Turo · 21 hours ago
Senior Data Scientist, Dynamic Pricing
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$156K/yr - $195K/yr
5+ years expTuro is the world’s largest car sharing marketplace, and they are seeking a Senior Data Scientist on their Dynamic Pricing team. This role involves developing and deploying complex pricing models that influence guest demand and host profitability in a two-sided marketplace.
Car SharingMarketplacePeer to PeerTransportation
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end development of dynamic pricing models. From problem framing to deployment and iteration. Using demand modeling, causal inference, and market simulation
Develop new approaches to pacing, lead-time dynamics, seasonality, and price elasticity to improve pricing accuracy and marketplace efficiency
Build frameworks to measure how pricing decisions affect marketplace health, host earnings, and guest conversion; design experiments that account for two-sided marketplace interactions and spillover effects
Translate ambiguous business problems into deployable modeling solutions and influence product strategy through clear communication to both technical and executive audiences
Shape and evaluate product initiatives that improve host experience and profitability, aligning cross-functional teams on metrics, assumptions, and key trade-offs
Write production-ready Python code; own model deployment, monitoring, and retraining
Drive team standards for reproducibility, ML ops, and scientific rigor
Qualification
Required
5+ years of relevant industry experience and an advanced degree in a quantitative field
Deep expertise in statistics, econometrics, optimization, and ML; with demonstrated application to pricing or prediction problems
Strong causal inference background: experiment design, quasi-experimental methods, and structural modeling
Experience with marketplace or platform problems and a solid understanding of economics, including supply–demand dynamics and elasticity modeling
Python proficiency; fluent in SQL and large-scale data work
Exceptional communication skills, capable of distilling complex modeling work into clear, strategic narratives for executive leadership
Self-driven learner with strong ownership, attention to detail, and a drive for delivering real business impact
Preferred
PhD in a quantitative field such as economics, statistics, machine learning, etc
Background in market design, dynamic programming, or advanced statistical methods (hierarchical models, time-series forecasting, survival analysis, Bayesian inference, synthetic control)
Track record shipping pricing or optimization systems to production
Experience with AWS stack or similar cloud infrastructure
Benefits
Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance (Country specific)
Retirement employer match
Learning & Development stipend to invest in your professional development
Turo host matching program
Turo travel credit
Cell phone and internet stipend
Paid time off to relax and recharge
Paid holidays, volunteer time off, and parental leave
In-office lunch, office snacks, and fun activities
Company
Turo
Turo is a peer-to-peer car-sharing marketplace where customers can book vehicles from a community of local hosts.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$570.07MKey Investors
G SquaredIACSK Holdings
2023-03-15Secondary Market· $67.5M
2022-03-21Series Unknown· $35.17M
2020-02-05Series E· $30M
Leadership Team
Andre Haddad
CEO and All Star Host
Avinash Gangadharan
CTO
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