Product Data Scientist

Job Description

We’re looking for a Data Scientist to join Team Snapchat! Working closely alongside engineering, product design, product management and growth team, you will enjoy creating inventive, data-based approaches to solving difficult business and product problems. Working from our Los Angeles, CA headquarters, you’ll work to generate business and product insights and help Snap to ship the best product in the world.

What you’ll do:

• Collaborate with Product Management, Growth Program, Product Design, and Engineering and apply your expertise in quantitative analysis to create and scale insights
• Create and test hypotheses
• Create visuals and dashboards to effectively report your insights
• Communicate your findings and help making date-informed decisions

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in math, statistics, computer science, or other quantitative field
• 2+ years of experience in quantitative analysis & data science or a related field
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master or Ph.D degree in math, statistics, computer science, or other quantitative field
• Strong statistical knowledge
• Fluency in SQL or other big data querying language
• Experience with causal inference techniques, experimental design and/or A/B testing
• Experience with analytical packages such as SciPy or R
• Experience with a programming language, such as Python
• Experience in a product-focused role at a social media and/or mobile technology company
• A team player who can collaborate with engineers, product managers, and other cross-functional teams
• An understanding of Snapchat with great product sense and product understanding
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including verbal and written communication
• High attention to detail
• 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