Senior Data Scientist

Amplitude; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 211,000 - 316,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision insurance

401(k) employer match

Flexible time off

Learning and development stipends

Parental benefits

Mental health and wellness benefits

Job summary

Amplitude is seeking a Data Scientist for their Experiment team in San Francisco, California. The ideal candidate will have a master's or Ph.D. in a related field and experience in data science, particularly in experimentation and product optimization. Responsibilities include analyzing experiments, causal effects modeling, and innovating machine learning algorithms. Benefits include comprehensive medical insurance, a 401(k) matching plan, and generous stipends. Salary range is $211,000 - $316,000 based on location and experience.

Qualifications

• Extensive research/project experience in data science and experimentation.
• Built and extensively used data pipelines.
• Familiarity with experimentation products.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing experiments with social network effects.
• Implementing machine learning algorithms for product analytics.
• Innovating in data mining algorithms.

Skills

Python

SQL

Spark

Hadoop

Causal effects modeling

Time Series modeling

Bayesian hypothesis testing

Education

Masters or Ph.D. in computer science, mathematics or related areas

Tools

Data pipelines

Data warehouse environments

Job description

About the Role & Team

We’re looking for a Data Scientist to join the Experiment team within Amplitude. You will be part of a passionate group of product managers, engineers and designers who are working to help modern businesses transform their products through data and experimentation. As a Data Scientist, you have a unique opportunity to deeply influence the product with your knowledge and views on advanced statistical methodologies and customers who are looking to learn from an expert on experimentation best practice.

Join Amplitude and play a crucial role in shaping the future of experimentation and digital analytics. If you’re driven by innovation, strategic impact, and customer success, we’d love to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Causal effects modeling or heterogeneous treatment effects analysis
• Analyzing experiments that have social network effects (ex: difference in differences, Switchback, Synthetic Control)
• Time Series modeling
• Bayesian hypothesis testing
• Understanding how teams run experiments
• Innovating and implementing machine learning and data mining algorithms on distributed platforms to solve real-world product analytics and user behavior modeling problems.

You’ll be a great addition to the team if you have:

• A masters or Ph.D. degree in computer science, mathematics or related areas with extensive research/project experience in data science, experimentation, digital product optimization, math, statistics, etc.
• Have built and extensively used data pipelines in a variety of data warehouse environments.
• Proficiency with Python and SQL
• In-depth experience with Spark/Hadoop
• Has 2+ years of experience working as a Data Scientist in the past and is familiar with the Experimentation space, including hands‑on experience using experimentation products
• Are interested and comfortable communicating with customers as a trusted advisor

Benefits

Some of our benefit programs include:

• Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision insurance coverages, with 100% employer‑paid premiums for employee Medical, Dental, Vision on select plans
• 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match of up to 1% of your eligible pay each pay period up to $2,000 annually
• Flexible time off, paid holidays, and more
• Generous stipends to spend on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness (monthly), commuter transit/parking (monthly), learning and development (quarterly), new hire home office equipment, and much more
• Excellent Parental benefits including: 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, Carrot Fertility Benefits/Adoption/Surrogacy support, Back‑up Child Care support
• Mental health and wellness benefits including no cost employee access to Modern Health coaching & therapy sessions

Amplitude provides equal employment opportunities (EEO). All applicants are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

This role is eligible for equity, benefits and other forms of compensation.

Based on Colorado law, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Colorado. Colorado range: $190,000 - $286,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission).

Based on legislation in New York City, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in New York City. New York City salary range: $211,000 - $316,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission).

Based on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in San Francisco Bay Area of California. Salary range: $211,000 - $316,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission).

Based on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in California outside of the San Francisco Bay Area. California salary range: $190,000 - $286,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission).

Based on legislation in Washington state, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Washington state. Washington salary range: $190,000 - $286,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission).

Based on legislation in Washington state, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Washington only: unlimited PTO, 10 to 13 holidays annually (will vary), medical dental and vision PPO and CDHP plans. Finally, a company sponsored 401(k) retirement plan.