Senior Data Scientist - Experimentation Platform

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

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with employer matching

16 weeks of paid parental leave

wellness benefits

commuter benefits match

paid time off and paid sick leave

medical, dental, and vision benefits

11 paid holidays

disability and basic life insurance

family-forming assistance

mental health program

Job summary

DoorDash is seeking a data science leader for the Decision Systems Experimentation Platform. In your first months, you’ll align with how DoorDash, Deliveroo, and Wolt currently experiment, close gaps between needs and current capabilities, and help shape the methodology, tooling, and standards used by multiple teams.

You’ll report to the Data Science Manager and be based in New York, with travel across the US and internationally.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in data science and experimentation.
• Experience thinking about experimentation at a programme level, not only within one team.
• Strong grounding in experimentation methodology (e.g., multiple comparisons, power calculations).
• Comfortable as an individual contributor with stakeholder management and prioritization skills.

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. Talk to your recruiter for more information.

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.

• 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)
• medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 11 paid holidays
• disability and basic life insurance
• family-forming assistance
• 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.

Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on "protected categories," we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant