Data Scientist, Product Analytics

Company Description

Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. We build, power, and evolve the tools and technologies that connect millions of entrepreneurs with millions of buyers around the world. As an Etsy Inc. employee whether a team member of Etsy, Reverb, Depop, or Elo7 you will tackle unique, meaningful, and large-scale problems alongside passionate coworkers, all the while making a rewarding impact and Keeping Commerce Human

Job Description

What’s the role?

Etsy is seeking a Data Scientist to join our Analytics team and partner with Product and Operations stakeholders to drive success and enhance the fulfillment experience for both buyers and sellers. 

This is a full-time position reporting to the Manager, Search & Ads analytics and the base salary range will be 104,000 -136,000 USD per year. In addition to salary, you will also be eligible for an equity package, an annual performance bonus, and our competitive benefits that support you and your family as part of your total rewards package at Etsy. For this role, we are considering candidates based in the USA who are either remote, flex, or office-based. Etsy offers different work modes to meet the variety of needs and preferences of our team. Learn more about our flexible work options and vaccination policy here.

What’s this team like at Etsy?

• Data scientists at Etsy use rigorous methods to generate insights that inform product, engineering, and business decisions across the company. We collaborate with partner teams through all stages of development: actively uncovering opportunity areas, crafting experiments to test hypotheses, analyzing the impact of our efforts, and highlighting takeaways
• Learning new skills and techniques is not only a requirement but a perk of the job! We are always looking for opportunities to grow. Our mission is to guide our partner teams with data and insights and tell the story of how we attract and retain our users — to teams, to senior management, and to the community

What does the day-to-day look like?

• Work closely and collaboratively with senior management within the Search org to help shape Etsy’s Search strategy and vision.
• Identify factors that contribute to providing improved shipping time estimates to our buyers
• Conduct analysis into our search experience, helping us better optimize the features buyers need to complete their purchase journey
• Design and analyze rigorous experiments, help teams set great hypotheses, and deliver robust analysis of experiment results
• Transform raw data into important and impactful analysis characterized by strong data governance, technique clarity, and clear documentation
• Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require! You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks, too, and that your job duties and responsibilities may change from time to time at Etsy's discretion, or otherwise applicable with local law.

Qualifications

Qualities that will help you thrive in this role are:

• 2+ years of experience as a data scientist or analyst during which you extracted insights from large datasets
• Understanding of experimentation and statistical analysis of experimental data
• Experience in Search in an e-Commerce setting is a plus
• Mastery of SQL, and experience with R/Python and other scripting/automation techniques
• Proficiency in A/B experimentation and causal inference analysis is strongly preferred.