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About the Role
Data is central to Twitchs decisionmaking process and data scientists are a critical component to evangelize datadriven decision making in all of our operations. As a data scientist at Twitch you will be on the ground floor with your team shaping the way product performance is measured defining what questions should be asked and scaling analytics methods and tools to support our growing business leading the way for high quality high velocity decisions for your team.
For this role were looking for an experienced product data scientist who will help develop the strategy and evaluate/improve product initiatives within our Creator product team. You will be responsible to define and track KPIs design experiments evaluate A/B tests implement data instrumentation and inform on investment. Our ideal candidate is a fullstack data powerhouse who uses data to drive decision making to make the best products for our creators and their communities. Your input will be core to decision making across all major product strategies and initiatives that our team builds. You will work closely with product managers technical program managers engineering data scientists and organization leadership within and outside of the Creator organization.
You Will
Inform product strategies by defining and updating core metrics for each initiative
Establish analytical framework for your team: adhoc analysis automated dashboards and selfservice reporting tools to surface key data to stakeholders
Evaluate and forecast impact of product features on creators viewers and the entire Twitch ecosystem
Design A/B experiments to drive product direction with iterative innovation and measurement
Drive the teams analysis roadmap and prioritize the most valuable projects
Tackle complex and ambiguous analytic projects resolve ambiguity and accurately identify the tradeoffs between speed and quality and apply or route work as necessary
Dive deep into the data to understand how creator and viewer behaviors change with the evolution of our product
Act as our teams thought leader on best practices and move towards longterm vision of sustainable and thriving data processes
Own data collection and product instrumentation implementation and quality assurance
Work handinhand with business product engineering and design to proactively influence and inform teammates decisions throughout the product life cycle
Distill ambiguous product or business questions find clever ways to answer them and to quantify the uncertainty
Perks
Medical Dental Vision & Disability Insurance
401(k)
Maternity & Parental Leave
Flexible PTO
Amazon Employee Discount
About the team
Twitch is all about community and our Community Team is a core pillar of what makes Twitch Twitch. Teams within Community are responsible for a myriad of product areas impacting the creator viewer and moderator journeys on our platform. As a member of our team youll build solutions that improve g the experience of millions of daily active users on our platform and create tools that keep both streamers and viewers engaged and connected on our platform.
BA/BS in Analytics Data Science Computer Science Mathematics or equivalent industry experience
6 years of industry working experience as a data scientist or data analyst in a high velocity datadriven environment
6 years of industry working experience in applying machine learning/statistical modeling data analysis tools and techniques and parameters that affect their performance experience
Expert SQL skills and proficiency in Python/R
Experience using data to create insight drive business decisions and influence leadership
MS/MA or higher in Analytics Data Science Computer Science Mathematics or a related technical field
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 (or both!
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 gender identity sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.