(Austin)

Algorithm Engineer

About Us:

WhaleShark Media Inc. is the world's leading marketplace for coupons and deals. The company's websites connect consumers seeking savings with discounts from more than 100,000 top merchants,stores and retailers. WhaleShark Media welcomes more than 100 million unique visitors to shop its sites every year.

Role:

This position requires the Engineer to aid in the research, development, and testing of algorithms, with an emphasis on customer satisfaction / revenue positive algorithms. Candidates will be expected to evaluate existing algorithms, propose solutions for problems based on careful analysis, code (or assist/direct) proof-of-concept software, and assess performance on realistic datasets. Candidates should have general knowledge in the fields of machine learning, pattern recognition, probability theory, image/video processing, and basic software development.

Typical candidates for this role would have developed data mining algorithms using huge data sets and have also built large scale data processing/analytics systems incorporating them. This is a hands on role, and it is ideal for someone that has experience with large amounts of sparse data.

Responsibilities:

• Develop mathematical modeling and computational social algorithms to help identify, analyze, and predict consumer behaviors and identify product opportunity spaces
• Measure the relative effectiveness of various coupon types, page designs, coupon formats, ad formats
• Discover new predictors of coupon quality.
• Research on how changes in content impacts user behavior.
• Develop meaningful statistical segmentations of our user base.
• Provide general guidance on quantitative analysis methods to WSM engineers and decision-makers.
• Work with product management, customer operations, and other engineers to understand algorithmic problems, and then, develop innovative solutions to the problems.
• Implement and test new algorithms for quantifiable impact as well as performance.

Requirements:

• PhD preferred in CS or statistics, applied mathematics, operation research or related field; or MS with equivalent experience.
• Substantial real-world experience, especially in areas of data analysis and visualization, including love for testing
• Expertise in statistical software (R, S-Plus, SAS, or similar).
• Familiarity with machine learning and experiment design principles.
• Proficiency with databases and scripting or programming languages My SQL, (C#, C++, PHP and Java are the most commonly used in our engineering environment).
• Ability to draw conclusions from data and recommend actions.
• Demonstrated willingness to both teach others and learn new techniques.
• Demonstrates ability to think through structure and effectively communicate with other engineers.
• Experience implementing data mining and machine learning algorithms.
• Experience analyzing large volumes of data.
• Experience with quantitative research, market microstructure, and trading systems are highly desired.
• Must demonstrate the ability to rapidly develop solutions to complex problems that involve both elegant software design and deep analytical thinking. 

WhaleShark Media was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. Among the company’s many web properties are www.RetailMeNot.com, www.Deals.com, www.Deals2Buy.com, www.CheapStingyBargains.com, www.CouponSeven.com and www.CouponShare.com. WhaleShark Media is a fast-growing, profitable company funded by venture capital firms Austin Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and Adams Street Partners. Please visit us at www.WhaleSharkMedia.com or apply online at http://WhaleSharkMedia.com/careers.html.

Competitive salaries, equity, bonus, employee convenience services, free lunches, company transparency, room for growth in career, and cell phone reimbursement.