Senior Data Scientist - ML

About Us

Twitch is the world’s biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. It is where thousands of communities come together for whatever, every day.

We’re about community, inside and out. You’ll find coworkers who are eager to team up, collaborate, and smash (or elegantly solve) problems together. We’re on a quest to empower live communities.

About the Team

The Community Discovery Machine Learning (CDML) team powers the systems that help millions of active viewers find the creators and communities they'll enjoy most. This team and its algorithms are at the heart of enabling the connections that make Twitch a great place for so many users.

About the Role

Data is critical to the algorithms that power the recommendation, search, and ranking systems. As a Senior Data Scientist on the CDML team, you'll be responsible for helping drive improvements to the machine learning systems as well as analytics to drive decision-making.

In this role, you can identify and build new signals to input into the models and work on the value model that the algorithm optimizes. Your input will be critical to understanding the tradeoffs and balancing multiple objectives in a scientific way.

You Will:

• Inform product strategies by defining and updating core metrics for each initiative
• Estimate the opportunity sizing of new features the team could take on
• Identify and build new signals to incorporate into the algorithms driving recommendations, search, and feed ranking at Twitch
• Identify metric tradeoff ratios that help inform value model choices and other product decisions
• Establish analytical framework for your team: ad-hoc analysis, automated dashboards, and self-service reporting tools
• Design A/B experiments to drive product direction
• Work hand-in-hand with business, product, engineering, and design to influence and inform decisions throughout the product life cycle
• Distill ambiguous product or business questions and find clever ways to answer them

You Have:

• BA/BS in Analytics, Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent industry experience
• 5+ years of experience as a data scientist or data analyst in a high velocity, data-driven environment
• 5+ years of machine learning/statistical modeling data analysis tools and techniques experience
• Expert SQL skills and proficiency in Python/R
• Experience using data to create insight, drive business decisions and influence leadership

Bonus Points

• MS/MA or higher in Analytics, Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field
• Experience working on algorithms powering large-scale consumer services
• Experience in a data science team working on customer software products, analytics, and insights
• Experience working with software development and operational event data
• Familiarity with Twitch, either as a viewer or creator

Perks

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
• 401(k)
• Maternity & Parental Leave
• Flexible PTO
• Amazon Employee Discount

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Twitch. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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

Job ID: TW8683

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographic market up to our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position will remain open until filled. For more information, please visit https://www.twitch.tv/jobs/en/#learn-more. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

US Pay Per Year: $153,300 — $247,400 USD

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