Senior Data Scientist, AI Products

Role Description

How many times do you get the opportunity to be on the ground floor of a big and important mission? What if you could be one of the top contributors defining the mission, guiding our teams, and influencing the direction of Dropbox’s AI-first journey? As a Senior Data Scientist for this new division, you will get to do exactly that. You will join a team of top-tier data scientists and become an integral part of the product organization, helping to scale this new business.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product Engineers and Data Engineers to build the reliable, efficient, and scalable data foundations, tools, and processes to drive our AI/ML capabilities’ long-term growth
• Leverage data-driven insights to proactively identify most impactful opportunities, and directly influence product roadmaps and strategies
• Perform exploratory and deep-dive analysis to understand user workflows and engagement patterns on AI features, propose hypothesis, and design & execute experiments with great rigor and efficient data techniques
• Translate complex data insights into implications and recommendations for the business via excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Identify what matters most and prioritize ruthlessly for the area you will own
• Contribute to a culture of strong technical ownership, partner with DS leadership to keep evolving DS working model and elevate DS impact
• Work with cross-functional teams (including Product, Engineering, Design, User Research, and senior executives) to rapidly execute and iterate

Requirements

• Bachelors’ or above in quantitative discipline: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 7+ years experience of leveraging data-driven analysis to influence product roadmap and business decision, preferably in a tech company
• Proven track record of being able to work independently, driver measurable business impact, and proactively engage with business stakeholders with minimal direction
• Proficiency in SQL, Python or other programming/scripting languages
• Deep understanding of statistical analysis, experimentation design, and common analytical techniques like regression, decision trees
• Ability to provide data insights and recommendations for 0→1 product even when sample size is small
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in startups or building 0→1 products
• Expertise in using data to inform AI/ML product development
• Background in SaaS product