Senior Data Scientist, Etsy
$136-176k
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eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
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eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
1001+ employees
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$136-176k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To keep human connection at the heart of commerce.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years experience as a data scientist or data analyst in which you have independently extracted meaning from big data sets with little engineering support
- Successful track record of guiding product teams to identify high-impact opportunities, set meaningful goals against key outcomes, and make data-driven decisions. Experience working in a two sided marketplace environment preferred
- Mastery of SQL and proficiency in R/Python. Passionate to try new approaches to advance your technical skills
- Deep understanding of experimentation theory and practical experience designing and analyzing online experiments
- Specialize in sophisticated analyses and regularly use statistical methods in your work
- Proficiency with Looker, Tableau, or other data visualization software
- Distill highly complex problems into narratives that are concise, actionable, and memorable, and express your recommendations with both conviction and finesse
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our Inventory Buyer Experience team!
- This team’s focus is helping buyers easily evaluate key information about our listings and crafting a delightful personalized shopping experience.
- As the Senior Data Scientist on this team, you will be evaluating opportunities to improve web and app experiences for our buyers, and applying sophisticated analytical techniques to break down high-level strategy questions into actionable insights.
- You will also play a critical role in conducting and evaluating experiments to drive decision-making about products and features
- This is a full-time position reporting to the Manager, Product Analytics
- Partner and work collaboratively with the cross-functional Inventory Buyer Experience team
- Play a meaningful role in finding opportunities to further improve buyer experiences and driving decision-making with your partners
- Design and analyze rigorous experiments, help teams set great hypotheses, and deliver robust analysis of experiment results
- Transform raw data into meaningful and impactful analysis characterized by strong data governance, technique transparency, and clear documentation
- Design and define metrics to ensure robust measurement of product performance
- Build foundational data sets using SQL and database skills
- Craft outstanding dashboards and visualizations using Looker, as well as impactful presentations for senior leaders
- Possess a deep level of curiosity and appetite for learning, which drives you to finding outstanding solutions
- Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require! You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks, too, and that your job duties and responsibilities may change from time to time at Etsy's discretion, or otherwise applicable with local law
Our take
Created as an alternative to more corporate eCommerce sites, Etsy is a peer-to-peer (P2P) website where users buy and sell handmade crafts, vintage items, art, and photography. The online marketplace works similarly to Amazon and eBay, only with an emphasis on unique items rather than mass-produced merchandise.
Since its IPO in 2015, it has managed to hold its own in an increasingly competitive eCommerce industry, including from Amazon's handmade section that launched in 2015. Further, by providing sellers with ownership over pricing and branding, the site is attractive for those wanting to set up a business on an established platform.
However, the seller-side of Etsy is not without problems. The recent hike in transaction fees and the introduction of mandatory marketing fees for artists with high turnovers has created significant discontent amongst sellers. Etsy must reconcile these issues to ensure artists continue to operate on the same scale within the platform. It plans to attract shoppers with its message of extraordinary, handmade and affordable products.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
May 2012
$40m
LATE VC
Aug 2010
$20m
SERIES E
Total funding: $91.7m
Company benefits
- Equity (offers vary by country)
- Performance bonuses
- Paid gender neutral parental leave
- Adoption and family planning
- Back-up care
- Volunteer time off
- Donation matching
- Employee resource groups
- Global virtual events
- Employer paid health benefits
- Fitness benefits
- Wellness programming
- Mental health benefits
- 401K matching/Pension contributions
Company values
- We commit to our craft - Our work has the power to change lives. That’s why we strive to learn continuously and excel at what we do
- We minimize waste - Time, resources, and energy are precious, so we focus only on what will have the greatest impact
- We embrace differences - Diverse teams are stronger, and inclusive cultures are more resilient. When we seek out different perspectives, we make better decisions and build better products
- We dig deeper - The best solutions to meaningful challenges are rarely easy or obvious. We stay curious, balance our intuition with insights, and decide with confidence
- We lead with optimism - We believe in our mission, and we believe in each other. We see the world as it is, set ambitious goals, and inspire one another with generosity of spirit. Together, we reimagine what is possible
Company HQ
Downtown Brooklyn, NY
Articles
Leadership
Josh Silverman
(CEO)Previously senior executive at eBay, CEO of Shopping.com, CEO of Skype and President of Consumer Products & Services at American Express.
People progressing
Became the Director of International Strategy and Operations after a year and 2 months as a senior manager in the division. After nearly 5 years in that role, they became Director of Marketing and International Strategy & Operations, and six months after that was promoted to Senior Director in that same department.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Etsy
- Diversity is a priority at Etsy, owned by everyone:
- A diverse workforce is critical to Etsy’s success—it makes us a stronger, better, more resilient and more relevant company. We have an inclusive culture and each of us actively creates opportunities for underrepresented groups to join, thrive and advance at Etsy
- We welcome all perspectives:
- As individuals, we invite a variety of viewpoints and experiences—especially when they conflict with our own. We encourage questions more than statements, and provide a safe environment in which all employees can surface and discuss concerns
- We measure and share openly:
- We contribute to broader progress by evaluating, iterating and transparently communicating our successes and failures internally and externally
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