Data Scientist 5 - New Content Experiences

Netflix Netflix · Big Tech · United States · Remote · Data & Insights

This role is for a Data Scientist at Netflix focused on new content experiences like Games, Live, and Podcasts. The primary responsibilities include driving product innovation through robust measurement strategies, developing experimentation and measurement frameworks, and partnering with stakeholders. The role emphasizes supporting experimentation at scale, causal inference, statistical intuition, and expertise in SQL and Python/R.

What you'd actually do

  1. Drive product innovation focused on our new content verticals and help shape the member experience through robust measurement strategies covering experimentation, modeling, and analytics.
  2. Establish strong partnerships with stakeholders to realize our vision of entertaining the world as content and culture continue to evolve
  3. Develop experimentation and measurement frameworks to increase and influence complex decision-making.
  4. Facilitate ownership and accountability by ensuring the team produces trustworthy, high-quality outputs that inform decisions and shape the direction of member experience.
  5. Adapt quickly to changing circumstances. The new content experiences team evolves rapidly, and this role will help shape its future.

Skills

Required

  • SQL
  • Python
  • R
  • experimentation
  • causal inference
  • statistical modeling
  • analytics
  • stakeholder management
  • communication

Nice to have

  • recommender systems

What the JD emphasized

  • supporting experimentation at scale
  • observational causal inference
  • statistical intuition
  • applied experience solving problems in consumer-facing products
  • analyzing recommender systems is a plus
  • Expertise in SQL
  • statistical programming (Python and/or R)
  • Exceptional communication with technical and non-technical audiences
  • managing multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
  • Comfort with ambiguity
  • thrive with minimal oversight and process