Senior Decision Scientist - Product
Ibotta is seeking a Decision Scientist to help us build the next Ibotta, with exceptional technology. This includes the building the next iterations of the app, mobile and online payments, new features driven by algorithms, and expert analysis to help the Product teams make data-driven decisions to build a more engaging app experience.
As a Decision Scientist, you will be responsible for using the latest developments in statistics, machine learning, and A/B testing methodologies to understand the business in-depth, support and challenge strategic options, build state-of-the-art tools, and improve our future product developments.
What you will be doing:
- Embrace and uphold Ibotta’s Core Values: Integrity, Boldness, Outhustle, Teamwork, Transparency & A good idea can come from anywhere
- Working cross-functionally with the Product team to analyze usage and uncovering key, actionable insights about Ibotta users behavior
- Running statistical analysis and create predictive models based on past user purchases and behavior
- Designing and measuring controlled experiments to determine the potential impact of new approaches
- Understanding and reporting business performance in detail and identifying opportunities for improving the app experience.
- Developing algorithms for personalizing users experiences
- Building tools with embedded analytics/machine learning to automate insights
- Understanding and reporting business performance in detail and identifying opportunities for improving the app experience.
- Placing actionable data points and trends in context for leadership to understand actual performance and uncover opportunities.
What we are looking for:
- 4+ years of relevant work experience
- Experience working on consumer-facing products
- Proven expertise with SQL, data wrangling, statistics, and analytical skills
- Ability to think creatively and provide thoughtful insights that drive action
- Ability to develop, automate, visualize, analyze, and communicate learnings to leadership
- Experience using modern data analysis tools (such as R and Python) is required
- Experience with A/B testing concepts
- Ability to own larger projects end-to-end
- Practical work experience in Analytics, preferably in a consumer-facing industry, required
- Ability to work collaboratively throughout the organization to drive towards common goals
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in analytics/mathematics/statistics/data science/computer science/economics or equivalent experience
About Us:
Headquartered in Denver, CO, Ibotta ("I bought a...") is a free mobile shopping and payments app that has delivered more than $675 million in cumulative cash rewards to its users for making purchases in-store, on mobile apps, or via websites. Launched in 2012, Ibotta has more than 35 million downloads and has become one of the most frequently used shopping apps in the United States. The Ibotta platform provides cash back on purchases at more than 1,500 leading brands and hundreds of retailer partners. In 2019, Ibotta launched its payments solution, Pay with Ibotta™, enabling shoppers to pay for their entire purchase through the Ibotta app and instantly earn cash back. Ibotta was named to the 2019 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S., after debuting on the list in 2018. The company recently became the first mobile consumer technology company in Colorado to achieve $1B in valuation.
Learn more about Ibotta here: https://liferewarded.ibotta.com/press-and-media/
To learn more about what our Tech teams are doing day to day, visit Building Ibotta on Medium.com.
Additional Details:
- This position is located in Denver, CO and includes competitive pay, benefits package (including medical, dental, vision), 401k, and equity.
- Ibotta provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, and genetics.
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
- For the security of our employees and the business, all employees are responsible for the secure handling of data in accordance with our security policies, identifying and reporting phishing attempts, as well as reporting security incidents to the proper channels.