How does GetYourGuide use data? What is a full-stack data scientist? Given the multifaceted capabilities of our data product team, there’s always a lot to learn. Thanks to Mathieu Bastian, director of engineering, and Marco Mahrer, senior tech recruiter, we deep dive into our diverse data team’s inner workings in this episode of GetYourGuide’s Talented podcast. Find out what makes them an exciting prospect for candidates to join and the steps it takes to get there.

Data science positions are quickly becoming the hottest tickets in town these days, and there are plenty of good reasons why. In this episode of Talented, our guests explain GetYourGuide’s cross-functional approach to building data product teams and the broader role data science plays at the company. We also reveal some of the professional attributes required to join this diverse and driven team, which sits at the intersection of statistics, machine learning, and software engineering.

Mathieu leads the Data Products team. It’s their mission to drive customer and business impact with data products using statistics, machine learning, and data science techniques. He explains how data products differ from analytics and what GetYourGuide’s full-stack philosophy involves.

Given each role’s cross-functionality, Marco aligns closely with Mathieu to ensure a well-balanced constellation of the teams. From the perspective of our senior tech recruiter, discover the attributes every good data candidate should have, as well as the three steps you’ll take before being hired. 

Find out about collaborative working cultures and why there’s always potential for creating new data products. We also discuss some exciting visions of the future, including a machine learning platform the team is working on. 

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Hosts: Jane Leung, employer branding copywriter; Mark Serunjogi, former employee branding specialist at GetYourGuide 

Guests: Mathieu Bastian, director of engineering, and Marco Mahrer, senior tech recruiter

You might also be interested in Matheiu’s article, 15 data science principles we live by.

If you’re interested in joining our data team, check out our Career page.