- Company: Instacart
- Location: Canada – Remote (ON, AB, BC, or NS Only)
- Job type: Full-time
- Salary: CAD 161,000 – 170,000
About the role
Instacart is looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join the Fulfillment Data Science team. You will work on core marketplace problems, specifically how customers choose and experience delivery and pickup. As a trusted partner to Product, Engineering, and Operations, you will turn complex questions into clear recommendations that influence the company roadmap. This is a remote position available only for candidates in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, or Nova Scotia.
Responsibilities
- Use data science to shape the customer journey from browsing to checkout and fulfillment.
- Own the experimentation framework for speed and service option tests across the marketplace and enterprise.
- Design and analyze experiments in a two-sided marketplace, adapting methods to fit specific problems.
- Measure tradeoffs between speed, reliability, cost, and customer experience to inform product strategy.
- Connect operational changes to business outcomes such as growth, retention, and efficiency.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand complex systems and identify key questions.
- Build automation tools, metrics, and frameworks to help the broader team move faster.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in a quantitative role at a product company or research organization.
- Track record of owning ambiguous, cross-functional problems end to end and influencing leadership decisions.
- Ability to design and run rigorous experiments and provide scientifically sound recommendations.
- Proficiency in writing complex, efficient SQL queries and coding in Python or R.
- Ability to translate business needs into analytical frameworks and drive business outcomes.
- Eagerness to learn, flexibility to pivot, and a growth mindset.
- Preferred: Experience with multi-sided marketplaces, machine learning models, geospatial data, and experimentation tooling.
- Preferred: MS/PhD in Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, or a similar field.
Pay and benefits
The base pay range for this role is CAD 161,000 to CAD 170,000. The final offer may vary based on candidate experience and skills. This role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where employees work.
How to apply
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