Instacart

Senior Data Scientist II - Core Delivery

Instacart$192K — $202K *
US-Anywhere
+ 2 other locationsRemote
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in data science or machine learning at a product company.
  • Proven ability to conduct rigorous experiments and provide evidence-based recommendations.
  • Strong SQL skills for effective data extraction from relational databases.
  • Proficient in Python or R for data manipulation and statistical analysis using libraries like pandas or scikit-learn.
  • Ability to create analytical frameworks that directly address business needs.

Responsibilities

  • Own and develop analytical frameworks that steer the product roadmap.
  • Design and conduct rigorous experiments, interpreting results for actionable insights.
  • Develop statistical models to identify trends and forecast product performance.
  • Build simulations to assess the impact of different product or policy changes.
  • Democratize data access through dashboards and analytical tools for company-wide decision-making.
  • Leverage expertise in various analytical techniques to innovate Instacart's delivery experience.
  • Present compelling findings to influence leadership decisions and strategies.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
  • Flexible remote work options via the Flex First policy.
  • Equity grants for new hires and annual refresh grants.
Full Job Description
Overview

The Core Delivery team at Instacart is dedicated to ensuring customers receive their complete orders seamlessly, spanning the full flow from capturing customer information to coordinating the shopper experience. As a Senior Data Scientist II, you'll identify strategic opportunities to enhance the delivery experience, design and execute rigorous experiments to evaluate new product features, and leverage geospatial data and advanced analytical techniques to optimize delivery experience. You'll also proactively identify high-risk delivery scenarios and develop solutions to the underlying systemic issues that drive them.

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 products.
  • Build simulations to project the 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

Minimum Qualifications
  • 7+ years of experience working in a data science or ML role at a product company.
  • Ability to run rigorous experiments and generate scientifically sound recommendations.
  • Strong SQL skills for data extraction and transformation from relational databases.
  • Proficiency in Python or R for data manipulation and statistical analysis, including libraries such as pandas, scikit-learn, or equivalent.
  • Ability to translate business needs into analytical frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with geospatial analysis techniques.
  • MS/PhD in Statistics, Economics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.


#LI-remote

Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here. Currently, we are only hiring in the following provinces: Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.

Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here.

For Canadian based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.

CAN

$192,000-$202,500 CAD

About Instacart

Instacart is an American company that operates a grocery delivery and pick-up service in the United States and Canada. The company offers its services via a website and mobile app. The service allows customers to order groceries from participating retailers with the shopping being done by a personal shopper. Instacart was founded in 2012 by entrepreneur Apoorva Mehta, a former Amazon.com employee. Apoorva was born in India and moved with his family to Canada in 2000. He studied engineering at the University of Waterloo and graduated in 2008. He was a participant in Y Combinator's Summer 2012 batch, which eventually led to the creation of Instacart. In 2013, Mehta was included on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Apoorva previously worked at BlackBerry, Qualcomm, and then Amazon as a supply chain engineer, where he developed fulfillment systems to move packages from Amazon's warehouses to customers' homes. Before founding Instacart, Apoorva had tried to start at least 20 other services. He tried building an ad network for social gaming companies, and developing a social network specifically for lawyers, among other start-ups. Instacart originally launched in San Francisco. By April 2015, the firm had about 200 employees. It introduced a new policy around June allowing some shoppers to choose to be part-time employees, starting with Chicago and Boston and extending its offer to shoppers in Atlanta, Miami, and Washington D.C. the following month.
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