Twitch

Data Scientist

Twitch$153K — $207K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years as a data scientist, applied scientist, economist, or related field; OR PhD in a quantitative field
  • Proficient in SQL and either Python or R
  • Strong foundation in experimentation and causal inference
  • Excellent communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
  • Experience in building dashboards and reporting tools

Responsibilities

  • Apply causal inference methods for non-experimental scenarios
  • Develop pricing, segmentation, and revenue optimization models
  • Design, execute, and analyze A/B experiments
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, and finance to create measurement frameworks
  • Build and maintain analytical dashboards for decision-making

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Maternity & Parental Leave
  • Flexible PTO
  • Amazon Employee Discount
Full Job Description
About the Role

Join the Monetization team at Twitch, where we build the products that help creators make a living on the platform. You'll work on products like Subscriptions, Bits, and Gifting, and the pricing and packaging decisions behind them.

You'll partner closely with product, engineering, finance, and data teams to measure the impact of new features, design and analyze experiments, and apply causal inference methods to inform decisions where A/B testing isn't possible. The work ranges from high-velocity experimentation on consumer-facing products to deeper pricing, policy, and segmentation analyses where causal identification is the central challenge.

This role is well-suited for someone with a strong economics or causal ML foundation who wants to apply rigorous statistical thinking to real product decisions at scale. You'll need to be comfortable writing SQL, working with imperfect data, and partnering with stakeholders to turn analysis into product impact. Our team is based at Twitch HQ in San Francisco, CA.

You can work in San Francisco, CA; New York, NY; or Seattle, WA
You Will:
  • Apply causal inference methods where experimentation isn't feasible
  • Develop models and analyses that inform pricing, segmentation, and revenue optimization
  • Design, run, and analyze A/B experiments
  • Partner with product, engineering, and finance to translate ambiguous business questions into measurement frameworks
  • Build and maintain dashboards, reporting, and analytical tooling that support ongoing decision-making
You Have:
  • 3+ years of experience as a data scientist, applied scientist, economist, or related field; OR a PhD in Economics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related quantitative field
  • Proficiency in SQL
  • Proficiency with Python or R
  • Strong foundation in experimentation and causal inference, including A/B test design and quasi-experimental methods
  • Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Comfort building dashboards and recurring reporting
Bonus Points
  • Master's or PhD in Economics, Statistics, or a related quantitative field
  • Industry experience working on consumer products with high transaction volume (subscriptions, marketplaces, payments)
  • Hands-on experience with Airflow, SageMaker, or deploying ML models in production
  • Familiarity with modern causal ML methods (double ML, causal forests, heterogeneous treatment effects)
Perks
  • Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Maternity & Parental Leave
  • Flexible PTO
  • Amazon Employee Discount

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Job ID: TW9226

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

US, WA, Seattle - Annually

$136,000-$184,000 USD

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

US, CA, San Francisco - Annually

$157,300-$212,800 USD

US, NY, New York - Annually

$153,400-$207,500 USD

About Twitch

Twitch is an American video live streaming service that focuses on video game live streaming, including broadcasts of esports competitions, in addition to offering music broadcasts, creative content, and "in real life" streams. It is operated by Twitch Interactive, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. It was introduced in June 2011 as a spin-off of the general-interest streaming platform Justin.tv. Content on the site can be viewed either live or via video on demand. The popularity of Twitch eclipsed that of its general-interest counterpart. In October 2013, the website had 45 million unique viewers, and by February 2014, it was considered the fourth-largest source of peak Internet traffic in the United States. At the same time, Justin.tv's parent company was re-branded as Twitch Interactive to represent the shift in focus – Justin.tv was shut down in August 2014. That month, the service was acquired by Amazon for US$970 million, which later led to the introduction of synergies with the company's subscription service Amazon Prime. Twitch acquired Curse in 2016, an operator of online video gaming communities and introduced means to purchase games through links on streams along with a program allowing streamers to receive commissions on the sales of games that they play.
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