Senior Data Scientist II - Core Delivery

SpaceX

Remote

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $218,000–$230,000 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago

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This role $224k

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SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.

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TL;DR · Senior Data Scientist II - Core Delivery

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As a Senior Data Scientist II on Instacart’s Core Delivery team, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing the delivery experience by identifying strategic opportunities and designing rigorous experiments to evaluate new product features. Your day-to-day responsibilities include developing statistical models to extract trends and predict future performance, building simulations for policy interventions, and enabling data-driven decision-making through dashboards and analytical tools. You’ll leverage expertise in causal inference, machine learning, and geospatial analysis to optimize delivery processes and address systemic issues impacting high-risk scenarios. The role requires strong SQL skills, proficiency in Python or R with libraries like pandas and scikit-learn, and the ability to translate business needs into actionable frameworks.

Skills

Python R pandas scikit-learn SQL AWS Kubernetes Docker CI/CD Prometheus Grafana Git Jupyter Notebook Tableau PowerBI

What you'll do

Own analytical frameworks to guide the product roadmap for delivery optimization.
Design and execute experiments to evaluate new product features rigorously.
Develop statistical models to predict future performance of Instacart products.
Build simulations to project impacts of policy interventions on delivery experience.
Identify high-risk delivery scenarios and develop solutions to systemic issues.
Enable data-driven decision-making by creating accessible analytical tools and dashboards.

What we're looking for

7+ years of experience in data science or machine learning at a product company.
Expertise in running rigorous experiments and generating scientifically sound recommendations.
Strong SQL skills for data extraction and transformation from relational databases.
Proficiency in Python or R for data manipulation, statistical analysis using libraries like pandas and scikit-learn.
Ability to translate business needs into analytical frameworks and guide the product roadmap.
Experience with geospatial analysis techniques (preferred).
MS/PhD in Statistics, Economics, Applied Mathematics, or related field (preferred).

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