Senior Data Scientist

Responsibilities:

• Extract actionable insights from broad, open-ended questions
• Design and evaluate experiments to measure the impact of product changes
• Analyze data from across the product to uncover the root causes of metric movements
• Communicate results to cross-functional stakeholders to inform product decisions
• Develop tools to scale and automate analyses, improving productivity across the company
• Improve the work of other data scientists through mentorship and by bringing industry best practices to the team

Minimum Requirements:

• Ability to be available for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's “coordination hours" (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time)
• 3+ years work experience in an analytical or quantitative role as a Data Scientist or similar title
• 2+ years experience working on product analytics
• Extensive experience generating insights using statistical techniques (e.g. regression, hypothesis testing)
• Demonstrated ability to clearly explain data results to cross-functional teams
• Experience using a procedural programming language (e.g. Python, R) to manipulate, clean, and analyze data
• Ability to exercise judgment and combine quantitative skills with intuition and common sense
• Experience evangelizing best practices and process improvements on your team

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience working with large data sets and distributed computing tools (e.g. Redshift, Presto)
• Experience pushing code and navigating a complex codebase
• Active Quora and/or Poe user with curiosity about the product