Sr Research Data Scientist

Roku • San Jose, CA

98d • $132,000 - $254,000

About The Position

Roku is looking for a Sr. Data scientist to join the Core Analytics team to support our experimentation platform. This individual will be responsible for helping to scale Roku’s experimentation capabilities, exploring and implementing scalable and robust statistical methods that can apply to a broad range of experimentation problems. The successful candidate will help build tooling for engineers, product managers, and marketers to self-serve their own experiments and establish experimentation best practices across Roku. This individual will work closely with product management and data engineering and software engineer to identify opportunities to create new features, drive their adoption. This individual will investigate and develop solutions to track, monitor and improve our Experimentation ecosystem. The successful candidate is quantitatively driven, well versed in experimentation and advanced statistical methods, detail-focused, and possesses an elevated level of problem-solving expertise.

Requirements

• 5+ years of work experience with a bachelor's degree or master's degree in quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Business Analytics, Data Science, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, or other quantitative field)
• Strong statistical acumen
• Hands on experience on experimental design, A/B testing, causal inference and statistical modeling/forecasting
• Expertise in SQL, SAS, R, Python or other programming languages to query data and perform analysis
• Hands on experience with visualization tools like Tableau or Looker
• Have a bias towards action in resolving issues and operate in a high-energy, fast-paced environment
• The ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical business partners alike, and who are interested in building strong cross-functional relationships
• A desire to question the status quo and promote innovative solutions to challenging problems

Responsibilities

• Help shape the roadmap to drive experimentation at Roku
• Define the standard for statistical analysis across varying types of experiments and units of analysis ensuring robust results with minimal bias
• Lead the design, implementation, and analysis of sophisticated A/B tests and experiments, leveraging innovative techniques like bayesian inference and causal methods to optimize complex strategies
• Develop necessary data pipelines to power automation, validation and reporting
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align data science initiatives with organizational goals and strategy
• Collaborate with the Program Management and Engineering team to proactively seek and incorporate feedback

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Equity awards
• Life insurance
• Disability benefits
• Parental leave
• Wellness benefits
• Paid time off

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree