Snap Inc.

Senior Data Scientist

Snap Inc.

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Los AngelesCaliforniaNew YorkUnited States

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Salary

💰 $190,000 - $284,000 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Apply your expertise in quantitative analysis, data mining, and statistical modeling to deliver impactful, objective, and actionable data insights that enable informed business and product decisions
  • Drive informed and timely decision-making that improves and optimizes the way our products are created, executed, and adopted
  • Collaborate with product managers, engineers, product marketers, and designers
  • Think creatively, proactively, and futuristically to identify and size up new opportunities within Snap's long term roadmap for data-scientific contributions
  • Conduct machine learning or statistical analyses, and build pragmatic, scalable, and statistically rigorous solutions to deliver actionable insights, accurate predictions, and effective optimizations
  • Communicate best practices in quantitative analysis and develop cross-functional partnerships

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as statistics, mathematics, economics, computer science, engineering or related field or equivalent years of practical work experience
  • 5+ years of post-Bachelor’s quantitative analysis and data science experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 4+ years of post-grad quantitative analysis and data science experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 1+ years of post-grad quantitative analysis and data science experience
  • 5+ years of experience using SQL or similar big data querying languages
  • 5+ years of experience with programming language, such as Python or R
  • 5+ years of experience with applied statistical techniques, such as inferential methods, causal methods, A/B testing, or statistical modeling techniques
  • Advanced degree in applied mathematics, statistics, actuarial science, economics or related field
  • Experience in a product-focused role at a social media, online advertising, digital media and/or mobile technology company
  • Experience using machine learning and statistical analysis for building data-driven product solutions or performing methodological research.
Benefits
  • paid parental leave
  • comprehensive medical coverage
  • emotional and mental health support programs
  • compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success
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Hard Skills & Tools
quantitative analysisdata miningstatistical modelingmachine learningSQLPythonRA/B testinginferential methodscausal methods
Soft Skills
collaborationcreativityproactivitycommunication
Certifications
Bachelor's DegreeMaster's DegreePhD