Senior Data Scientist

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Overview

Instacart is offering several Senior Data Scientist positions within its four-sided marketplace. These positions provide an exciting opportunity to tackle diverse, challenging problems across several specialized teams, each contributing uniquely to the company's broader mission. Applicants will be exposed to various data science challenges throughout the hiring process and undergo a team-matching exercise to align them with the role that best fits their skills and interests.

Job Responsibilities

This role is integral to a growing data science team that significantly influences how consumers purchase groceries. As a key data-driven product team partner, you'll analyze and overcome obstacles to enhance product usability, thus driving substantial growth. Key responsibilities include:

• Develop and own analytical frameworks to guide product development.
• Design and interpret rigorous experiments to derive actionable insights.
• Create statistical models to analyze trends, assess results, and predict future product performance.
• Develop simulations to project the impact of product and policy interventions.
• Facilitate objective decision-making by democratizing data with dashboards and tools.
• Apply expertise in various analytical methods to inform Instacart's strategic direction.
• Effectively communicate findings to influence company leadership.

Candidate Profile

Minimum Qualifications:

• Over 6 years of experience in a quantitative role within a product company or research organization.
• Proficiency in conducting experiments and formulating scientifically sound recommendations.
• Skilled in writing complex and efficient SQL queries.
• Strong coding ability in Python or R.
• Passion for enhancing consumer software products.
• Ability to convert business needs into analytical frameworks.
• Eagerness to learn, adaptability, and a growth mindset crucial for building a successful team.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of business trade-offs within a multi-sided marketplace.
• Experience collaborating with and influencing senior cross-functional stakeholders.
• An advanced degree (MS/PhD) in Statistics, Economics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.

Open Role Descriptions

Commerce Platform

This team aims to boost affordability for Instacart users by enhancing retailer loyalty and discount programs. The focus is on pricing optimization across multiple levels to promote customer growth and improve platform performance, such as reducing latency in ordering.

Growth & Marketing Tech

The marketing data science team collaborates with the Growth and Marketing organizations to provide insights that drive strategic marketing tactics. Their work involves understanding growth marketing's wide-ranging effects and optimizing marketing technologies.

Marketplace Balancing & Coordination

Data scientists in this team tackle complex marketplace challenges like shopper pay, marketplace balancing, and experimentation. Collaboration with senior product managers and engineers is crucial to navigate multi-sided market dynamics.

New Bets

Focusing on Instacart's emerging initiatives, this team uses data-driven insights to identify new opportunities and evaluate success. Team members need a "startup-like" mindset to collaborate with self-directed teams on new business ventures.

Order Experience

The Order Experience team is dedicated to enriching consumer interactions through data insights. Responsibilities include optimizing cart and checkout surfaces and leading strategic initiatives such as Family Account features.

Retailer Storefronts

By building white label storefronts, this team advances retailer digital engagement strategies. Data scientists here leverage observational data to inform product and marketing strategies, supporting both Instacart's and retailers' growth.

Compensation

Instacart offers competitive compensation and benefits, with variations based on candidate experience and role requirements. For successful Canadian candidates, salary ranges between CAD 158,000 and 208,000.

This job offer was originally published on Jobicy