Data Scientist

Snapchat; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 93,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Snapchat, Inc. is seeking a contract Data Scientist in Portland, OR to join a high-impact team focused on data-driven product improvements.

You will wrangle data across environments, apply R and Spark to time-series analysis, and help improve processes from concept to delivery. You’ll mentor peers, own data integrity, and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence while delivering reliable insights under tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in data science or analytics roles.
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams.
• Curiosity and willingness to learn beyond scope.
• Ability to mentor teammates without micromanaging.
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery.

Responsibilities

• Wrangle professionalism config across environments so Portland staging mirrors production.
• Untangle Apache Spark dependency knots that slow Portland releases.
• Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning within Snapchat.
• Mentor newer mid-level hires on how Snapchat wires Time Series Analysis together.
• Own data integrity across Feature Engineering stores so Portland numbers are trustworthy.
• Lead the Organization migration to retire legacy stack.
• Drive the Computer Vision incident postmortem to stop outages.
• Resurrect flaky Innovation tests until the Portland, OR suite is trustworthy.

Skills

Resilience

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Project ownership

Metrics-driven

Deadline-driven

Tools

Apache Spark

R

Job description

This contract Data Scientist role at Snapchat suits the engineer who reads the changelog before upgrading and the docs before asking. Bring R and Process Improvement; we'll bring $93,000 - $124,000, a strong team, and the ownership that turns experience into impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Wrangle Professionalism config across environments so Portland staging mirrors production
• Untangle the Apache Spark dependency knots that have slowed Portland releases for months
• Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning within Snapchat
• Mentor newer mid-level hires on how Snapchat actually wires Time Series Analysis together
• Own data integrity across Snapchat's Feature Engineering stores so Portland numbers never lie
• Lead the Organization migration that finally retires Snapchat's spirited-and-grounded legacy stack
• Drive the Computer Vision incident postmortem that stops the Portland outage from recurring
• Resurrect flaky Innovation tests until the Portland, OR suite is trustworthy again

What You'll Bring

• Resilience measured across 4 years of technology cycles
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams in a mid-level capacity
• Curiosity that outpaces your current job description
• The patience to mentor without taking over the keyboard
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery
• Track record that proves you can metrics-driven ship under deadline pressure
• Calm under the growth-minded chaos a mid-level role tends to generate

Snapchat is what happens when relentlessly-kind engineers in Portland decide that good enough is the enemy of great Apache Spark. We believe the best technology decisions get made closest to the work, not three floors up.

Combine $93,000 - $124,000 with growth, generous benefits, and a mentor, and you have the reason people stay at Snapchat for years.