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Senior Data Scientist

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Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
168K-228K Annually
Senior level
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
168K-228K Annually
Senior level
Senior Data Scientist to drive AI-first mission at Dropbox by building data foundations, influencing product teams, and executing data-driven strategies for business impact.
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Role Description

How many times do you get an opportunity to be at the ground floor on a very big and important mission?  What if you get to be one of the top contributors defining the mission, guiding our teams and influencing the direction of Dropbox AI-first mission?  As a Senior Data Scientist for this new division, you will exactly get to do that.  You will join a team of top-tier data scientists and be an inherent part of the product org to create and scale this new business.

As a ground floor opportunity for this startup team, we need this senior DS to build a top-tier data-informed culture with a lot of focus on AI/ML impact and execution!

Responsibilities

  • You will partner closely with leads across all functions while being focused on the AI/ML team work - Product, Engineering, Design, and Research
  • You will build the reliable, efficient, and scalable data foundations and daily execution standards, tools, and processes for our AI/ML capabilities’ long-term growth
  • You will contribute to a culture of strong technical ownership, resulting in highly reliable products and services at scale
  • You will leverage data-driven insights to proactively identify most impactful opportunities, and inform future experimentation design and product roadmaps
  • You will perform analytical deep-dives to analyze AI related user problems and opportunities, identify the hypothesis and design & execute experiments with great rigor and efficient data techniques

Requirements

  • Bachelors’ or above in quantitative discipline: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
  • 5-8+ years experience of leveraging data-driven analysis to influence key business decisions and executives, preferably in a tech company
  • 2+ years working with AI/ML related product teams, and having hands-on experiences to work with data scientists, engineers, product managers, user researchers, and designers
  • Proven track record of being able to work independently and proactively engage with business stakeholders with minimal direction & driver measurable business impact
  • Ability to influence prioritization and execution of high impact projects effecting customer experience, monetization, and entire organization’s roadmap
  • Ability to provide data insights for 0-1 product even when sample size is small,  with a track record of driving directly measurable product or business impact
  • Be proficient with SQL, Python and other coding languages frequently applied in the AI/ML production environment, with deep understanding of statistical analysis & experiment design
Preferred Qualifications
  • Have worked in startups or on true 0→ 1 products before
  • Experiences with SaaS search, ranking, AI research, etc

Compensation

US Zone 1

This role is not available in Zone 1

US Zone 2

$168,300$227,700 USD

US Zone 3

$149,600$202,400 USD

Top Skills

Python
SQL

Dropbox Seattle, Washington, USA Office

Though remote is our primary way of working, meaningful in-person connection and collaboration is a critical part of Virtual First. Our Seattle Studio is a place for teams to come together to host meetings, off-sites, and build community.

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