Lead Data Scientist

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company's three core products are Snapchat , a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio , an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and it's AR glasses, Spectacles .
The Product team uses creativity, insights, and operational excellence to steer our product vision across Snap Inc. This team of designers, scientists, and product managers work in a highly collaborative environment to build the products and experiences that bring our community together in new and special ways.
We are looking for a Lead Data Scientist to join our Core Data Science team at Snap Inc.
What you'll do:

• Lead, conduct, and support data science and applied research projects that have high technical depth and business impact, including areas of statistical and causal inference, user modeling, social network analysis, etc.
• Lead multiple medium-to-large-scale projects, features and/or methodologies end-to-end from problem definition, solution delivery, and adoption
• Drive and enable ML usage across several domains in heterogeneous language environments and at all stages of a project's life cycle, including ad-hoc exploration, preparing training data, model development, and robust production deployment
• Be the 'go-to' person and lead a key methodology/applied science area with a clear technical vision
• Conduct in-depth analysis of all data sources by asking the right questions, testing hypotheses, identifying patterns, and providing the necessary business context to translate what it all means
• Set best practices for the team and build solutions that are easy to understand with well maintained documentation
• Find opportunities, including technical misalignment, to further improve depth and efficiency
• Actively participate in quarterly and annual planning, while initiating and prioritizing projects with a clear vision
• Mentor other team members and provide detailed and constructive feedback on performance and impact
• Build a long-term vision on growing data science at Snap

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Expertise using data modeling skills to identify key product trends and new product opportunities
• Ability to drive technical discussions both within the data science organization as well as with engineering and product partners.
• Ability to craft implement, and track core metrics to analyze the performance of our products
• Ability to build visuals, dashboards, and reports to optimally communicate your insights
• Ability to initiate and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance
• An understanding of Snapchat with phenomenal product sense and product understanding

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/BA degree in statistics, mathematics, economics, computer science or equivalent years of experience
• 7+ years of data science related research and/or quantitative analysis experience
• 3+ years of experience with ML, algorithms, statistical methods, and analytics to solve business problems
• Proficiency in programming languages like Python, R. Architect, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree or PhD in computer science, mathematics, statistics, econometrics or related field
• Experience working with machine learning frameworks such as Tensorflow, Caffe2, PyTorch, Spark ML, scikit-learn, or related frameworks
• Examples of your work, such as open source projects, publications at top data science and machine learning conferences or journals, etc.
• Experience in a data science and product-focused role at a social media and/or mobile technology company

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a "default together" approach and expect our team members to work in an office at least 80% of the time (an average of 4 days per week).
At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don't be shy and contact us at [email protected] .
Our Benefits : Snap Inc. is its own community, so we've got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap's long-term success!
Compensation
In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These pay zones may be modified in the future.
Zone A (CA, WA, NYC) :
The base salary range for this position is $230,000-$335,000 annually.
Zone B :
The base salary range for this position is $219,000-$318,000 annually.
Zone C :
The base salary range for this position is $196,000-$285,000 annually.
This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.