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AvrideAvrideAustin, TX

Lead Data Scientist, Autonomous Driving

Lead analytics and experimentation for autonomous driving evaluation. Hands-on with statistical analysis, metrics definition, and pipeline automation while mentoring analysts and shaping team direction.

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On-site4+ YOEData Science

About the role

What You’ll Do

  • Understand the technology deeply. Go deep into autonomous driving technology across behavior and hardware. Evaluate platform health and system behavior, and define the right metrics and metric hierarchy to quantify technology quality.
  • Help build and lead the team. Contribute to team formation, take part in hiring and leveling up analysts, and set direction for an evaluation focus area while collaborating with technology leaders and with teams that build data infrastructure and analytics tools.
  • Be hands-on with experiments. Design, run, and interpret experiments using solid statistical methods. Be ready to analyze results yourself and translate them into well-supported decisions.
  • Build and automate analysis. Collaborate with data engineers and backend developers to assemble datasets and productionize analysis pipelines that automate recurring computations with attention to performance and reliability.

What You’ll Need

  • 4+ years in analytics for a large-scale or complex technology product.
  • Strong background in statistical reasoning and methods for evaluating change and uncertainty.
  • Strong Python and SQL; you can independently run experiments and ship analyses and pipelines end to end.
  • Proven technical leadership, mentoring, and hiring experience in analytics.

Nice to Have

  • Formal training in statistics (for example, MS or PhD in Statistics, Applied Statistics, Biostatistics, Econometrics, or a quantitative field with rigorous statistical coursework).
  • Familiarity with the modern data stack and experience in data engineering.
  • Background in autonomy or other technologically intensive domains.

Skills

PythonSQLStatistical AnalysisExperiment DesignData EngineeringAnalytics PipelinesMetrics DefinitionStatistical Reasoning

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