Senior Data Scientist, 2U
$145-170k
+ Employee stock purchase plan
Global online learning platform
Job no longer available
Global online learning platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$145-170k
+ Employee stock purchase plan
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help their partners create educational opportunities that enable lifelong learners to unlock their human potential and solve society’s critical needs.
Role
Who you are
- Degree in data science, statistics, mathematics, computer science, economics or other quantitative field required; Graduate degree preferred
- 7+ years of experience running online controlled experiments at scale
- 5+ years of experience applying advanced analytic techniques in classification, regression, optimization or natural language processing in production settings
- Expert knowledge of experimental design and evaluation frameworks (i.e. A/B Tests, Multi-Armed Bandits)
- Expert knowledge of applied statistics and machine learning techniques
- Expert knowledge of either R or Python
- Proficient in SQL
- Proficient with extracting data from different database architectures
What the job involves
- The Senior Data Scientist will lead advanced analytical research, development, and implementation.
- This is a highly quantitative role that requires elite analytical aptitude, strong programming skills, and intellectual curiosity.
- We are looking for someone who has a history of using data science to solve business problems, has extensive experience running experiments at scale in enterprise settings, is comfortable training and evaluating machine learning models in production, and has a proven ability to be a technical leader
- Design and execute business and technical processes needed for experimentation to support an array of business problems from marketing to survey analytics, including experiment ideation, experimental design, monitoring, data analysis, code review, and communication of results
- Collaborate with stakeholders and product managers to gain domain knowledge, and clarify and define requirements. Independently plan and estimate development tasks, short-term projects and long-term plans across projects. Provide feedback and mentorship to team members and improve team operations
- Design, develop and apply machine learning algorithms, automated decision engines and other models
- Ad hoc statistical analysis, reporting and visualization as needed
- Partner with engineers to productionize code, schedule jobs, and integrate into 2U software ecosystem
Our take
Enabling education providers to offer students anything from free courses to full degrees, the leading global online learning platform 2U has positioned itself to provide high-quality education at scale.
Following its acquisition of edX, the company has made edX the face of its products and services, taking on more of a parent company role. This acquisition was a major shift compared to the company’s typical focus on partnering with universities to offer master’s degrees. However, edX has enabled it to expand into other projects, providing its 230+ partners with thousands of digital education offerings.
Though 2U established itself as a leader in the space, with over 40 million learners using the platform, it filed for bankruptcy in 2024. A significant financial restructuring and leadership change saw it bounce back in 2025 with new partnerships with the likes of Lancaster University.
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Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2013
$5.1m
SERIES D
Apr 2012
$26m
SERIES D
Total funding: $95.9m
Company benefits
- Medical, Vision, and Dental
- Parental Leave
- Wellness Programs
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Leadership Training
- Volunteer Time Off
- LinkedIn Learning
- Referral Bonus
- Military Leave
Company HQ
Crystal City, Arlington, VA
Leadership
Kees Bol
(CEO)Previously CEO at Boundless Learning, was the Managing Director at Pearson, Chief Marketing Officer at Strategic Education Inc and was a Senior Business Director at Capital One.
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