Senior Data Scientist

Summary

Join VRChat's Data Team as a Senior Data Scientist and play a key role in shaping product decisions and advancing the product roadmap. You will partner with various teams to analyze user behavior, design experiments, and create data products. This full-time, remote position requires 4+ years of experience in data science and expertise in SQL/Python. The ideal candidate will have experience in a social or gaming company and possess strong communication skills. VRChat offers competitive benefits, including health benefits, 401k/RRSP, stock options, generous paid holidays, unlimited/flexible vacation time, and paid parental leave.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in data science, data analytics, product analytics, or quantitative analysis
• Expert background in utilizing SQL/Python to extract, manipulate, and analyze datasets
• Work cross functionally to translate business problems into ones that can be solved and informed by experimentation and data analysis
• Experience with creating data visualizations to communicate metric performance
• Develop models of usage, user behavior & business behavior to make recommendations and influence the product roadmap
• Conduct A/B testing - design, execute, and analyze experiments to understand impact of product feature deployments and changes
• Ability to effectively communicate complex analyses and insights to non-technical audiences

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product, Engineering, Design, and Marketing teams to scope, design, execute, measure, and improve the impact of product features and campaigns
• Conduct quantitative analysis, deliver insights, and influence product decision making through an understanding of user behavior and our platform ecosystem
• Design and monitor core metrics; perform root cause analysis to explain drivers
• Identify trends and opportunities to drive growth, retention, and monetization initiatives
• Create a healthy ecosystem for content creators, users, and consumers
• Design and analyze experiments to inform and influence product investments
• Acquire new data from various production systems and databases

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in data science, data analytics, or product analytics at a social or gaming company
• Have curiosity and apply analytical skills to dive deep into data to find key insights that impact the business
• Experience in stakeholder management, relationship building, and influencing senior audiences
• Adaptability, tendency toward simple, creative solutions, and ability to effectively prioritize work in a demanding and changing environment

Benefits

• Work from anywhere! VRChat is a 100% remote company
• Health Benefits
• 401K for US & RRSP for Canadian Employees
• Stock Options
• Generous paid holiday schedule
• Unlimited/Flexible vacation time
• Paid parental leave benefits