Data Scientist, Analytics

Meta Meta · Big Tech · Seattle, WA

Data Scientist, Analytics role at Meta focused on collecting, organizing, interpreting, and summarizing statistical data to contribute to product development. This role involves quantitative analysis, data mining, and presenting data to understand user interactions, partnering with Product and Engineering teams to solve problems and identify trends. Responsibilities include informing product decisions, exploratory analysis, and working with data infrastructure. Requires a Master's degree and 3 years of experience in quantitative analysis, data mining, SQL, Python, statistical software (R, SAS, Matlab), applied statistics/experimentation (A/B testing), machine learning techniques, ETL, relational databases, large-scale data processing, and quantitative analysis techniques like clustering or regression.

What you'd actually do

  1. Collect, organize, interpret, and summarize statistical data in order to contribute to the design and development of Meta products.
  2. Apply your expertise in quantitative analysis, data mining, and the presentation of data to see beyond the numbers and understand how our users interact with both our consumer and business products.
  3. Partner with Product and Engineering teams to solve problems and identify trends and opportunities.
  4. Inform, influence, support, and execute our product decisions and product launches.
  5. May be assigned projects in various areas including, but not limited to, product operations, exploratory analysis, product influence, and data infrastructure.

Skills

Required

  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business Analytics, Mathematics, Physics, Applied Sciences, or a related field
  • 3 years of experience in quantitative analysis
  • 3 years of experience in data mining on highly complex data sets
  • SQL
  • Python
  • R, SAS, or Matlab
  • Applied statistics or experimentation (A/B testing)
  • Machine learning techniques
  • ETL processes
  • Relational databases
  • Large-scale data processing infrastructures using distributed systems
  • Quantitative analysis techniques (clustering, regression, pattern recognition, descriptive and inferential statistics)