Senior Data Scientist

Overview
This is a general posting for multiple Senior Data Science roles open across our 4-sided marketplace. You’ll get the chance to learn about the different problems the Data Science team solves as you go through the process. Towards the end of your process, we’ll do a team-matching exercise to determine which of the open roles/teams you’ll join. You can find a blurb on each team at the bottom of this page.

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.

About You
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.
• A desire to build and improve consumer software products.
• Ability to translate business needs into analytical frameworks.
• Eagerness to learn, flexibility to pivot when needed, savviness to navigate a dynamic environment, and a growth mindset to build a successful team and company.

Preferred Qualifications

• Awareness of business trade-offs when working on a multi-sided marketplace.
• Confidence in collaborating with and influencing cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., Product, Engineering) at a senior level.
• MS/PhD in Statistics, Economics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.

Open Roles

Caper Team:
Join Caper, where we’re revolutionizing in-store grocery shopping in the AI era. This is your chance to contribute to a transformative initiative, shaping the future of retail alongside executives at the cutting edge of technology. In this role, you’ll measure the impact of the Caper cart’s design and functionality, directly influencing product strategy and driving innovation in the next generation of shopping solutions.

Foundations Team:
Join the Foundations Data Science team in an infrastructure-focused role, where you’ll drive innovation and provide expert support for company-wide experimentation at Instacart. In addition to being the go-to resource for experimentation success, you’ll play a pivotal role in optimizing data modeling and improving pipelines owned by Data Science. In this role, you’ll enhance existing solutions, develop new ones, and advocate for their adoption. Your strong cross-functional collaboration skills and persuasive communication will ensure alignment and impactful results across teams.

Ads Formats:
Join Instacart’s Ads Data Science team, where your expertise will drive innovation across auctions, ranking, and ad formats. Use advanced analytics, build models, design experiments, and create tools to uncover opportunities, measure success, and guide the product roadmap. We’re looking for candidates with Ad Tech experience to shape impactful features, collaborating with Product, Engineering, and Design to connect advertisers with customers. Leverage expertise in machine learning and causal inference to influence leadership and scale the ads business.

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