Senior Data Scientist - Shopping Experience (Search)

Posted

InstacartUnited States - RemoteRemotefull-timesenior

$194,000 USD

Tech Stack

Responsibilities

  • Own core Search metrics and funnels end to end, defining guardrails, monitoring performance, and diagnosing conversion gaps.
  • Design, run, and interpret experiments across ranking, retrieval, and search UX, translating ambiguous outcomes into data-driven recommendations.
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, and ML to prioritize opportunities, size impact, and influence the roadmap for relevance, quality, and latency improvements.
  • Build deep diagnostic analyses by query class, price point, surface, and customer lifecycle to pinpoint Search underperformance.
  • Improve data quality, instrumentation, and metric definitions for Search to ensure clarity, consistency, and speed.

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Remote Work

Culture

Flex FirstRemote WorkCustomer-Obsessed

Requirements

Required: Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering) or equivalent practical experience.
Regions: Us, Ca, Ny, Ct, Nj, Wa, Or, De, Me, Ma, Md, Nh, Ri, Vt, Dc, Pa, Va, Co, Tx, Il, Hi

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About Instacart
Industry: e-commerce
Size: enterprise

Instacart is a company transforming the grocery industry by providing grocery delivery and essential services, offering flexible earning opportunities, and building innovative solutions for customers and advertisers.

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Compensation
Base salary: $194,000 USD
Equity: Eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.