Transportation Data Analyst (Citymapper)

Via; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A transportation technology company is seeking a French-speaking Transportation Data Analyst to manage data for their industry-leading app. This role involves transforming transit schedules into user-friendly information, ensuring data quality, and improving tools. Ideal candidates are fluent in French, detail-oriented, and passionate about public transit. Remote work is possible if you're based in England, Germany, or the Netherlands.

Benefits

State of the art hardware

Ongoing support and training

Competitive salary

Comprehensive health scheme

Qualifications

• Up to 3 years of experience working with data.
• Comfortable dealing with large data sets.
• Eagerness to learn new data skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage timetable data for the Citymapper application.
• Transform messy transit schedules into reliable user information.
• Work with engineers to improve tools and automate tasks.

Skills

Fluent in French (C1-level or above)

Interest in public transportation systems

Attention to detail

Experience with data

Knowledge of Python and transit data formats

Tools

Python

GTFS

TransXChange

Job description

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Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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Job Description:

At Citymapper (powered by Via), we’re on a mission to help make complex cities more accessible to everyday users. Our application transports millions of people in hundreds of cities around the world by giving them access to the most current and sophisticated transportation options available. We make getting around your favorite city easy, so that you can enjoy the ride.

As a Transportation Data Analyst (French-speaking) at Citymapper,you will be managing the data that is the backbone of our application’s success. Your work directly impacts our user experience, and is the difference between a user seeing a bus drive away, or reaching it just in time. Millions of users around the world trust our application to be on time for work, a job interview, or a date - and we take great responsibility in fulfilling that need.

This job can be done remotely if you're based in England, the Netherlands, Germany or Bulgaria. If you prefer hybrid, we have offices in London, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, and Sofia.

What You'll Do:

• You will help to manage the timetable data that powers the Citymapper application. Using proprietary tools and methods, you will transform often messy transit schedules into shiny and reliable user information.
• You will build, validate and ship data to production on a daily basis.
• You will manage data in a range of cities and across different formats.
• You will work with our engineers to build for scale by improving tools and automating tasks.
• You will ensure data quality in our web and mobile products so that users continue to love and trust Citymapper.

Who You Are:

• Fluent in French (C1-level or above)
• You have a passion for public transportation and cities, and an interest in how public transportation networks operate.
• You are comfortable dealing with large data sets, and have an eagerness to learn new data skills.
• You take a hands-on, practical, pragmatic attitude to your work.
• You have exceptional attention to detail, and an ability to communicate those details to other collaborators.
• You have up to 3 years of experience working with data, Python and/or common transit data formats (GTFS, TransXChange, Siri, Hafas, etc).

What We Offer:

• Becoming part of Via, a company that was awarded for its commitment to social good
• Joining the team working on the industry-leading mobile app that is loved and trusted by millions of users
• State of the art hardware for you to perform your work worry free
• Ongoing support and training to ensure you have the resources you need to thrive and progress in your career
• Competitive salary and comprehensive health scheme offered through AXA
• A hybrid or remote work model. Remote work is possible if you're based in one of these countries: England, Germany or Netherlands

We’re Via, and we build technology that changes the way the world moves. We pioneered the TransitTech category to ensure that the future of transportation is shared, dynamic public mobility — the kind that reduces carbon emissions across congested cities, minimizes reliance on private cars, and provides everyone with accessible, efficient, and affordable ways of getting around.

We created the first end-to-end TransitTech solution for cities and transit agencies, offering world-class software, service design, and operational expertise to fundamentally improve the way the world moves.

Via was founded with the guiding principle that we go further when we go together. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. All backgrounds, identities, and voices are welcomed and celebrated at Via.