Data Scientist
Facebook is seeking a Data Scientist to join our Data Science team. Individuals in this role are expected to be comfortable working as a software engineer and a quantitative researcher. The ideal candidate will have a keen interest in the study of an online social network, and a passion for identifying and answering questions that help us build the best products.
Responsibilities
Work closely with a product engineering team to identify and answer important product questions
Answer product questions by using appropriate statistical techniques on available data
Communicate findings to product managers and engineers
Drive the collection of new data and the refinement of existing data sources
Analyze and interpret the results of product experiments
Develop best practices for instrumentation and experimentation and communicate those to product engineering teams
Requirements
M.S. or Ph.D. in a relevant technical field, or 4+ years experience in a relevant role
Extensive experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches
Comfort manipulating and analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources
A strong passion for empirical research and for answering hard questions with data
A flexible analytic approach that allows for results at varying levels of precision
Ability to communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner
Fluency with at least one scripting language such as Python or PHP
Familiarity with relational databases and SQL
Expert knowledge of an analysis tool such as R, Matlab, or SAS
Experience working with large data sets, experience working with distributed computing tools a plus (Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, etc.)
New York City
Full Time