Instacart

Senior People Data Scientist

Instacart

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: CaliforniaConnecticutUnited States

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Salary

💰 $161,000 - $204,500 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Build predictive models to forecast trends such as employee turnover, workforce engagement, and talent needs.
  • Develop prescriptive analytics solutions to inform HR strategies and optimize decision-making processes.
  • Analyze large datasets from various systems (e.g., Workday, Greenhouse) to uncover actionable insights.
  • Implement machine learning frameworks for solving HR-related challenges.
  • Harness insights from unstructured or qualitative data sources, such as performance reviews, annual engagement survey comments, or open-text survey responses.
  • Develop natural language processing (NLP) models to analyze text data and uncover trends, sentiment, or organizational themes.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define business problems, translate them into technical solutions, and communicate results effectively.
  • Integrate predictive outputs into Snowflake or visualization platforms like Tableau and Looker.
  • Partner with HR and data engineering teams to ensure seamless data pipeline management and integrity.
  • Maintain a strong focus on data accuracy, security, and compliance.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in data science roles, preferably in HR or People Analytics.
  • Ability to write complex, efficient, and eloquent SQL queries to extract data
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or R for machine learning and statistical analysis.
  • Experience building and deploying machine learning models (e.g., decision trees, regression, clustering).
  • Strong statistical and problem-solving skills, with an emphasis on feature engineering and modeling.
  • Familiarity with Snowflake or equivalent data warehousing platforms for model integration.
  • Excellent communication skills to convey technical findings to non-technical audiences
Benefits
  • Competitive compensation
  • Remote work flexibility
  • New hire equity grant
  • Annual refresh grants
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
predictive modelingprescriptive analyticsmachine learningnatural language processingSQLPythonRstatistical analysisfeature engineeringmodel deployment
Soft Skills
problem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationdata accuracy focusstakeholder engagement