
Data Scientist 5, Content DSE
Netflix
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $372,000 - $600,000 per year
About the role
- Design and validate measurement frameworks that accurately capture content quality, engagement, and business value across diverse content types
- Autonomously identify measurement gaps and pursue research with significant business impact, making compelling cases for prioritization
- Apply causal inference, observational analysis, and statistical modeling to understand drivers of content value and member satisfaction
- Ensure metrics measure what they intend to, identifying potential biases, edge cases, and unintended consequences before they impact decisions
- Partner across Content, Product, Finance, and Engineering to align measurement approaches with business needs and technical constraints
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to stakeholders, influencing content and product strategy through clear measurement insights
- Contribute to team growth through documentation, mentorship, and knowledge sharing that uplevels skills and practices
- Build well-documented datasets, tools, and analytical frameworks that scale across the organization
- Present research clearly to technical and non-technical audiences at all levels
Requirements
- Advanced degree (PhD or Master's) in Statistics, Economics, Quantitative Social Sciences, Operations Research, Mathematics, or related field
- 5+ years applying statistical methods and causal inference to real-world product or business problems
- Deep measurement expertise—metric design, bias detection, trade-off analysis—with a track record of developing frameworks that informed strategic decisions, not just executing analyses using existing metrics
- Strong foundation in experimental design, regression analysis, and causal inference methods
- Proficiency in SQL and quantitative programming (Python or R)
- Ability to work independently: identifying impactful problems, scoping research, and driving projects from ambiguous starting points
- Comfort navigating problem spaces where the "right answer" requires judgment alongside calculation
- Excellent communication and influence across organizational levels, translating complex concepts for diverse audiences
- Intellectual curiosity and proactive mindset—asking "what should we be measuring?" not just "what are we measuring?"
Benefits
- Health Plans
- Mental Health support
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match
- Stock Option Program
- Disability Programs
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Family-forming benefits
- Life and Serious Injury Benefits
- Paid leave of absence programs
- Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off
- Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
statistical modelingcausal inferenceobservational analysisexperimental designregression analysismetric designbias detectiontrade-off analysisSQLquantitative programming
Soft Skills
independent workproblem identificationproject managementcommunicationinfluenceintellectual curiosityproactive mindsetmentorshipknowledge sharingstrategic thinking
Certifications
PhDMaster's