Senior Data Scientist II – Relevance & Ranking

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Lead the data science strategy and roadmap focused on ranking and relevance as the team's principal data scientist.

• Collaborate closely with engineers to enhance ranking models from inception to execution, including defining optimization goals through experimentation.

• Take ownership of experiment design and translate outcomes into actionable launch recommendations.

• Develop measurement frameworks that endure in a marketplace where bias and interference among advertisers may skew results.

• Utilize rigorous observational techniques when experiments are impractical and justify the assumptions behind them.

• Create marketplace frameworks that balance the values of advertisers, users, and the platform while establishing clear success criteria and constraints for trade-offs.

• Differentiate between genuine incremental gains and value that is merely redistributed among advertisers, channels, or timeframes.

• Assess how modifications affect various user and advertiser segments, distinguishing between sustainable value and temporary lifts.

• Use insights to inform targeting and investment strategies, factoring in uncertainty.

• Quantify commercial impact to assist senior leaders in prioritizing initiatives and making product decisions.

• Act as the primary data science collaborator with commercial and offer teams, converting business objectives into measurable goals and ranking enhancements.

• Effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Guide and mentor others while developing reusable methods that enhance the team's scientific rigor and execution capabilities.

• Utilize tools such as Python, SQL, Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Spark, and AWS to perform and scale analytical tasks.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in data science, machine learning, or applied analytics, showcasing ownership of complex analytical challenges within product-driven settings.

• Proven experience managing the analytical roadmap and conducting experiments related to ranking, relevance, or recommendations.

• Ability to articulate the prioritization of questions, the rationale behind declined work, and associated decisions.

• Experience in cross-functional collaboration, integrating product, sales, and engineering considerations into daily operations.

• Proficiency in defining a marketplace KPI framework and addressing advertiser-user-platform trade-offs.

• History of evaluating improvements beyond single metrics to their overall impact on marketplace economics.

• Expertise in designing measurements that account for selection bias, shared budgets, or spillover effects.

• Capacity to defend experiment designs and their assumptions, tackling issues related to selection bias, interference, or observational identification.

• Documented history of generating incremental, sustained business impact.

• Proven ability to influence strategic or launch decisions.

• Examples of redirecting, pausing, or discontinuing initiatives based on quantified trade-offs.

• Experience in developing reusable analytical assets and mentoring fellow analysts or scientists.

• Strong modeling capabilities.

• High proficiency in SQL and at least one programming language, preferably Python.

• Familiarity with large-scale data systems such as Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, or Spark.

• Significant experience with advertiser-funded consumer marketplaces, retail media, or ad platforms that balance the interests of advertisers, users, and platforms (preferred).

• Background in ad ranking or product search and ranking (preferred).

• Experience in consumer product analytics linking behavior to retention and monetization (preferred).

• Valid work authorization for employment in Canada (excluding Quebec) or the United States.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity: We provide full-time employees with equity in Fetch, allowing everyone to share in the company’s growth.

• 401(k): Fetch matches your contributions dollar for dollar, up to 4% of your eligible salary.

• Comprehensive benefits for humans and pets: We offer extensive medical, dental, and vision plans that cover everyone, including pets.

• Continuing Education: Fetch offers $10,000 annually in education reimbursement.

• Employee Resource Groups: Engage in employee-led groups aimed at promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace through various events, discussions, and advocacy. The ERGs actively participate in our Inclusion Council alongside executive leadership.

• Paid Time Off: In addition to flexible PTO, Fetch recognizes 9 paid holidays and an additional week-long break at year-end. (Holidays may vary for roles based in Canada.)

• Comprehensive Leave Policies: We offer 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all employees, plus an additional 6 weeks of paid childbirth recovery leave for birthing parents, along with a flexible return-to-work schedule.

• Calvin Care Cash: Employees welcoming new family members will receive a one-time $2,000 incentive to help cover costs related to childcare, clothing, diapers, and more!

• Flexible Work Environment: Collaborate with your team in one of our beautiful offices or choose to work fully remotely from anywhere in the US for US-based roles. We ensure you have the necessary hardware and software to perform your job comfortably at home. (Applicable for most roles)