Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Instacart is transforming the grocery industry by providing essential services and innovative solutions to meet the needs of their community. They are seeking multiple Senior Data Scientists to own analytical frameworks, design experiments, develop statistical models, and influence product strategy across various teams. This role offers the opportunity to work on complex problems and shape the future of Instacart's data-driven decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Own analytical frameworks that guide the product roadmap
- Design rigorous experiments and interpret results to draw detailed and actionable conclusions
- Develop statistical models to extract trends, measure results, and predict future performance of our products
- Build simulations to project the impact of various product and policy interventions
- Enable objective decision-making across the company by democratizing data through dashboards and other analytical tools
- Use expertise in causal inference, machine learning, complex systems modeling, behavioral decision theory, etc., to shape the future of Instacart
- Present findings in a compelling way to influence Instacart’s leadership
Skills
- 5+ years of experience working in a quantitative role at a product company or a research organization
- Ability to run rigorous experiments and generate scientifically sound recommendations
- Ability to write complex, efficient, and eloquent SQL queries to extract data
- Ability to write efficient and eloquent code in Python or R
- A desire to build and improve consumer software products
- Ability to translate business needs into analytical frameworks
- Eagerness to learn, flexibility to pivot when needed, savviness to navigate a dynamic environment, and a growth mindset to build a successful team and company
- Awareness of business trade-offs when working on a multi-sided marketplace
- Confidence in collaborating with and influencing cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., Product, Engineering) at a senior level
- MS/PhD in Statistics, Economics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field
Benefits
- Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work.
- This role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.
- Instacart is a Flex First team
- Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events.
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