Data Scientist II
| Company | Attentive |
|---|---|
| Location | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Salary | $200000 – $260000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Mid Level |
Requirements
- Ph.D., M.S. or Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, or other quantitative fields
- Knowledge of underlying mathematical foundations of statistics, machine learning, optimization, economics, and analytics
- Knowledge of experimental design and analysis
- Experience with exploratory data analysis, statistical analysis and testing, and model development
- Ability to use Python to work efficiently at scale with large data sets
- Advanced proficiency in SQL
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of statistical, econometric, optimization, and machine learning models for a range of applications in our messaging and AI product offerings
- Design and execute experiments, interpret results, and draw actionable conclusions
- Use data to understand product performance, identify improvement opportunities, and define product/team roadmaps
- Present findings to senior leadership to inform and influence business decisions
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across product, engineering, client services, and sales to drive business value from ideation to production
Preferred Qualifications
- 2+ years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent
- Familiarity with advanced statistical inference, experimentation, and causal inference methods
- Econometric experience with pricing and promotion optimization
- Expertise in customer lifetime value modeling
- Experience in personalization systems and cross-sectional cohort modeling
- Background in operations research (e.g., scheduling or assignment problems)
- Knowledge of advanced topics in XGBoost modeling