Senior Data Scientist

Roku • Austin, TX

2h • Hybrid

About The Position

Roku is looking for a Sr. Data scientist to join the Core Analytics team supporting the Operations team. As a Sr. Data Scientist, you will bring strong technical experience retrieving, manipulating, analyzing, and visualizing data. Just as importantly, you will bring excellent communication skills, proven collaboration track record, and business acumen.

The ideal candidate will have endless curiosity and can pair a global mindset with locally relevant execution. You should be a gritty problem solver and self-starter who can help drive initiatives with internal stakeholders. The successful candidate will display a balance of hard and soft skills, including the ability to respond quickly to changing business needs.

This role is hybrid and located in Austin, TX. Employees are expected to report to the office Monday - Thursday.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant experience in data analytics, data science or business intelligence role. Previous experience in Logistics, operations, product analytics is preferred.
• Excellent command of SQL and experience working with Big Data
• Experience coding in Python or R.
• Hands-on experience with data visualization platform like Tableau, Looker, or similar
• Statistics knowledge: A/B testing, statistical inference, interpretation of data
• Have a bias towards action in resolving issues and operate in a high-energy, fast-paced environment
• Self-driven, highly motivated, and independent minded individual who has a natural curiosity for understanding operations via data.
• Strong communication skills. Composes and communicates materials and information that is clear, concise, and appropriate to the intended audience.
• Excellent investigative skills with a passion for finding the root cause of an issue.
• The ability to work independently and across multiple time zones
• Ownership mindset, you own end to end lifecycle of a product starting from ideation, rollout to post-launch performance tracking
• Academic background in math, physics, computer science, economics

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and data visualizations to monitor key metrics for operational and systems health
• Analyze structured and unstructured data and communicate insights to help stakeholders solve business problems, identify trends and make data-driven decisions.
• Develop data visualizations that illustrate complex platform phenomena using Looker, Tableau etc.
• Develop necessary data pipelines to power automation, validation and reporting.
• Use creativity to find proxies where verbatim data or measurement is unavailable
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align data science initiatives with organizational goals and strategy design and execute AB tests
• Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in data science to drive innovation

Benefits

• Roku is committed to offering a diverse range of benefits as part of our compensation package to support our employees and their families.
• Our comprehensive benefits include global access to mental health and financial wellness support and resources.
• Local benefits include statutory and voluntary benefits which may include healthcare (medical, dental, and vision), life, accident, disability, commuter, and retirement options (401(k)/pension).
• Our employees can take time off work for vacation and other personal reasons to balance their evolving work and life needs.
• It's important to note that not every benefit is available in all locations or for every role. For details specific to your location, please consult with your recruiter.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed