Senior Data Scientist, Upstart

• To thrive in this role, you’ll need creativity, curiosity, critical thinking, product thinking, and an eye for impact
• Bachelor's degree or related experience in statistics or ML-adjacent fields of study
• 2 years experience in data science, partnering with Product, Engineering and/or Growth teams in a high-velocity environment
• 2 years experience with SQL and Python or R for data wrangling and visualization
• Experience with A/B tests, causal inference and statistical analysis to drive decisions
• Demonstrated ability to translate data insights to non-technical audiences

Desirable

• Upstart aims to expand access to credit based on true risk. Upstart’s Machine Learning, Growth Partnerships team builds models used to target marketing campaigns and make loan offers on partner websites such as Credit Karma and NerdWallet, with the goal of expanding Upstart’s user base and driving product growth
• The team has a large revenue impact and is critical to Upstart’s success
• As a Senior Data Scientist on this team, you will become fluent in our models and how they interact with our products
• You’ll work on a rich variety of problems, like designing and reading out A/B tests, understanding price sensitivity, conducting in-depth data analysis to discover and size opportunities, and implementing data pipelines and dashboards
• You will collaborate with a variety of stakeholders including ML scientists, engineers, product managers and growth marketers
• Your work will drive cross-functional decision making and measurable results
• Apply expertise in data analysis, statistical inference and presentation to drive large impact
• Design and read out A/B tests for ML models and product improvements
• Build robust and insightful metrics to track model performance and drift
• Interface with growth and engineering teams to present analyses, size opportunities and suggest improvements to the business
• Understand our models and product to align ML goals with business performance