you are a flexible, collaborative, and self-starting individual with a natural curiosity and a strong desire to understand the mechanics of the business. This role requires you to enjoy being close to both business and tech, translating ideas and regulations into precise configuration and processes, and thriving on structured work with real impact—where your changes are felt by thousands of customers. You must be comfortable taking full ownership, proactively identifying efficiency gaps using data and numbers, and possessing the flexible mindset needed to blend nicely into the local team while confidently asking questions and pushing for clarity.

At Inbank, we believe great work deserves great rewards:

• 5 additional vacation days per year to ensure you have plenty of time to recharge.
• 6 weeks of fully paid sabbatical after 4 years of working at Inbank.
• Hybrid working model with the flexibility to work from home.
• Modern office in the centre of Prague where we are always happy to see you.
• Small, friendly team that values open communication and a collaborative spirit.
• Pluxee Card with a flexible benefit budget tailored to your lifestyle.
• Meal compensation to support your daily lunch breaks.

Sounds like a fit? 

Apply, and our recruitment team will be in touch. If you’re unsure but curious, apply anyway – we’re happy to explore together. At Inbank, we strive to have an inclusive and diverse working environment, so we welcome you to apply even if you don’t match every single point but believe you’d do well in this role.