Senior Product Data Scientist, Spotlight

Snap Inc. is a camera company. We believe that reinventing the camera represents our greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Our products empower people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.

The Product team uses creativity, insights, and operational excellence to steer our product vision across Snap Inc. This team of designers, scientists, and product managers work in a highly collaborative environment to build the products and experiences that bring our community together in new and special ways.

We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our Spotlight team at Snap Inc!

What you’ll do:

• Use your quantitative skill sets to present data in an organized way that goes beyond the numbers and articulates how Snapchat Users interact with our products

• Set product goals, design and evaluate experiments, monitor the health of our products and understand changes to our KPIs

• Partner with Product, Design and Engineering to influence and inform our roadmap, strategy and product launches

• Exploratory analysis that influence longer-term thinking including understanding how our products impact the broader ecosystem and user behavior trends

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with high attention to detail

• Strong statistical knowledge

• Ability to initiate and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance

• A team player who can collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers and other cross-functional teams

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in math, statistics, computer science, or other quantitative field or equivalent years of experience

• 5+ years of experience in quantitative analysis & data science or a related field

• Fluency in SQL or other big data querying language

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master or Ph.D degree in math, statistics, computer science, or other quantitative field

• 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

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and contact us at accommodations-ext@snap.com.

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid maternity & paternity leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!