Senior Data Scientist
Senior Data Scientist
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Teamwork makes the stream work.
Roku is changing how the world watches TV
Roku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the US and Mexico and weve set our sights on powering every television in the world. Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. Our mission is to be the TV streaming platform that connects the entire TV ecosystem. We connect consumers to the content they love enable content publishers to build and monetize large audiences and provide advertisers unique capabilities to engage consumers.
From your first day at Roku youll make a valuable and valued contribution. Were a fastgrowing public company where no one is a bystander. We offer you the opportunity to delight millions of TV streamers around the world while gaining meaningful experience across a variety of disciplines.
About the team
At Roku as a Senior Data Scientists you will leverage Big Data to generate insights that fuel Rokus most significant business decisions. As a Senior Data Scientist you will also use a combination of technical skills business intuition and analytical thinking to partner with business leaders and provide actionable recommendations. Senior Data Scientists at Roku are thought partners to executive business leaders so communication and presentation are enormously important. Senior Data Scientists do not take direction from business owners and execute adhoc questions. You will proactively identify the areas of the data and business that require attention and formulate analyses insights and recommendations based on an excellent command of the needs. The Senior Data Scientist role at Roku is a perfect fit for anyone who wants to continue to evolve business domain expertise alongside technical and analytical development.
About the role:
Roku is looking for a Sr. Data scientist to join the Core Analytics team supporting the Operations team. As a Sr. Data Scientist you will bring strong technical experience retrieving manipulating analyzing and visualizing data. Just as importantly you will bring excellent communication skills proven collaboration track record and business acumen.
The ideal candidate will have endless curiosity and can pair a global mindset with locally relevant . You should be a gritty problem solver and selfstarter who can help drive initiatives with internal stakeholders. The successful candidate will display a balance of hard and soft skills including the ability to respond quickly to changing business needs.
This role is hybrid and located in Austin TX. Employees are expected to report to the office three days per week. Roku will be accepting applications for this position until May 27 2025 or until the position filled.
What youll be doing:
- Develop and maintain dashboards reports and data visualizations to monitor key metrics for operational and systems health
- Analyze structured and unstructured data and communicate insights to help stakeholders solve business problems identify trends and make datadriven decisions.
- Develop data visualizations that illustrate complex platform phenomena using Looker Tableau etc.
- Develop necessary data pipelines to power automation validation and reporting.
- Use creativity to find proxies where verbatim data or measurement is unavailable
- Collaborate with stakeholders to align data science initiatives with organizational goals and strategy design and execute AB tests
- Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in data science to drive innovation
Were excited if you have:
- 5 years of relevant experience in data analytics data science or business intelligence role. Previous experience in Logistics operations product analytics is preferred.
- Excellent command of SQL and experience working with Big Data
- Experience coding in Python or R.
- Handson experience with data visualization platform like Tableau Looker or similar
- Statistics knowledge: A/B testing statistical inference interpretation of data
- Have a bias towards action in resolving issues and operate in a highenergy fastpaced environment
- Selfdriven highly motivated and independent minded individual who has a natural curiosity for understanding operations via data.
- Strong communication skills. Composes and communicates materials and information that is clear concise and appropriate to the intended audience.
- Excellent investigative skills with a passion for finding the root cause of an issue.
- The ability to work independently and across multiple time zones
- Ownership mindset you own end to end lifecycle of a product starting from ideation rollout to postlaunch performance tracking
- Academic background in math physics computer science economics
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Benefits
Roku is committed to offering a diverse range of benefits as part of our compensation package to support our employees and their families. Our comprehensive benefits include global access to mental health and financial wellness support and resources. Local benefits include statutory and voluntary benefits which may include healthcare (medical dental and vision) life accident disability commuter and retirement options 401(k)/pension). Our employees can take time off work for vacation and other personal reasons to balance their evolving work and life needs. Its important to note that not every benefit is available in all locations or for every role. For details specific to your location please consult with your recruiter.
The Roku Culture
Roku is a great place for people who want to work in a fastpaced environment where everyone is focused on the companys success rather than their own. We try to surround ourselves with people who are great at their jobs who are easy to work with and who keep their egos in check. We appreciate a sense of humor. We believe a fewer number of very talented folks can do more for less cost than a larger number of less talented teams. Were independent thinkers with big ideas who act boldly move fast and accomplish extraordinary things through collaboration and trust. In short at Roku youll be part of a company thats changing how the world watches TV.
We have a unique culture that we are proud of. We think of ourselves primarily as problemsolvers which itself is a twopart idea. We come up with the solution but the solution isnt real until it is built and delivered to the customer. That penchant for action gives us a pragmatic approach to innovation one that has served us well since 2002.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
