Data Scientist

Meta Meta · Big Tech · Menlo Park, CA

Data Scientist role at Meta focused on large-scale data analysis, statistical modeling, and developing reporting dashboards. The role involves translating analytical understanding into team priorities and strategic narratives, and improving the efficiency of shared tools and libraries.

What you'd actually do

  1. Perform large-scale very-high-complexity data analysis and develop effective statistical models for segmentation, classification, optimization, and time series.
  2. Design and implement reporting dashboards that track key business metrics and provide actionable insights.
  3. Identify actionable insights, suggest recommendations, and consistently influences the overall data best practices (e.g. analysis, goaling, experimentation) within the area and the direction of the business by effectively communicating results to cross-functional groups.
  4. Work closely with Product or Engineering and Operations teams to proactively create rule and manage decisions.
  5. Prioritize leads so that the teams can work on the most valuable cases.

Skills

Required

  • SQL
  • Python
  • R, SAS, or Matlab
  • Applied statistics or experimentation, such as A/B testing
  • Machine learning techniques
  • Relational databases
  • Quantitative analysis techniques, including one of the following: clustering, regression, pattern recognition, or descriptive and inferential statistics

What the JD emphasized

  • highly complex data sets
  • Machine learning techniques