Data Scientist

Meta Meta · Big Tech · Menlo Park, CA

Meta is seeking a Data Scientist to apply expertise in quantitative analysis, data mining, and data presentation to understand user interactions with their products. The role involves mining large datasets, performing large-scale data analysis, developing data pipelines with automated machine-learning systems, building models of user behaviors, and partnering with Product and Engineering teams to solve problems and identify trends. The Data Scientist will also design and implement dashboards and reports, and inform product decisions through effective communication of results.

What you'd actually do

  1. Apply your expertise in quantitative analysis, data mining, and the presentation of data to see beyond the numbers and understand how Meta users interact with our consumer and business products.
  2. Mine massive amounts of data and perform large-scale data analysis to extract useful business insights.
  3. Develop data pipelines with automated, machine-learning systems that convert noisy core datasets into powerful signals of user behavior.
  4. Building models of user behaviors for analysis or to power production systems.
  5. Partner with Product and Engineering teams to solve problems and identify trends and opportunities.

Skills

Required

  • Master's Degree (or foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Business Analytics, or a related field
  • Graduate-level course, research project, or internship involving Coding in C, C++, C#, Python, Java, or Javascript
  • Relational databases and SQL
  • Software development tools: Code editors (VIM or Emacs), and revision control systems (Subversion, GIT, or Perforce)
  • Linux, UNIX, or other *nix-like OS including file manipulation and simple commands

Other signals

  • Develop data pipelines with automated, machine-learning systems that convert noisy core datasets into powerful signals of user behavior.
  • Building models of user behaviors for analysis or to power production systems.