Job Opportunities at Rangespan

Rangespan is an ecommerce software company that makes it easy for retailers to offer deep product selection. We have a small, ambitious team based in Paddington, London.

Our values summarise the way we work.

To apply for any of these positions, please send an email to jobs@rangespan.com, with the job title in your subject line. Note, no agencies will be considered.

Rangespan is an equal opportunities employer. We strongly believe that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on the strength of your experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.

Software Developers (ongoing)

Rangespan is always on the lookout for world-class Software Developers to join our technology team. Ideal candidates are seeking a broad, varied, and hands-on role and bring the pragmatism and maturity necessary to manage their own day-to-day responsibilities.

The right candidates will be extremely talented, creative, and innovative. They will have a bias for action, be attracted to the excitement of building a new business, and embrace Rangespan’s values.

Specific qualifications include:

BS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent field
Demonstrated expertise and experience in design, development, and operational responsibility for large-scale RESTful web services
Proficiency in Python, Django and Amazon Web Services
Proficiency in both relational and non-relational databases (i.e. MySQL and MongoDB)
Experience working in an Agile development environment
Ability to attract additional world-class software developers

Data Scientists (ongoing)

Data science is the heart and soul of Rangespan’s product, and is essential to its success. Data Scientists at Rangespan are helping to build the world's largest catalog and most efficient order management system. Typical projects include application of machine learning techniques (categorisation & ranking), statistics (time series prediction), natural language processing (information extraction), information retrieval and more.

In this role, candidates will be working on incredibly complex mathematical problems, with a large amount of unpredictability. You will develop sophisticated algorithms using modern statistical and machine learning methods, and also build the production systems that deliver them on a massive scale in a cloud environment.

MS or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Machine Learning, Data Mining or related fields.
Demonstrated expertise and experience across machine learning, data-driven statistical modeling, forecasting and data mining algorithms, and statistical analysis.
Strong proficiency in both relational and non-relational databases (i.e. MySQL and MongoDB)
Highly fluent in Python and either C++ or Java
Ability to attract additional world-class data and computer scientists

Product Manager, Supplier Development

Rangespan is looking for a Product Manager for new categories to help launch and build its product footprint. This extremely broad role is critical to the success of Rangespan. This position is responsible for growing the top and bottom lines of the product category and for building vendor relationships, negotiating contracts and pricing, expanding the product range, developing the product catalogue, managing operational integration, and monitoring and reacting to industry and competitive trends. The role will work closely with the founders in establishing a world-class organization.

To ensure the candidate is successful, he or she must be able to:

Act as a true owner of the category
Think strategically and tactically
Integrate analysis and merchandising instinct into a cohesive category strategy
Recognize and recommend opportunities to improve the customer shopping experience
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple large scale projects at one time
Negotiation of contracts, cost prices and marketing support
Have demonstrated strong communication and negotiation skills
Developing sustainable relationships with vendors to understand product development roadmaps, market trends and other opportunities
Manage the supply base day to day, including maximizing availability, minimizing returns, improving service levels, etc.
Recruit and set up new vendors
Analyze range selection from vendors and in the broader market place to ensure all available products are represented on site
Manage new line process across vendors and the broader team
Understand market pricing and ensure offers are in line with key competition
Contribute to system development to support core buying processes, and participate in training and implementations
Attract world class talent to Rangespan
Embrace the scalability that technology enables

Basic qualifications:

Bachelor or MBA degree required
Ability to analyze large data sets to make strategic decisions
Strong negotiation experience
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Strong interpersonal skills with building peer and commercial relationships
Ability to travel as needed

Preferred qualifications:

Advanced training in quantitative analysis
Understanding of merchandising metrics including financials
Demonstrated success with a multi-channel or online retailer

Product Manager, Operations

Rangespan is looking for a Product Manager, Operations to lead its operations and customer experience capabilities. The role is responsible for developing, deploying and continually improving our operational processes across supplier fulfillment, customer support, transportation, and product returns.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Developing operational integration plans for suppliers and retailers
Stress testing integrations
Creating, implementing, and acting upon key performance indicators
Negotiating and managing third-party logistics relationships
Designing, maintaining, and improving internal processes in support of customer services
Identifying operational and transportation efficiencies to reduce system wide costs
Proposing technology development plans to automate and scale key tasks
Ensuring direct customer feedback is incorporated across the company to improve the customer experience
Recognize and recommend opportunities to improve the customer shopping experience

In addition, the role will work closely with the founders in establishing a world-class organization. This role is extremely broad and hands-on. It will have a direct and material impact on the success of Rangespan.

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor or MBA degree required
Demonstrated success in establishing and improving operational processes
Strong negotiation skills
Expertise in process improvement (i.e. operational excellence, six sigma, etc.)
Experience analyzing large data sets to make strategic decisions
Ability to travel as needed
Excellent written and oral communication skills