Position Details

Salary $218K – $230K USD / year

Type Full-Time

Experience senior

Exp. Years 6+ years

Education Not specified

Category AI & Machine Learning

About this role

Senior Data Scientist II - AI for Analytics at Instacart drives AI-powered analytics initiatives, building production-ready models and leading cross-functional efforts to shape product strategy and analytics roadmap.

Key Responsibilities

Product strategy for analytics opportunities
Deploy AI systems in production
Lead cross-functional data science initiatives
Define metrics and ROI alignment
Mentor junior data scientists

Technical Overview

Expertise in Python data stack (pandas, scikit-learn, statsmodels, PyTorch), SQL (Snowflake), Git, Jupyter notebooks; experience deploying models to production and running causal experiments.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior data scientist with 6-8+ years in data science, expert Python and SQL, and a track record of deploying AI/ML models to production with strong causal experimentation experience.

Must-Have Skills

6+ years of work experience in a data science or related fieldExpert in Python (pandas)SQLgitand Jupyter notebooksHave deeply engaged with AI workflowsStrong statistical and analytical skillsBuilt a machine learningstatisticalor AI model that made its way into production

Nice-to-Have Skills

8+ years of work experience in a data science or related fieldLed a cross-functional team to design a system of metricsSignificant causal experimentation experienceExperience with Python (pandas; scikit-learnstatsmodelsor PyTorch; a visualization library not matplotlib; a web framework such as flask)SQL (Snowflake)GitJupyter notebooks

Tools & Platforms

PythonSQLGitJupyter notebooksSnowflakePyTorchscikit-learnstatsmodelsFlask

Required Skills

6+ years in data sciencePython (pandas)SQLGitJupyter notebooksscikit-learnstatsmodelsPyTorchproduction deploymentcausal experimentation

Hard Skills

PythonpandasSQLgitJupyter notebooksscikit-learnstatsmodelsPyTorchproduction deploymentcausal experimentation

Soft Skills

cross-functional collaborationleadershipprioritizationcommunicationproblem-solving

Industry & Role

Industry Retail & E-commerce

Job Function Lead AI for Analytics data science initiatives and productionizing AI/ML models

Role Subtype Senior Data Scientist

Tech Domains Python, SQL, Pandas, Git, Jupyter notebooks, Scikit-learn, Statsmodels, PyTorch, Snowflake

Keywords for Your Resume

senior data scientistai for analyticsinstacartremotedata sciencepythonpandassqlgitjupyter notebooksscikit-learnstatsmodelspytorchproduction deploymentcausal experimentationsnowflakeflaskdata analyticsanalytics

Deal Breakers

Less than 6 years experience, No production ML deployment experience, Lack of Python/pandas expertise

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