Senior Research Scientist

As a Senior Research Scientist at Opendoor, you will partner with Product, Engineering, and Operations to drive the business forward with data. You’ll set up data and measurement strategies to understand the state of our products and operations, understand if any new initiative achieves positive impacts through experimentation and causal inference, and build machine learning and optimization models. 

• Define the data strategy, including creating metrics with existing systems to understand our products and policies, and designing the next generation intelligent systems to improve our real estate pricing and operations practices
• Build models and policies to help teams achieve their business objectives
• Design experiments and conduct causal inference to determine effect of our initiatives
• Become a domain expert in real estate

• Expertise in statistical inference and machine learning modeling
• Proficiency working with complex and fast evolving data sets
• Experience in product analytics and experimental design
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to influence non-technical audiences with analytical insights
• 5+ years of industry experience with advanced degree in a quantitative field
• Proficiency in SQL or any other database languages and numeric programming in Python, R or other languages

• Fraud or incident detection
• Working with hardware and sensor data
• Time series analysis and forecasting 
• Optimization under uncertainty and risk management

Remote roles in the US are available in all states EXCEPT Hawaii, Alaska, Montana, or any US Territories.

For CO Residents Only, and in accordance with C.R.S. Sec. 8-5-101 et seq., the estimated base salary range for this role is $144,000 - $205,000 per year. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position in question based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change.  Individual pay is based upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors.  For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and other available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply for the role and are selected for an interview. 

For New York City Residents Only, and in accordance with the New York City Human Rights Law (Administrative Code of City of NY §8-107), the estimated base salary range for this role is $160,000 - $230,000 per year. This range represents the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position in question based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change.  Individual pay is based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.  For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and other available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply for the role and are selected for an interview.

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