# Senior Data Scientist

**Company:** [Instacart](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/instacart)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Data Science
**Salary:** $161k – $205k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** SQL, Python, R, Machine Learning, Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, A/B Testing, Experimentation, Dashboards, Computer Vision
**Posted:** 2026-02-13

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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.

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