Senior Data Scientist - Experimentation Platform

DoorDash; New York (NY); On-site; USD 184,000 - 271,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer matching

16 weeks paid parental leave

Wellness benefits

Commuter benefits match

Paid time off

Paid sick leave

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Mental health program

Job summary

DoorDash in New York is seeking a senior data scientist to join the Decision Systems Experimentation Platform. In this foundational role you'll quickly learn how teams across DoorDash, Deliveroo, and Wolt run experiments and help close gaps between needs and today’s tooling.

You’ll shape the platform with influence as brands combine and evolve the experimentation approach. You’ll design statistical methods, set the vision for experimentation, and partner with engineering to build the platform.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in data science and experimentation.
• Experience thinking about experimentation at a programme level.
• Solid grounding in experimentation methodology (multiple comparisons, power).
• Comfortable as an individual contributor with stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design statistical methods to promote best practices and faster insights across multiple brands.
• Define the vision for experimentation with leadership.
• Set cross-brand standards for trusting results across markets.
• Partner with engineering to build the experimentation platform.
• Help determine where AI belongs in the experimentation process.

Skills

Data science

Experimentation

Statistical methods

Stakeholder management

Job description

About the Team

The Decision Systems Experimentation Platform team builds the platform and standards which let DoorDash, Deliveroo, and Wolt experiment successfully across every side of the marketplace, from consumers and merchants to dashers. Getting this right means faster, more reliable decisions for every team who rely on experimentation. We're still early in building a global experimentation platform across all of our brands, and this team will shape the next evolution of experimenting at DoorDash.

About the Role

This is a foundational role: in your first few months, you'll get close to how data scientists across DoorDash, Deliveroo, and Wolt currently experiment, and start closing the gaps between what they need and what exists today. You'll help to build the methodology, tooling, and standards other teams will rely on alongside the Experimentation Platform team currently based out of London, UK. Success looks like teams adopting what we build for their experiments. It's an exciting time to join because so much of this is still being defined whilst three brands combine, and you'll have real influence over what it becomes.

You will report into the Data Science Manager on our Decision Systems team in our DoorDash organisation. You will be based out of our New York office and expected to occasionally travel within the US and internationally.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Design the statistical methods which encourage experimentation best practice and help teams see results faster, for use across DoorDash, Deliveroo, and Wolt.
• Work with leadership to define the vision for experimentation.
• Set the standards that experimenters across three brands and many markets rely on to trust their results.
• Partner directly with engineering to help build the platform.
• Help decide where AI belongs in the experimentation process, and where it doesn't.

We’re excited about you because…

• You have 6+ years of experience in data science and experimentation.
• You have experience thinking about experimentation at a programme level, not only running experiments within a single team.
• You have solid technical grounding in experimentation methodology - you understand why practices like correcting for multiple comparisons or power calculations matter.
• You are comfortable working as an individual contributor while bringing stakeholder management and prioritization skills, whether or not you've managed people before.

Compensation

The successful candidate's starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee's work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.

In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants.

DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.

To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.

See below for paid time off details:

• For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
• For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month).

The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.

$184,300 — $271,000 USD

About DoorDash

At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.
DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

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