Senior Data Scientist

Roku•San Jose, CA

20d•Hybrid

About The Position

Roku is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join the Core Analytics team and support the user setup and onboarding product area. In this role, you will leverage data analytics to improve onboarding experiences, identify trends and risks, and guide strategic product and business decisions through pattern analysis. You will partner with product management and engineering teams to identify new features, drive adoption, and develop solutions that track, monitor, and improve the onboarding ecosystem via dashboards, data pipelines, and statistical models. This position offers the opportunity to solve complex analytical problems that directly impact millions of users across the Roku platform. The ideal candidate brings a strong analytical foundation combined with a passion for translating data into clear, actionable insights that shape the user experience at scale.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Business Analytics, Data Science, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, or Computer Science
5+ years of professional experience in data science, analytics, or a related field
5+ years of experience supporting user onboarding, consumer products, digital media, or entertainment domains
Proficiency in SQL, R, Python, or other programming languages for querying and analysis
Hands-on experience with visualization tools such as Tableau or Looker
Experience with A/B testing, statistical modeling, or forecasting
Experience using AI and Large Language Models to enhance productivity and analytical workflows
Demonstrated ability to thrive in a dynamic environment and take initiative in resolving issues

Nice To Haves

built fluency across the agentic engineering toolchain — coding harnesses like Claude Code or Cursor, MCP servers, custom skills, or agent frameworks
describe projects where you shipped real work with these tools
know how to drive an agent, verify its output, and ramp on an unfamiliar codebase with an agent helping you

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and data visualizations for operational and systems health metrics
Analyze structured and unstructured data to communicate insights that help stakeholders solve problems and identify trends
Develop data pipelines to power automation, validation, and reporting
Align data science initiatives with organizational goals and collaborate with Program Management and Engineering for feedback
Design and execute A/B tests to evaluate product changes and measure impact
Create analytical tools such as real-time alerts and models to understand onboarding platform success
Perform exploratory data analysis on emerging trends across the Roku platform
Provide data-driven recommendations directly to leadership regarding initiative performance and untapped opportunities