Competera

Competera uses Big Data and Deep Learning to change the way retailers do pricing. We are known for both cutting-edge math ‘under the hood’ and for deep expertise in the pricing domain. We are now looking for a Technical Project Manager to improve the way we deliver our solutions to customers. 
You could be a perfect match for the position if

You want to:

• You will be responsible for delivering high quality projects and ensuring that they are completed on time and within budget.
• Lead the development of relevant project processes and documents.
• Work with billing team to ensure projects are regularly and accurately billed.
• Plan and execute implementation, including the design of pricing solution in collaboration with Pricing Architects.
• Provide regular progress reports to the client and Competera stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain an in-depth knowledge of the client’s organisation, the business needs and challenges of each industry.
• Lead project communications and best practices throughout the system implementation.
• Ensure requirements and expectations are well established between the client and the business and maintained throughout the project.
• Identify potential challenges to the project and communicate accordingly with the implementation team and the client, to mitigate risks to the project and ensure it is delivered on time and within budget as agreed.
• Follow PM playbook and making suggestions for improvement as appropriate.

Starter-kit needed to join the board:

• 5+ years PM (preferably B2B software development).
• Advanced English and Ukrainian - written, oral + business communication skills.
• Organization, Problem Solving, Stakeholder Management.
• Jira profi, G suite.

Pleasant extras:

• BA experience.
• Technical background.

Soft skills:

• Adaptability.
• Clear Communication.
• Decisiveness.

You’re gonna love it, and here’s why:

• Rich innovative software stack, freedom to choose the best suitable technologies.
• Remote-first ideology: freedom to operate from the home office or any suitable coworking.
• Flexible working hours (we start from 8 to 11 am) and no time tracking systems on.
• Regular performance and compensation reviews.
• Recurrent 1-1s and measurable OKRs.
• In-depth onboarding with a clear success track.
• Competera covers 70% of your training/course fee.
• 20 vacation days, 15 days off, and up to one week of paid Christmas holidays.
• 20 business days of sick leave.
• Partial medical insurance coverage.

Drive innovations with us. Be a Competerian.

In Competera, we are building a place where optimal pricing decisions can be made easily. We believe that AI technologies will soon drive all challenging decisions and are capable of helping humans be better.
We are now looking for a Senior/Lead Data Integration Engineer to make the Integration process at Competera clear, consistent, and repeatable.

You could be a perfect match for the position if

You want to:

• Ensure integration of high-quality data for new customers of The Competera Pricing Platform,
• Organize technical integration between Competera and customers, 
• Communicate with customers' IT and commercial teams, around bug reports and change requests,
• Supervise and assess integration partners (contractors),
• Assist partners with ETL creation and support,
• Provide data validation,
• Suggest options for process improvement and automation,
• Lead and supervise the integration team on the side of Competera,
• Develop internal standards and guidelines for the Competera integration team and ensure consistency and quality in the general integration process,
• Lead the process of integration documentation development to provide partners with deep and detailed guidelines,
• Collaborate with the Data Science and Data Engineering team to keep data requirements for the integration stage clear and update.

You have: 

• 5+ years experience in data-related roles,
• Strong command of SQL (PK FK, normalisation, window functions, sub query factoring, WITH clause),
• Python Junior,
• Upper-Intermediate level of spoken English and Ukrainian, followed by business communication skills,
• Experience in the transformation from business requests to technical requirements,
• Presentation and business communications skills Critical thinking, problem-solving, Quick learner, Ability to work under minimal guidance,
• Knowledge of data sources used by enterprise and corporate businesses to integrate with,
• Strong technical skills in data integration, data storage, validation and processing tools and technologies,
• Strong technical skills related to the systems observability,
• Extensive experience in building high-load data processing systems.

You’re gonna love it, and here’s why: 

• Rich innovative software stack, freedom to choose the best suitable technologies.
• Remote-first ideology: freedom to operate from the home office or any suitable coworking.
• Flexible working hours (we start from 8 to 11 am) and no time tracking systems on.
• Regular performance and compensation reviews.
• Recurrent 1-1s and measurable OKRs.
• In-depth onboarding with a clear success track.
• Competera covers 70% of your training/course fee.
• 20 vacation days, 15 days off, and up to one week of paid Christmas holidays.
• 20 business days of sick leave.
• Partial medical insurance coverage.

Drive innovations with us. Be a Competerian.

In Competera, we are building a place where optimal pricing decisions can be made easily. We believe that AI technologies will soon drive all challenging decisions and are capable of helping humans be better.
We are now looking for a Data Engineer to improve our data processing.

You could be a perfect match for the position if

You want to:

• Have the freedom to make technical decisions and work on exciting and ambitious tasks.
• Support existing ETL pipelines (SQL, Python, GCP stack)
• Add new entities to datasets
• Optimize existing bottlenecks (query performance etc.) and close existing tech debt
• Answer data-related questions

You have:

• 2+ years of experience in data engineer role.
• Strong SQL knowledge: your SQL queries are to be efficient and self-explanatory (this will be the biggest part of work)
• Basic knowledge of core Python, followed by hands-on experience with it
• Experience in optimizing SQL queries
• Familiarity with Cloud
• English level - Upper-intermediate +

Pleasant extras:

• Experience in building data pipelines, ETL design
• Apache Spark will be a big plus,
• Databricks platform
• Familiarity with Apache Airflow
• Experience with different SQL/NoSQL databases (PostreSQL, ClickHouse, etc.)

Soft skills:

• Problem solving
• Critical thinking
• Ability to work independently
• Curiosity
• Disciplined
• Multi-tasking

You’re gonna love it, and here’s why:

• Rich innovative software stack, freedom to choose the best suitable technologies.
• Remote-first ideology: freedom to operate from the home office or any suitable coworking.
• Flexible working hours (we start from 8 to 11 am) and no time tracking systems on.
• Regular performance and compensation reviews.
• Recurrent 1-1s and measurable OKRs.
• In-depth onboarding with a clear success track.
• Competera covers 70% of your training/course fee.
• 20 vacation days, 15 days off, and up to one week of paid Christmas holidays.
• 20 business days of sick leave.
• Partial medical insurance coverage.

Drive innovations with us. Be a Competerian.

In Competera, we are building a place where optimal pricing decisions can be made easily. We believe that AI technologies will soon drive all challenging decisions and are capable of helping humans be better. We are now looking for a Middle Data Scientist to change the way we deliver our solution to customers.
 

You could be a perfect match for the position if

You want to:

• Validate datasets to ensure data accuracy and consistency.
• Design proof-of-concept (POC) solutions to explore new approaches.
• Develop technical solutions by mapping requirements to existing tools and functionalities.
• Train models and create custom approaches for new domains.
• Troubleshoot data processing and model performance issues.

You have:

• 2+ years of experience in data science or a related field.
• Strong SQL skills for data manipulation and extraction.
• Proficiency in Python, with the ability to write modular and readable code for experiments and prototypes.
• A solid mathematical background, preferably in a Computer Science-related field.
• Expertise in scientific Python libraries, including NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn, and either Keras/TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Familiarity with Time Series Forecasting methodologies.
• Experience in statistical testing, including A/B testing.
• 1+ years working with tabular and multimodal data (e.g., combining tabular data with text, audio, or images).
• Upper-intermediate or higher English level.

Soft skills:

• Analytical mindset and critical thinking to solve complex problems.
• Agile approach, with the ability to experiment and test hypotheses in a dynamic business environment.
• Business-oriented thinking, capable of translating complex models into clear business insights.
• Curiosity and a drive for continuous learning in the data domain.
• Strong team player, able to collaborate across cross-functional teams.

You’re gonna love it, and here’s why:

• Rich innovative software stack, freedom to choose the best suitable technologies.
• Remote-first ideology: freedom to operate from the home office or any suitable coworking.
• Flexible working hours (we start from 8 to 11 am) and no time tracking systems on.
• Regular performance and compensation reviews.
• Recurrent 1-1s and measurable OKRs.
• In-depth onboarding with a clear success track.
• Competera covers 70% of your training/course fee.
• 20 vacation days, 15 days off, and up to one week of paid Christmas holidays.
• 20 business days of sick leave.
• Partial medical insurance coverage.
• We reimburse the cost of coworking.

Drive innovations with us. Be a Competerian.

Competera uses Big Data and Deep Learning to change the way retailers do pricing. We are known for both cutting-edge math ‘under the hood’ and for deep expertise in the pricing domain. We are now looking for a Pricing Manager to ensure the highest possible pricing support and drive customers' progress in the pricing journey.

What you will do:

• Support customer's pricing teams during their lifecycle at Competera.
• Gain, maintain and share knowledge about customer pricing process and needs.
• Recommend improvements in customers' pricing process based on best practices.
• Work with the project team on solution requirements.
• Design AB tests with the project team.
• Configure pricing platform UI based on customer's needs.
• Train end users to use the solution effectively.
• Proactively work with users on product adoption to maximize value.
• Tactical pricing support for end users.
• Analyze pricing results.
• Participate in quarterly business reviews.
• Perform additional analytics upon request.
• Work with the product team around backlog and new feature releases.

Starter-kit needed to join the board:

• 5+ years of pricing experience.
• Knowing product segmentation methodologies and best practices (Nielsen, McKinsey, etc).
• Pricing Analytics: Understanding pricing models and metrics to evaluate and set optimal.
• Financial Modeling: Building and analyzing financial models to understand profitability at different price points.
• Elasticity Analysis: Understanding how demand changes with price fluctuations, often called price elasticity of demand.
• Product Segmentation: Ability to identify and categorize different product segments and their performance.
• Promotion and Discount Strategy: Knowledge of how discounts, promotions, and rebates affect sales and profit margins.
• Product Lifecycle Management: Understanding how a product's price may need to change as it moves through its lifecycle from introduction to decline.
• Econometrics: Applying statistical methods to economic data to give empirical content to economic relationships.
   

Soft skills:

• Decision making.
• Being able to work independently and together with a team.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Effective communication with all levels of the organization.
• Fluent English.
• Being proactive.
   

You’re gonna love it, and here’s why:

• Rich innovative software stack, freedom to choose the best suitable technologies.
• Remote-first ideology: freedom to operate from the home office or any suitable coworking.
• Flexible working hours (we start from 8 to 11 am) and no time tracking systems on.
• Regular performance and compensation reviews.
• Recurrent 1-1s and measurable OKRs.
• In-depth onboarding with a clear success track.
• Competera covers 70% of your training/course fee.
• 20 vacation days, 15 days off, and up to one week of paid Christmas holidays.
• 20 business days of sick leave.
• Partial medical insurance coverage.

Drive innovations with us. Be a Competerian.

In Competera, we are building a place where optimal pricing decisions can be made easily. We believe that AI technologies will soon drive all challenging decisions and are capable of helping humans be better.

We are currently looking for a part-time Product Marketing Freelancer, up to 100 hours per month.

You could be a perfect match for the position if
You want to:

Product Positioning and Messaging:

• Develop compelling product positioning and messaging that resonates with our target audience.
• Create clear and concise value propositions.
• Craft persuasive product narratives for various marketing channels.
• Collaborate with the marketing and sales teams to develop and execute tailored marketing plans.

Product Releases and Launches:

• Plan and execute successful product releases and launches, including onboarding materials for new and existing clients, launch events, webinars, and email campaigns.
• Develop product knowledge base for new and existing clients.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth launch and release processes.

Market Research:

• Conduct market research to identify trends, competitor analysis, and customer needs.
• Analyze customer feedback to inform product improvements and marketing strategies.

You have:

• Proven experience in product marketing, preferably in the B2B SaaS industry.
• Strong understanding of marketing fundamentals, including branding, messaging, customer journey mapping, and collateral creation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong analytical skills and data-driven decision-making abilities.
• Experience with marketing automation tools and CRM systems.
• A passion for technology and a knack for explaining complex concepts in simple terms.
• Experience with video editors.
• Fluent in English.

You’re gonna love it, and here’s why:

• Rich innovative software stack, freedom to choose the best suitable technologies.
• Remote-first ideology: freedom to operate from the home office or any suitable coworking.
• Flexible working hours and no time tracking systems on.
• Regular performance and compensation reviews.
• Recurrent 1-1s and measurable OKRs.
• In-depth onboarding with a clear success track.

Drive innovations with us. Be a Competerian.
 

In Competera, we are building a place where optimal pricing decisions can be made easily. We believe that AI technologies will soon drive all challenging decisions and are capable of helping humans be better.
We are now looking for a Senior Data Engineer to improve our data processing pipelines from performance, cost and correctness standpoints.
You could be a perfect match for the position if

You want to:

• Contribute to the development of the new data platform.
• Collaborate with platform and ML teams to create ETL pipelines that efficiently deliver clean and trustworthy data.
• Engage in architectural decisions regarding the current and future state of the data platform.
• Design and optimize data models based on business and engineering needs.

You have: 

• 5+ years of experience in data engineer role.
• Strong knowledge of SQL, Spark, Python, Airflow, binary file formats. 
• English level - Upper-intermediate +.

Pleasant extras:

• Databricks, GCP, BigQuery, Kafka, data modeling patterns, data quality approaches and tools.

Soft skills:

• Product mindset.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Willingness to take ownership of a feature and guide it through all stages of the development lifecycle.
• Proactivity, openness, desire to dive deep into the domain and learn new approaches and tools
   

You’re gonna love it, and here’s why:
 

• Rich innovative software stack, freedom to choose the best suitable technologies.
• Remote-first ideology: freedom to operate from the home office or any suitable coworking.
• Flexible working hours (we start from 8 to 11 am) and no time tracking systems on.
• Regular performance and compensation reviews.
• Recurrent 1-1s and measurable OKRs.
• In-depth onboarding with a clear success track.
• Competera covers 70% of your training/course fee.
• 20 vacation days, 15 days off, and up to one week of paid Christmas holidays.
• 20 business days of sick leave.
• Partial medical insurance coverage.

Drive innovations with us. Be a Competerian.

In Competera, we are building a place where optimal pricing decisions can be made easily. We believe that AI technologies will soon drive all challenging decisions and are capable of helping humans be better. We are now looking for a Senior/Lead Data Scientist to change the way we deliver our solution to customers.

You could be a perfect match for the position if

You want to:

• Be responsible for DS-ML-related solutions developed by all Service and Delivery(SnD) squads: maintenance and improvement of existing solutions; design, development, and implementation of new solutions.
• Provide technical leadership for other SnD DSs.
• Test developed algorithms, work with the SnD team within UAT, adapt, and reach DOD and DOR.
• Verify key tasks done by SnD DS, such as model training and AB test design.
• Conduct code reviews for DS-ML-related solutions.
• Automate DS work in SnD.Develop data requirements for SnD implementation projects.
• Cooperate with IM and DE to achieve and maintain the optimal dataset configuration according to DS-ML needs.
• Measure solution stability, quality, and effectiveness; transparently communicate the current state of things to other roles/teams, and suggest and implement improvements.
• Regularly collaborate (provide prototypes/ideas/detailed feature requests) with RnD Teams on tools for SnD.

You have:
 

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in data science or a related field.
• Proficiency in SQL for data manipulation and extraction.
• Strong Python skills, capable of writing modular and readable code for experiments and prototypes.
• A solid mathematical background, preferably in a Computer Science-related field.
• Proficiency in the scientific Python toolkit, including NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn, and either Keras/TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Familiarity with Time Series Forecasting approaches.
• Experience in statistical testing methodologies, including A/B testing.
• At least 3 years of experience working with tabular and mixed (multimodal) data (e.g., tabular data combined with text, audio, or images).
• Upper-intermediate or higher level of English (for future communication with clients and user interviews)

Soft skills:

• Analytical mindset and strong critical thinking abilities.
• Leadership skills to efficiently organize the data team (Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Data Analysts).
• Agile approach, with the ability to experiment and test hypotheses in an unstable business environment.
• Business-oriented mindset, able to translate complex models into simple business language.
• Excellent presentation skills, capable of communicating complex ideas effectively.
• Curiosity and a commitment to continuous learning within the domain.
• Strong team player, able to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
   

You’re gonna love it, and here’s why:

• Rich innovative software stack, freedom to choose the best suitable technologies.
• Remote-first ideology: freedom to operate from the home office or any suitable coworking.
• Flexible working hours (we start from 8 to 11 am) and no time tracking systems on.
• Regular performance and compensation reviews.
• Recurrent 1-1s and measurable OKRs.
• In-depth onboarding with a clear success track.
• Competera covers 70% of your training/course fee.
• - 20 vacation days, 15 days off, and up to one week of paid Christmas holidays.
• - 20 business days of sick leave.
• - Partial medical insurance coverage.
• - We reimburse the cost of coworking.

Drive innovations with us. Be a Competerian.

In Competera, we are building a place where optimal pricing decisions can be made easily. We believe that AI technologies will soon drive all challenging decisions and are capable of helping humans be better.
We are now looking for a Support Engineer to improve the quality of our service.

This role is ideal for a junior-level candidate with basic exposure to system administration tasks.
The candidate should have foundational knowledge in Linux administration, monitoring tools (one of Grafana/Zabbix/Nagios/etc), and hosting panel management.
The candidate should be eager to learn more advanced concepts over time, including deeper Kubernetes and container orchestration knowledge.

You could be a perfect match for the position if

You want to:

• Be primarily responsible for basic system management, monitoring, and first-line technical support for server and infrastructure-related issues,
• Provide first-line technical support just to internal, handling basic troubleshooting of server and system-related issues,
• Logging, categorizing, and escalating issues as needed to more advanced support teams,
• Handling day-to-day support tasks and user requests, providing timely resolutions, and documenting solutions for future reference.

You have:

• Basic to intermediate proficiency in Linux/Unix systems,
• Familiarity with the command line for day-to-day system administration tasks, including user management, file permissions, and process management,
• Experience using Grafana (one of Grafana/Zabbix/Nagios/etc) for monitoring system performance and infrastructure,
• Understanding of setting up and managing dashboards to track metrics and log data.
• Some practical experience with one of cloud consoles (e.g., AWS, GoogleCloud, Azure) for basic server management tasks.
• Ability to configure domains, manage DNS records, and troubleshoot common hosting issues.
   

You’re gonna love it, and here’s why:

• Rich innovative software stack, freedom to choose the best suitable technologies,
• Remote-first ideology: freedom to operate from the home office or any suitable coworking,
• Flexible working hours and no time tracking systems on,
• Regular performance and compensation reviews,
• Recurrent 1-1s and measurable OKRs,
• In-depth onboarding with a clear success track,
• Competera covers 70% of your training/course fee,
• 20 vacation days, 15 days off, and up to one week of paid Christmas holidays,
• 20 business days of sick leave,
• Partial medical insurance coverage.

Drive innovations with us. Be a Competerian.