Data Scientist - Remote

Overview

We are looking for a talented individual to join the Core Data Science team at LaunchDarkly – a small but mighty team responsible for core methodology within our product line. Many of the products at LaunchDarkly are inherently statistical – experimentation and release guardian especially. The value of these products is fundamentally tied to their statistical characteristics. Therefore, the work of the Core DS team is critical to ensuring that our users get the most out of these features.

In Short

• Ensuring the statistical rigor and validity of our products
• Developing new techniques to bring value to our users
• Advocating for technically-sophisticated personas in our product development process
• Raising the bar for data-driven decision making within our products
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, design, and product teams.
• Conduct research to inform feature design, ensuring statistical and performance requirements are met.
• Provide reference implementations and technical guidance; contribute to production code as needed.
• Support product planning by sizing, scoping, and offering technical input on design discussions.
• Drive data accessibility by defining team metrics, optimizing queries, and improving processes and tooling to enable data-driven decisions.

Requirements

• Experience: 3+ years in industry
• Technical Expertise: Masters or PhD in Statistics or a related field, or 3+ years experience specifically in online experimentation
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to clearly articulate technical ideas and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Bias for Action: A pragmatic and iterative approach to engineering that emphasizes incremental progress and continuous delivery.

Benefits

• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Health, vision, and dental insurance
• Mental health benefits