Data Scientist, Analytics

Meta Meta · Big Tech · New York, NY

Data Scientist role at Meta focused on analytics, working with large datasets to solve problems using analytical and statistical approaches. The role involves quantitative analysis, experimentation, data mining, and presenting data to inform product strategies. It requires defining and testing opportunities to improve products, driving roadmaps through insights, and partnering with cross-functional teams. Requires a Master's degree in a related field and 2 years of experience including machine learning techniques, SQL, Python, and quantitative analysis.

What you'd actually do

  1. Work with large and complex data sets to solve a wide array of challenging problems using different analytical and statistical approaches.
  2. Apply technical expertise with quantitative analysis, experimentation, data mining, and the presentation of data to develop strategies for our products that serve billions of people and hundreds of millions of businesses.
  3. Identify and measure success of product efforts through goal setting, forecasting, and monitoring of key product metrics to understand trends.
  4. Define, understand, and test opportunities and levers to improve the product, and drive roadmaps through your insights and recommendations.
  5. Partner with Product, Engineering, and cross-functional teams to inform, influence, support, and execute product strategy and investment decisions.

Skills

Required

  • Master's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Analytics, or a related field
  • 2 years of work experience in a data science-related occupation
  • Machine learning techniques
  • Relational database (SQL or PL*SQL)
  • Developing in Python
  • Quantitative analysis techniques: clustering, regression, pattern recognition, and descriptive and inferential statistics
  • Communicating and presenting results of data analyses