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Lead Data Scientist (Inference)

Strava

Partner networkOnsiteFull Time

$240k to $260k per year

Posted 6 days ago

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About this role

  • Design measurement strategies for Strava’s most complex initiatives, applying experimental and quasi-experimental methods (geo testing, difference-in-differences, IV, synthetic control, etc..) to quantify business outcomes
  • Expand Strava’s understanding of the relationship between user experiences and business performance and evolve org-wide metric strategies, connecting product development and marketing efforts to high quality results
  • Lead deep root-cause investigations into business and product performance, developing novel approaches for problems that don’t have an established playbook
  • Serve as a domain expert in inference for the data team horizontally, reviewing measurement designs and raising the bar for causal evidence quality across DS, Analytics, and cross-functional partners

Benefits

  • 100% company paid benefits for employees and families
  • Flexible paid time off
  • $2,000 annual professional development stipend
  • Paid time off for volunteering
  • 401(k) plan - with company matching
  • $1000 annual gear stipend
  • $500 annual gym or coaching reimbursement
  • On-site fitness rooms with showers, lockers, and towel service
  • Weekly team workouts – including remote employees
  • Safe and secure bike storage on-site
  • Weekly all hands meetings
  • Employee resource groups
  • Anti-racism nonprofit company matching program
  • Free lunch on Wednesdays on-site
  • Regular team happy hours
  • Team offsites and company retreats
  • Cell phone reimbursement
  • Generous industry discounts on gear and activities
  • Race entries to events we sponsor
  • Snacks and stocked kitchens on-site
  • Strava gear
  • Stock options- Strong SQL proficiency and comfort writing Python for statistical data processing
  • Depth in causal inference methods and their real-world failure modes, with the judgment to know when each approach is credible and when it isn’t
  • Ability to communicate quantitative findings as a clear narrative to technical and non-technical partners in product, finance, and senior leadership
  • 5+ years of experience in data science or a related quantitative domain with experience owning measurement strategies and employing both experimental and quasi-experimental methods
  • Python proficiency, with comfort writing production-quality code for statistical analysis and experiment tooling

Required skills

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