Senior Data Scientist

Overview
This is a general posting for multiple Senior Data Science roles open across our 4-sided marketplace. You’ll get the chance to learn about the different problems the Data Science team solves as you go through the process. Towards the end of your process, we’ll do a team-matching exercise to determine which of the open roles/teams you’ll join. You can find a blurb on each team at the bottom of this page.

About the Job

• Own analytical frameworks that guide the product roadmap.


• Design rigorous experiments and interpret results to draw detailed and actionable conclusions.


• Develop statistical models to extract trends, measure results, and predict future performance of our products.


• Build simulations to project the impact of various product and policy interventions.


• Enable objective decision-making across the company by democratizing data through dashboards and other analytical tools.


• Use expertise in causal inference, machine learning, complex systems modeling, behavioral decision theory, etc., to shape the future of Instacart.


• Present findings in a compelling way to influence Instacart’s leadership.

About You
Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working in a quantitative role at a product company or a research organization.


• Ability to run rigorous experiments and generate scientifically sound recommendations.


• Ability to write complex, efficient, and eloquent SQL queries to extract data.


• Ability to write efficient and eloquent code in Python or R.


• A desire to build and improve consumer software products.


• Ability to translate business needs into analytical frameworks.


• Eagerness to learn, flexibility to pivot when needed, savviness to navigate a dynamic environment, and a growth mindset to build a successful team and company.

Preferred Qualifications

• Awareness of business trade-offs when working on a multi-sided marketplace.


• Confidence in collaborating with and influencing cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., Product, Engineering) at a senior level.


• MS/PhD in Statistics, Economics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.

Open Roles
Platform Data Science Team:
Join Instacart’s Fraud & Identity team, where you’ll play a critical role in safeguarding the platform and optimizing its performance. Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Operations teams as a trusted partner, delivering strategic insights and data-driven recommendations. Design and execute metrics, frameworks, and predictive models to tackle fraud prevention and identity challenges, driving measurable business impact. Communicate findings and actionable insights clearly to stakeholders and senior leaders, shaping strategy and influencing decision-making to protect users and the platform.