Hybrid Senior Data Scientist, Feed Relevance

Posted 19 hours ago

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About the role

  • Data Scientist driving feed relevance and recommendations for creator engagement at Patreon. Collaborating cross-functionally to enhance metrics and content discovery.

Responsibilities

  • Own the analytics foundation for Patreon's feed by building and maintaining metrics infrastructure.
  • Design and analyze ranking experiments across various feeds with ML Engineers.
  • Conduct exploratory analyses to develop data-backed hypotheses about feed health and engagement.
  • Develop dashboards for feed health and engagement metrics with user segment breakdowns.
  • Partner with Product and ML Engineering to prioritize ranking experiments and measure performance.
  • Lead culturally and technically within the data science team.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience working on a content feed, ranking system, or recommendation platform.
  • Expertise in experimentation, especially A/B testing on ranking or recommendation changes.
  • Experience building metrics and reporting infrastructure (dashboards, data quality pipelines, alerting).
  • Strong analytical thinking to investigate cross-platform inconsistencies and data quality issues.
  • Ability to make tradeoffs between speed and accuracy in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
  • SQL proficiency and experience in Python or R for statistical analyses.
  • Proven ability to build relationships with product, ML engineering, and data engineering teammates.
  • Growth mindset for continuous improvement of soft and technical skills.
  • Excellent communication skills for clarity and simplicity.

Benefits

  • equity plans
  • healthcare
  • flexible time off
  • company holidays
  • recharge days
  • commuter benefits
  • lifestyle stipends
  • learning and development stipends
  • parental leave
  • 401k plan with matching

Job title

Senior Data Scientist, Feed Relevance

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$202,000 - $302,500 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

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