Staff Data Scientist, Core Data & Analytics

Ibotta•Denver, CO

2d•$152,000 - $175,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Ibotta is seeking a Staff Data Scientist, Core Data & Analytics to join our innovative team and contribute to our mission to Make Every Purchase Rewarding. Our growing Core Data & Analytics Data Science Team provides high-quality, on-time data science-related products and services across all business areas and teams within Ibotta. We do this by providing thought leadership, subject matter expertise, evangelism and governance of business-critical data science initiatives. This role will be primarily focused on building data assets and analytics solutions for the revenue organization. As a Staff Data Scientist, you’ll have the unique, challenging, and rewarding opportunity to be responsible for using the latest developments in statistics and machine learning. Using these skills, you will identify and build strategic opportunities to grow the business, support initiatives, and drive value. In addition, you will be expected to build accurate and reliable Machine Learning models for use throughout the organization. You’ll be able to create and own greenfield opportunities to make big positive impacts on the revenue organization. You’ll have the chance to own the data science technology of one or more critical initiatives core business domains, from collaborating with stakeholders, through the full model development lifecycle. This position is located in Denver, Colorado as a hybrid position requiring 3 days in office (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday). Candidates must live in the United States.

Requirements

7+ years of experience making significant positive impacts in a professional data science or machine learning role
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Analytics or a related field required
A history of and passion for driving important decisions using data and data storytelling
A love of learning and continuous development, including staying at the forefront of the latest advances in data science and machine learning.
Expert-level knowledge, skills, and abilities in creating, developing, and applying a variety of new or existing machine learning and statistical algorithms
Expert-level Python knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Nice To Haves

Broad-scale community contributions to the fields of data science and machine learning in the way of conference presentations, professional publications, and/or recognized internet presence are a strong plus
Spark/PySpark and MLOps experience is a strong plus
Excellent statistical analysis skills, with a solid understanding of experimental design

Responsibilities

Provide subject matter expertise and ownership of one or more foundational models involving measurement, forecasting, or optimization of our content
Establish and lead best practices, setting the example for the team
Initiate and drive collaboration with stakeholders, architects, and data engineers to discover, define, cleanse, and refine the data needed for analysis and modeling
Analyze large and novel datasets to extract actionable insights to inform model development and understand consumer behavior
Provide customized views of large and complex datasets to support data analysis and business decision-making
Inform experimental design to formulate solutions addressing major business challenges and innovation opportunities
Build models using a variety of statistical and machine learning techniques, from selecting the best type of model for the problem to using advanced techniques to measure and optimize model performance
Harden data pipelines and models for production deployment and monitoring of performance over time as required
Become an expert of the Ibotta Data Ecosystem and how various teams leverage Ibotta’s suite of data to answer domain specific business questions through advanced analytic techniques
Provide mentoring and education to this team and other teams across the company
Embrace and uphold Ibotta’s Core Values of Integrity, Boldness, Ownership, Teamwork, Transparency, & A good idea can come from anywhere