Staff Data Scientist Reinforcement Learning – Offer Intelligence (m/f/d)

Renaissance Learning, Inc.; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 vacation days

Birthday off

Volunteer day

Private health insurance

Coverflex allowance

Daily meal allowance

Job summary

SIXT in Lisbon is seeking a highly skilled data science professional to build, productionize, and monitor probabilistic models powering pricing and personalized offers across our mobility platform. You’ll shape analytical questions, deploy live models, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to turn rigorous methods into real user impact.

You’ll work with Bayesian regression, recommender systems, and contextual bandits, using PyMC/Stan/NumPyro, Docker, and modern orchestration tools.

Qualifications

• 5+ years applying regression, hierarchical models, or state-space methods in production.
• Strong Python coding skills with testing and CI/CD practices.
• Experience with Bayesian inference tooling and production deployment.

Responsibilities

• Architect and prototype advanced regression models with Bayesian methods.
• Design and productionise personalization and recommendation systems.
• Apply SVI, MCMC, and importance sampling for robust decision-making.
• Build reproducible data pipelines for feature engineering and validation.
• Deploy models via FastAPI, Docker, or Kubeflow and monitor performance.

Skills

Bayesian models

Python

Probabilistic modeling

Communication of uncertainty

Tools

PyMC/Stan/NumPyro

Airflow/Dagster

Docker/Kubernetes

Job description

• Legal Entity: Sixt Research Development Services, Lda.

Job Description

We work at the intersection of pricing science, offer personalisation, advanced statistics, and scalable software. You'll build and bring into production state-of-the-art probabilistic models - like hierarchical Bayesian regression, SVI, or bandit algorithms - that power millions of pricing and offer decisions at SIXT every day. Beyond pricing, we're building the intelligence layer that decides which offer and which experience each customer sees, so your models shape both what we charge and what we show. From shaping the analytical question to deploying live models, you'll own the full lifecycle, supported by an innovation-friendly culture and great team. If you're excited by real-world impact, rigorous methods, and turning cutting-edge ideas into production - even if you don't tick every box - we'd love to hear from you!

YOUR ROLE AT SIXT

• You architect and prototype advanced regression models (linear, GLM, mixed-effects, Gaussian Process) with a principled Bayesian approach, guiding pricing strategy at scale
• You design and productionise personalisation and recommendation systems - two-tower retrieval, embedding-based candidate generation, learning-to-rank, sequential/transformer models - with contextual bandits and off-policy evaluation to keep them learning from real interactions
• You apply techniques like SVI, MCMC, and importance sampling to enable robust decision-making under uncertainty, even with sparse, high-volume, or streaming data
• You build and maintain reproducible pipelines for feature engineering, label generation, and automated data validation using tools like Airflow or Dagster, ensuring high code quality and reliability
• You deploy models via FastAPI, Docker, or Kubeflow, and establish real-time monitoring with Bayesian control charts and performance dashboards to catch drift and anomalies early
• You design sophisticated A/B and multivariate tests, apply quasi-experimental and causal impact methods, and quantify the value of information to balance exploration and exploitation
• You collaborate with product, revenue, and customer experience leaders to translate ambiguous ideas into testable hypotheses, while mentoring peers and elevating Bayesian practice through internal publications and workshops

YOUR SKILLS MATTER

• Expertise You bring deep statistical chops, with 5+ years of applying regression, hierarchical models, or state-space methods in production
• Computing proficiency You have a well-stocked Bayesian toolbelt - fluent in PyMC, Stan, NumPyro, TFP, or similar - and are comfortable writing custom likelihoods and priors.
• Modeling You have proven experience scaling inference using SVI, black-box VI, or advanced MCMC techniques on large datasets
• Personalisation (nice to have) You have experience with recommender and personalisation stacks - two-tower / embedding retrieval, learning-to-rank, sequential models, contextual bandits - plus counterfactual or off-policy evaluation to prove incremental value rather than optimise click-through
• Engineering practices You write solid, production-grade Python code and are familiar with type hints, testing frameworks, and CI/CD workflows
• Infrastructure You are hands-on with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure, and have experience with containerization (Docker/K8s) and workflow orchestration
• Stakeholder management You communicate uncertainty, lift, and risk in plain English for executives, while engaging deeply with scientists and engineers

WHAT WE OFFER

A Global Tech Hub in Lisbon Join a thriving international tech community and work alongside engineers, product experts, and business teams who turn ideas into real impact. Our hubs at Factory Lisboa in Beato and ARTs Lisboa in Parque das Nações are where great tech gets built

Learning & Knowledge Exchange Level up through regular events with internal and external speakers. We value curiosity, continuous learning, and open exchange – across teams, disciplines, and borders

Flexible Work Setup Two office days a week, flexible hours, and modern spaces built for both deep focus and team collaboration – work the way that brings out your best

Time Off & Wellbeing Enjoy 28 vacation days per year, an additional day off on your birthday, one volunteer day annually, and private health insurance that also covers your spouse and children free of charge

Practical Everyday Benefits Get a yearly Coverflex allowance and a daily meal allowance to make everyday life a little easier

SIXT Perks Get exclusive rates on all SIXT services, with special discounts extended to your family and friends. Because great perks are even better when you can share them

Additional Information

About us:

We are a globally leading mobility service provider with a revenue of €4.3 billion and around 9,000 employees worldwide. Our mobility platform ONE combines our products SIXT rent (car rental), SIXT share (car sharing), SIXT ride (taxi, ride, and chauffeur services), and SIXT+ (car subscription), giving our customers access to our fleet of 360,000 vehicles, the services of 4,000 cooperation partners, and around 5 million drivers worldwide. Together with our franchise partners, we are present in more than 100 countries at 2,000 rental stations. At SIXT, top-tier customer experience and outstanding customer service are our highest priorities. We believe in true entrepreneurship and long-term stability and align our corporate strategy with foresight.