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InstacartInstacartUnited States

Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist owns analytical frameworks, designs experiments, builds statistical/ML models, and influences product decisions across Instacart's marketplace teams. Requires 5+ years quantitative experience, SQL/Python proficiency, and advanced degree preferred.

161k – 205k/yr
Remote5+ YOEData Science

About the role

About the Job

  • 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.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 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.
  • Ability to translate business needs into analytical frameworks.
  • Desire to build and improve consumer software products.
  • Eagerness to learn, flexibility to pivot, and growth mindset.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Awareness of business trade-offs in a multi-sided marketplace.
  • Confidence collaborating with and influencing cross-functional stakeholders.
  • MS/PhD in Statistics, Economics, Applied Mathematics, or related field.

Currently Open Roles

Fraud: Covers shopper/customer fraud, abuse, identity; partners with Operations, Product, ML.

Caper: Tackles computer vision, machine learning, data science for smart-cart accuracy.

Marketing: Builds attribution models, predictive algorithms for paid channels (Google Ads, Meta).

Payments: Optimizes payment platform costs, experience, partnerships.

Ecosystem: High-impact analytics for growth strategy with senior leadership.

Shopping Marketplace: ML in item ranking, uplift models, dashboards.

Skills

SQLPythonRMachine LearningStatistical ModelingCausal InferenceA/B TestingExperimentationDashboardsComputer Vision

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