Senior Data Scientist

Summary

Join TextNow, the nation's largest free phone service provider, as a Data Scientist! Contribute to our mission of democratizing phone service by collaborating with various teams to deliver data-driven insights and solutions. You will design and implement machine learning models, quantify business impact, and communicate findings effectively. This senior role requires a strong background in machine learning, advanced analytics, and programming (Python and SQL). TextNow offers a strong work-life blend, flexible work arrangements, employee stock options, unlimited vacation, competitive pay and benefits, parental leave, and wellness programs.

Requirements

• BA/BS in a quantitative discipline like Math, Statistics, Computer Science, or Economics
• 3+ years of industry experience, preferably in at fast-growing tech companies
• Deep experience in machine learning and advanced analytics (e.g. regression, classification, clustering, optimization, causal modeling, natural language processing, deep neural networks)
• Excellent in connecting with technical and non-technical stakeholders, transforming complex ideas into clear insights, while actively listening to foster a collaborative environment
• A self-starter with a “can do” attitude and passion for driving impact and execution
• Experienced in Python and SQL programming skills with the ability to write high-quality code

Responsibilities

• Collaborate and partner with various internal stakeholders including the finance, marketing, AdOps and product teams to understand and frame business questions into analytic frameworks
• Design, validate and implement machine learning solutions that deliver insights and support business operations and decisioning including forecasting, audience segmentation, conversion and churn propensity scoring, root-cause analysis, etc
• Quantify business impact with experimentation and non-experimental strategies
• Communicate results of analyses, insights, and recommendations to the partners clearly and transparently with a clear view into assumptions made
• Manage full development of analytic and predictive models from design and documentation to execution with minimum supervision

Preferred Qualifications

• MS preferred
• Prior experience with Snowflake
• Familiarity with Airflow, MLOps, CD/CI, Kubernetes and Docker

Benefits

• Strong work life blend
• Flexible work arrangements (wfh, remote, or access to one of our office spaces)
• Employee Stock Options
• Unlimited vacation
• Competitive pay and benefits
• Parental leave
• Benefits for both physical and mental well being (wellness credit and L&D credit)
• We travel a few times a year for various team events, company wide off-sites, and more