Senior Data Scientist at Instacart

Senior Data Scientist

Instacart, Toronto, Ontario Canada

Groceries and home essentials delivered from local stores in 1 hour

OVERVIEW

You will be joining a growing data science team and will tackle some of the most challenging and impactful problems that are transforming how people buy groceries every day. You will be embedded within our data-driven product team as a trusted partner in uncovering barriers in the product’s usability and utilize these insights to inform product improvements that drive angle-changing growth. We’re looking for a self-driven, strategic thinker who can hit the ground running to ultimately influence decision-making across the entire organization.

ABOUT THE JOB

Own analytical frameworks that guide the product roadmap
Design rigorous experiments and interpret results to draw detailed and actionable conclusions
Develop statistical models to extract trends, measure results, and predict future performance of our product
Build simulations to project impact of various product and policy interventions
Enable objective decision making across the company by democratizing data through dashboards and other analytical tools
Use expertise in causal inference, machine learning, complex systems modeling, behavioral decision theory etc. to shape the future of Instacart
Present findings in a compelling way to influence Instacart’s leadership

ABOUT YOU

5+ years experience working in a quantitative role at a product company or a research organization
Ability to run rigorous experiments and come up with scientifically sound recommendations
Ability to write complex, efficient, and eloquent SQL queries to extract data
Ability to write efficient and eloquent code in Python or R
A desire to build and improve consumer software products
Ability to translate business needs into analytical frameworks
Eagerness to learn, flexibility to pivot when needed, savviness to navigate and thrive in a dynamic environment, and a growth mindset needed to build a successful team and company

About Instacart

You can choose from a variety of local stores including Whole Foods, Safeway, Costco, Mariano's and many more, as well as being able to mix items from multiple stores into one order. Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customers that is nothing short of magical.