Facebook

Data Scientist - Shops Seller Ecosystem

Posted on: 6 Apr 2021

Menlo Park, CA

Job Description

The Facebook Shops Ecosystems teams mission is to evolve and support the eCommerce strategy across the family of apps. We work directly with leadership and horizontally with data science teams that are embedded throughout the company. This includes building foundational understanding of how the Shops ecosystem and the different pieces come together, identifying the right health metrics to evaluate ecosystem health, and constantly challenging our current understanding. We are looking for a Data Scientist who can see the big picture, identify pivotal questions, work closely with leadership, and lead data scientists around the company to help steer the product strategy.

Data Scientist - Shops Seller Ecosystem Responsibilities

* Identify and quantify strengths and weaknesses in the ecosystem from the Merchant perspective and the buyer perspective

* Leverage data and work closely with leadership to challenge and evolve the long term and short term strategy

* Collaborate with data scientists and product teams across the company to drive foundational understanding of the product experience

Minimum Qualifications

* Bachelors/Masters Degree with 4+ years (or PhD with 2+ years) of experience working within an analytical role

* 5+ years of experience working in an analytics organization

* Genuine interest in understanding the dynamics of eCommerce networks and building great products

* Experience working independently and as a member of a cross-functional team

* Experience in using SQL to query and manipulate large data sets for analysis

* Python or R experience

* Experience answering big picture questions by framing the business question into an analytical plan and communicate to stakeholders

* Strategic thinking and can drive the direction of the team

Preferred Qualifications

* 7+ years of experience working in an analytics organization

* Experience with economic or ecosystem analyses

* Experience working with executives or senior leadership

Locations

About the Facebook company

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities we're just getting started.

Facebook is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations) in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions or who are neurodivergent, and to candidates with sincerely held religious beliefs or requiring pregnancy related support. If you need support, please reach out to accommodations-ext@fb.com.

(Colorado only*) Minimum salary of $167,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20)

Facebook

Menlo Park, CA

Facebook, Inc. provides various products to connect and share through mobile devices, personal computers, and other surfaces worldwide. The company’s products include Facebook that enables people to connect, share, discover, and communicate with each other on mobile devices and personal computers; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and messages; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, groups, and businesses across platforms and devices; and WhatsApp, a messaging application for use by people and businesses to communicate in a private way. It also provides Oculus, a hardware, software, and developer ecosystem, which allows people to come together and connect with each other through its Oculus virtual reality products. As of December 31, 2018, it had approximately 1.52 billion daily active users. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

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