About Ascendion
Ascendion is a full-service digital engineering solutions company. We make and manage software platforms and products that power growth and deliver captivating experiences to consumers and employees. Our engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent solution capabilities accelerate transformation and impact for enterprise clients. Headquartered in New Jersey, our workforce of 6,000+ Ascenders delivers solutions from around the globe. Ascendion is built differently to engineer the next.
Ascendion | Engineering to elevate life
We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us:
- Build the coolest tech for world’s leading brands
- Solve complex problems – and learn new skills
- Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients
- Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience
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Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion.
About the Role:
Job Title: Experimental Data Scientist
Location: At least 3x a week (Tue - Thur) - SeaTac
Job Description
- We are seeking an Experimentation Data Scientist to join our Experimentation team and play a key role in providing insights for business decision making that will directly impact product development, user experience, and growth at our company.
- You will partner with developers, designers, product, and our Experimentation Platform partners to identify and implement improvements throughout the AB testing lifecycle, ensuring smooth testing and analysis at scale.
Responsibilities
- Experimental Design: Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product managers, engineers, designers) to define clear hypotheses, select appropriate metrics, and design-controlled experiments (A/B tests, multivariate tests, etc.).
- Data Collection and Analysis: Collect, clean, and transform data from various sources. Conduct rigorous statistical analyses to evaluate experiment results, identify trends, and draw actionable insights.
- Statistical Modeling: Develop and apply statistical models to assess treatment effects, quantify uncertainty, and estimate causal impacts. Familiarity with addressing non-normal data distribution.
- Data Visualization: Create compelling visualizations to communicate experiment findings and insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Collaboration: Work closely with stakeholders to understand business goals, provide recommendations, and iterate on experiments. Collaborate and share your work proactively to share best practices and consistently seek feedback to refine your approach.
- Continuous Learning: Stay up-to-date with advancements in experimental design, statistical techniques, and data science methodologies.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related discipline). Graduate degree preferred.
Experience:
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in data science, with a focus on experimentation.
- Proficiency in SQL and statistical programming (Python and/or R).
- Familiarity with PySpark is a plus
- Experience with supporting and designing AB tests at scale to drive product development
- Passion for developing and streamlining reliable tools to deliver insights with a high degree of automation.
- Utilize regression analysis techniques (linear regression, logistic regression, etc.)
- Strong communication skills to convey complex findings to technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience with A/B testing platforms (e.g., Optimizely, Ggle Optimize, AD Target) is a plus.
- Comfort with ambiguity; ability to thrive with minimal oversight and process.
Salary Range: The salary for this position is between $120,000-$130,000 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [long-term disability insurance] [short-term disability insurance] [5 personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertains to the City/ State] [10-15 days of paid vacation time] [6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year] [Ascendion Learning Management System]
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