Data Scientist

Best Buy • Richfield, MN

3d • $93,150 - $166,850 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Data Scientist at Best Buy, you will apply scientifically rigorous statistical and machine learning methods to complex enterprise data to answer challenging business questions and provide insights that drive real-world value. You will contribute analytic thought leadership to strategic efforts, helping the company make data-grounded decisions, improve core capabilities, and develop customer experiences. The work focuses primarily on Marketing and Customer but can span all areas of the business.

This is a hybrid role requiring on-site work Monday through Thursday at Best Buy’s corporate office in Richfield, Minnesota, with the option to work virtually from home or another non-Best Buy location on Friday. The position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship, and relocation assistance is not available.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a highly quantitative field, such as Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or Operations Research.
• At least 2 years of experience in data science, data analysis, data mining, or a similar business function.
• At least 2 years of experience with data science or analytics programming languages, such as Python or R.
• At least 2 years of experience implementing impactful machine learning models.
• At least 2 years of experience writing SQL queries and working with relational databases.
• Experience presenting complex technical information to a wide variety of audiences.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in a highly quantitative field, such as Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or Operations Research.
• Experience with causal inference.
• Experience with retail market data or market share data.
• Experience working with LLMs in a production setting, including prompt engineering or agentic AI.
• Experience building production-ready machine learning models.
• Familiarity with cloud computing platforms such as GCP or AWS.
• Familiarity with Git.

Responsibilities

• Apply scientific methods to solve real-world business problems using data.
• Use statistical and machine learning methods to analyze complex data and deliver data-driven solutions, primarily for Marketing and Customer.
• Apply knowledge of statistics, analytics, and machine learning to contribute to and enhance Best Buy’s data science capabilities.
• Mine structured and unstructured data to identify actionable insights and recommend how data can help solve business problems.
• Communicate with business partners to explain complex models and solutions to different audiences.
• Collaborate with stakeholder teams to implement and deploy scalable solutions.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Generous employee discount.
• Physical and mental well-being support.
• Leaves of absence and potential pay sources, subject to eligibility and applicable circumstances.
• Paid time off for eligible full-time and part-time employees, with details depending on location, employment status, salary or hourly status, and service.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level