Data Scientist, Study.com
$120-150k
More information about location
3 days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)
Online video learning platform
Open for applications
Online video learning platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$120-150k
More information about location
3 days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help students to learn faster, stay motivated, and study smarter through its online video learning platform.
Role
Who you are
- 3-5 years of experience in a Data Science or related role (experience with web analytics is a plus)
- BS in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field (master’s degree or PhD a plus)
- Strong proficiency in SQL (Google BigQuery and MySQL)
- Experience writing code (Python and Java/Groovy)
- A willingness to work in a face-paced, dynamic environment while juggling multiple projects
- A passion for innovation and learning with a driven mindset
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable
- Experience creating complex data visualizations with Tableau
- Hands-on experience with advanced statistical concepts, such as cluster analysis, singular value decomposition, gradient descent, etc
- Knowledge of web analytics software and best practices
- Strong ability to use Generative AI (e.g. ChatGPT, copilot, etc.) to assist with technical tasks
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Data Scientist to join our growing team
- The ideal candidate is passionate about all aspects of data – digging deep to explain observations or gain business insights, turning complex data into intuitive visualizations, transforming it to simplify future tasks and building machine learning models to provide the business with accurate predictions
- Share ownership and maintenance responsibilities of our entire data warehouse, including 50-100 million events coming through a Kafka queue each day, a 20 node Cassandra cluster, a 15 TB relational database, and an integration with Google BigQuery
- Monitor and analyze the team’s A/B tests and proactively communicate key insights within your team and to external stakeholders
- Be the voice of data by supporting the team's product owner in finding business opportunities, defining KPIs, and setting team goals
- Provide leadership with data pulls, analyses and deep dives that significantly influence important company decisions
- Create and update ETLs as our source data and data needs evolve
- Build data visualizations and reports using Tableau
- Build, maintain, and improve machine learning models (neural networks, logistic regressions, boosted trees, k-means clustering, etc)
- Innovate! We're a team that likes to stay on the cutting edge. Everyone is expected to always be looking for ways to leverage the latest technology to improve our processes and drive better results
Our take
E-learning resources have existed since the dawn of the web, with students watching videos, taking quizzes, and using other online tools to augment their education. However, such resources are often not endorsed by educational facilities and curriculums, and generally consist of fixed media resources.
Study.com provides an all-in-one platform for K12 and college studying, offering a variety of services for both students and teachers. Students can benefit from personalized homework help videos and test preparation tools which count toward college credit, whilst teachers and parents can access a one-on-one tuition marketplace, lesson planning tools, and homeschooling curriculums.
Whilst education facilities are beginning to integrate their curriculums into e-learning resources across the world, Study.com has recognized that students and teachers need a more unified solution for studying, covering everything from tutorials and lesson plans to private tuition. Through its platform, the company aims to improve the e-learning experience for K12 and college students, whilst simultaneously helping teachers to improve lessons and find new clients.
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6% employee growth in 12 months
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Company benefits
- The benefits - We stay healthy with comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits. We are smart with our money with a strong 401(k) option. We relax and blow off steam with plenty of flexible time off and vacation days
- The events - It's not enough spending 8 hours a day together, we enjoy working together so much that we hang out all the time outside the office. We have frequent team events, a holiday party, a beach day, baseball outings, a book club, team bowling and volleyball, and more!
- The food & drink - We get fed. A lot. On top of a fully-stocked kitchen with free chow, we get catered lunch every Wednesday, in-office and off-site Happy Hours and a mid-week "beer cart" that delivers a frosty brew to our desks. And the beer cart has blinking lights, so there's that
- The gym - We work off all those meals with free gym memberships, usable at multiple locations around the Silicon Valley. Basically, we are all ripped
- The location - We are located in the heart of downtown Mountain View, CA, right off the Castro strip and literally across the street from the Mountain View Caltrain and VTA station. We're also near US Highway 101 and El Camino Real. There's always a convenient way to get to work. Plus, we get free Caltrain passes
- The innovation - We know a great team needs time to experiment, learn new technology and think outside the box. Anyone can schedule innovation time to work on projects of interest and the whole company participates in "Rockethons" where we innovate for 24 hours
Company values
- The people - One of the best parts of working at Study.com is the people. We set a high bar and hire smart, friendly, creative people, passionate about improving education
- Ownership & impact - We love problem solvers and encourage teams to make decisions and take ownership. As a small and flexible company, you get the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects and really create an impact
- No red tape - We embrace the principles of agile development to decentralize decision making. This helps us move fast and get things done. Sometimes we break stuff along the way, but we learn from it and keep iterating, always learning and improving
Company HQ
Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA
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Leadership
Adrián Ridner
(CEO & Co-Founder)Software Engineer for Hewlett-Packard from 2000 to 2003. Advisory Council Board Member of Cal Poly State University since 2011, and Member of the Board of Director for Riecken Community Libraries since 2015.
Ben Wilson
(Chairman & Co-Founder)Experience as President of Study.com from 2003 to 2018.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Study.com
- At Study.com, we know that strong communities are built on the power of our diversity and we respect and strive to understand for the diverse identities, race, ethnicities, backgrounds, and perspectives of our team members. Our work and company culture have been consistently recognized.
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