Mid-Level Data Scientist – Marketing (Remote)

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Job Summary:

Wealthfront is a company focused on creating a financial system that favors people through technology and innovative financial products. They are seeking a Data Scientist to work within their Marketing team, primarily focusing on modeling and quantifying the financial impact of marketing efforts to optimize customer acquisition and profitability.

Responsibilities:

• Model the dependence of marketing costs on factors including marketing channel, geography, demographics, seasonality and macroeconomics (e.g. interest rates).

• Using statistical models to forecast revenue generation at different granularities (client-level, cohort-level, geo-level, quarterly, yearly etc) and by above demographic and economic factors.

• Provide accuracy as well as explainability to cost and revenue forecasts; this might require building different models for the same outcome.

• Create well-crafted and reusable libraries for statistical analyses and forecasting.

• Collaborate with the Marketing team to define initiatives and experiments addressing marketing efficiency.

• Articulate rationale, candidate approaches and milestones for projects.

• Articulate technical information, including assumptions, methodologies, and outcomes to specialists across disciplines. Drive effective collaboration via clear presentations and shareable written docs.

• Translate hunches to hypotheses and numbers into recommendations.

• Absorb, articulate and influence marketing strategy.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Operations Research, or Natural Sciences, with 4-8+ years of prior experience as a Data Scientist.

• Proficiency in Python and SQL.

• A strong foundation in practical Statistics and machine learning.

• Strong mathematical and software engineering skills.

• Fluency in long and short form oral and written communication.

• Ability to sharpen or reframe project requirements through effective collaboration.

• Strong desire and ability to mentor junior Data Scientists by exemplifying math, engineering and technical communication skills.

Preferred:

• Experience in a Marketing facing role preferred, but not required.

Company:

Wealthfront integrates investing and saving products to help young professionals build long-term wealth in any market condition. Founded in 2008, the company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Late Stage. Wealthfront has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.