SendGrid is hiring a Data Scientist to join its Big Data team. The Data Scientist should be a genius with good communication skills. This isn't an "analyst" position. The expectation is that the Data Scientist can code well, utilize big data technologies like Hadoop directly and synthesize advanced techniques and theories to explore and explain our Data. The optimal candidate would have prior experience doing all these activities (like in a research context) be well-rounded and very passionate about working with data.

The optimal candidate should be able to connect complex theories and analysis results with high level business goals and motivations (like cutting costs or increasing revenue). They should be able to summarize and communicate these theories or insights to decision makers internally and publicly to the email/marketing community.

What You'll Do

• Help the Big Data team explore data to brainstorm new products
• Communicate SendGrid's data findings and techniques publicly
• Build models and algorithms to support new products
• Develop/Code for data analysis (e.g., Map-Reduce jobs)
• Develop/Code models for features (e.g., prediction models)
• Write research papers and blog articles
• Present at industry and research conferences
• Present findings internally through reports and presentations