The ideal candidate should be a Junior/Senior or Masters student pursuing a degree in a quantitative discipline with a strong academic record. They must have knowledge of SQL or other structured programming languages, and experience in analytics or data science roles. Proficiency in conducting quantitative analysis on large data sets, using tools like Excel and Looker, is preferred. Strong problem-solving skills, communication abilities, and experience in ecommerce or retail analytics are also desirable.

The candidate will be responsible for running A/B tests, analyzing data from various sources, collaborating with different teams, being an expert in data and analytics, solving complex business problems, and creating data visualizations.

Software Engineering

United States

Boston

Large

Wayfair is the destination for all things home: helping everyone, anywhere create their feeling of home. From expert customer service to the development of tools that make the shopping process easier, to carry one of the widest and deepest selections of items for every space, style, and budget, Wayfair gives everyone the power to create spaces that are just right for them.

Retail & Consumer Goods

Wayfair

Retail

<p>We are looking for a highly motivated and solution-oriented Technical Analyst Co-op to join our Search and Recommendations Analytics team. The team provides the core platforms and services that allow our customers to discover &amp; buy the products they love. Our systems leverage Wayfair’s extensive customer and product data to deliver trusted and valuable recommendations in real-time using custom machine learning models. The team leverages Wayfair’s huge datasets to inform the roadmap of our search and recommendations. We work in close collaboration with a high performing team of engineers, machine learning engineers/data scientists, and product managers who are on the leading edge of the search and recommendation space. Examples of our work are:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Design, run and analyze the results of A/B tests of new recommendation algorithms and strategies; we also develop new testing and test analysis methodologies.</li><li>KPI reporting and monitoring; this includes anomaly detection&nbsp;<a href="https://tech.wayfair.com/data-science/2019/04/how-we-detect-anomalies-in-our-product-recommendations-metrics/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(127, 24, 127);">tools</a>&nbsp;and advanced measurement approaches.</li><li>Exploratory data analysis (e.g. clustering/segmentation) to generate new insights &amp; inform our product recommendation roadmap.</li><li>Use and develop our in-house automated tools; for instance, we have created a QA tool to better understand the performance of our new algorithms before A/B testing them.</li></ul>

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We are looking for a highly motivated and solution-oriented Technical Analyst Co-op to join our Search and Recommendations Analytics team. The team provides the core platforms and services that allow our customers to discover & buy the products they love. Our systems leverage Wayfair’s extensive customer and product data to deliver trusted and valuable recommendations in real-time using custom machine learning models. The team leverages Wayfair’s huge datasets to inform the roadmap of our search and recommendations. We work in close collaboration with a high performing team of engineers, machine learning engineers/data scientists, and product managers who are on the leading edge of the search and recommendation space. Examples of our work are: Design, run and analyze the results of A/B tests of new recommendation algorithms and strategies; we also develop new testing and test analysis methodologies.KPI reporting and monitoring; this includes anomaly detection tools and advanced measurement approaches.Exploratory data analysis (e.g. clustering/segmentation) to generate new insights & inform our product recommendation roadmap.Use and develop our in-house automated tools; for instance, we have created a QA tool to better understand the performance of our new algorithms before A/B testing them.

Technical Analyst Co-op - January 2024

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Wayfair

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