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Primary Job Responsibilities:

The Quantitative Analyst, Global Rules will ensure the quality of computational rules used to monitor and control activity on eBay�s website. Trust & Safety computational rules have a large impact on eBay�s site safety, operational cost, and overall marketplace efficiency, and therefore this role offers a unique opportunity to positively impact eBay. This is a relatively new role with significant opportunities to define and improve the processes and tools needed for success.

Summary of responsibilities:
1. Detect and investigate software bugs, rule errors, and operational issues that could negatively impact site safety or marketplace efficiency
2. Generate reports using SAS that help detect deviations in normal rule behavior
3. Based on a deep understanding of the rules, review reports and perform ad-hoc analysis in SAS to determine whether rules are performing optimally
4. Drive issues to a resolution working cross-functionally with rule authors, engineering and operations teams
5. Manage change control process with rule authors
6. Run processes of reviewing, testing, deploying, and monitoring rule changes working closely with Operations, QA, and engineering teams
7. Identify new tools and software needed to better ensure rule quality. Work with engineering teams to specify and implement these tools

Job Requirements:

Bachelor�s degree (masters a plus) in Mathematics/Statistics, Engineering, or Economics/Finance and 3+ years experience in quantitative analysis.
2+ years of SAS experience in reporting and statistical analysis, plus solid statistical skills for detecting trends and irregularities in a noisy data environment. Additional programming experience a plus.
Candidate must show the ability to work cross-functionally to investigate and drive issues to resolution, and to define and implement new processes and tools.
Additionally, the candidate must demonstrate high energy/creativity, a passion for analyzing highly complex data sets, strong communication and project management skills, strong debugging skills, an entrepreneurial spirit, and superb attention to detail.

Contact:

Meredith Russell, mrussell@ebay.com