Product Data Scientist 1138 views

Snapchat is the camera used by millions of people every day to Snap with family, watch Stories from friends, see events from around the world, and explore expertly curated content from top publishers. In short, they are a passionate team working hard to build the best platform in the world for communication and storytelling.

They’re looking for a Data Scientist to join Team Snapchat! Working closely alongside the engineering, product design, and product management teams, you will enjoy creating inventive, data-based approaches to solving difficult business problems. Working from their New York, NY office, you’ll work to transform business questions into data analysis.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with Product and Engineering and apply your expertise in quantitative analysis to create and scale insights
• Create testable hypotheses, then test them
• Effectively report your insights via visualization and dashboards that you create
• Help business and engineering partners make decisions based on data

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in math, statistics, computer science, or other quantitative field
• 3+ years of experience in quantitative analysis & data science or a related field
• Fluency in SQL or other big data querying language

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong statistical knowledge
• Master’s degree in math, statistics, computer science, or other quantitative field
• Experience in a product-focused role at a social media and/or mobile technology company
• Experience with analytical packages such as SciPy or R
• Experience with data pipeline workflow monitoring and scheduling platforms (e.g., Airflow)
• Experience with a programming language, such as Python
• Ability to initiate and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance
• Ability to communicate the results of analyses in a clear and effective manner to a senior audience
• Machine learning skills