The Role
Design, test, and productionize dynamic, real-time pricing algorithms for a bid-based marketplace. Model supply/demand elasticity, frame pricing under uncertainty and delayed feedback, run A/B experiments, monitor system performance, and collaborate with engineering on scalable, robust deployments.
Summary Generated by Built In
We are looking for a Senior Applied Scientist (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
- Design and improve dynamic pricing policies, including elasticity and supply/demand response modeling
- Frame pricing as a decision system under uncertainty and delayed feedback
- Develop, test, and deploy real-time pricing algorithms
- Design and analyze A/B experiments to evaluate pricing impact
- Productionize models in collaboration with engineering, ensuring scalability and robustness
- Monitor system performance, including stability, feedback effects, and long-term behavior
- Contribute to methodological choices (e.g., optimization, control, RL-inspired approaches)
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- 3+ years of experience in Data Science, Applied Research, or algorithmic product optimization, preferably in marketplaces or pricing systems
- Strong background in statistics, optimization, and causal inference
- Proven ability to move from problem formulation to production-grade solutions
- Proficiency in Python, SQL, and experience with production ML systems
Nice to Have
- Experience with economic modeling (elasticity, auctions, policy design)
- Familiarity with control systems, RL, or online optimization
- Experience working with real-time, high-load systems
Why join us
- Help us challenge injustice by creating fair choices for millions of people across 1100+ cities in 48 countries
- Develop your professional skills with access to mentoring, career consulting, and learning programs
- Collaborate with teams around the world and gain international experience through our Global Talent Exchange Program
- Engage in company-wide challenges, awards, sports activities, employee-led social impact and volunteering projects
- Work alongside people who take initiative, speak openly, and challenge themselves to grow
- Improve your language skills through co-financed courses and internal speaking clubs
Final benefits may vary depending on the location.
About
inDrive is a global tech company on a mission to challenge injustice. We started in 2012 in the coldest city on Earth, when a group of friends created a way for people to agree on fair ride prices. That idea grew into one of the world’s top ride-hailing apps, now with 360M installs across 48 countries.Today, we offer more than rides: from freight and delivery to intercity travel and financial services, all designed to put people first. Our goal is to positively impact 1 billion lives by 2030. Through inVision, our non-profit arm, we support education, entrepreneurship, and equality in underserved communities.Ready to ignite your inner drive?
Skills Required
- 3+ years of experience in Data Science, Applied Research, or algorithmic product optimization (preferably marketplaces or pricing systems)
- Strong background in statistics, optimization, and causal inference
- Proven ability to move from problem formulation to production-grade solutions
- Proficiency in Python and SQL
- Experience with production ML systems
- Experience with economic modeling (elasticity, auctions, policy design)
- Familiarity with control systems, reinforcement learning, or online optimization
- Experience working with real-time, high-load systems
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The Company
What We Do
inDrive is a global IT and transportation platform inDrive is one of the world’s fastest growing online ride-hailing services. Its services are available in over 749 cities in 46 countries throughout the world. The Company’s app has been downloaded over 150 million times. inDrive offers other services, including intercity transportation, freight and cargo services, as well as delivery services in different markets of operations. inDrive is based in Mountain View, California, and operates regional hubs in the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the countries of the CIS, and employs over 2,000 people. In early 2021, inDrive achieved unicorn status after closing a $140m investment round with Insight Partners, General Catalyst, and Bond Capital, which valued the company at $1.23 billion.
