Full-Time

Senior Data Scientist

Bigblue

Bigblue

201-500 employees

Tech-driven ecommerce logistics and fulfillment services

Compensation Overview

€65k - €95k/yr

+ BSPCE Grant

Paris, France

Hybrid

Category
Data & Analytics (1)
Required Skills
Python
BigQuery
SQL
Machine Learning
Requirements
  • Strong interest in solving business-critical problems
  • Comfortable with ownership and a large bias towards action and experimentation
  • Hands-on experience with modern data stacks from orchestration to online models (we use Fivetran, BigQuery, dbt)
  • Proficiency in the Python & SQL programming languages
  • Solid foundations in Probability, Statistics, and ML theory.
Responsibilities
  • Solve customers' data problems as an early member of the data practice in the Bigblue product team, owning the entire problem-solution-experimentation lifecycle: build proof of concepts, quickly launch features and experiments in front of merchants and buyers to reach strategic outcomes; solutions will be anything from data analysis, algorithms, to ML models.
  • Compute a reliable, real-time delivery estimated time of arrival to communicate to buyers.
  • Iterate on internal logistics algorithms to optimize specific parts of our operations (packaging, warehousing, ...).
  • Find the best and greenest routes in our European carrier network to deliver on time with a minimal carbon footprint.
  • Surface unified data schemas and tables that provide a complete view of the business across our network.
  • Help operations data analysts setup and evolve their near-real-time operations monitoring dashboards to track warehouse and carrier operations closely.
  • Build a centralized experimentation platform to pipeline experiment metrics and compute descriptive statistics.
  • Build and own tooling, pipelines and canonical datasets to power Bigblue's analytics, intelligence, and external data integration.
  • Make the core of Bigblue's datasets reliable and enable the entire team to make data-driven decisions every minute.
  • Design and run the data hiring process for both the data team and our distributed team of Analysts; mentor other Data people and develop them into future data leaders.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience writing production-grade software in distributed systems
  • Experience in offline model evaluation and online model evaluation via A/B testing
  • Good communication skills with diverse audiences (e.g. clients, ops teams)
  • Hands-on experience with cloud technologies such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, or Azure

Bigblue provides technology-driven logistics and fulfillment for e-commerce brands, focusing on improving the post-purchase experience to boost sales and customer satisfaction. Its platform includes fast delivery options, branded tracking emails, and a returns portal, while handling order processing and fulfillment to streamline operations. It differentiates itself by combining post-purchase features with support for international expansion through access to local delivery pricing. The goal is to help online retailers grow, improve customer satisfaction, and expand into new markets while simplifying logistics.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$18.3M

Headquarters

Paris, France

Founded

2018

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • $15M Series A from Runa Capital funds 100 hires and engineering tripling.
  • GXO Logistics expands partnership for warehouse operations in France.
  • Subscription plus fulfillment fees enable efficient scaling into new countries.

What critics are saying

  • Cubyn captures French share with superior automation, winning clients like From Future in 6-12 months.
  • Hive undercuts UK fees, seizing cost-sensitive brands in 12-18 months.
  • GXO launches competing D2C services using shared data, sidelining Bigblue in 18-24 months.

What makes Bigblue unique

  • Bigblue delivers prime-like speeds with branded tracking emails and returns portals.
  • Nine warehouses across France, Spain, UK, Germany serve 600+ brands like MUJI.
  • Shopify Fulfillment Network partner integrates seamlessly with Shopify, WooCommerce, Amazon.

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