Data Scientist (L5) - Content

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with 283 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

is Netflix’s home for fans, where our daily breaking news, original videos, exclusive interviews, and behind-the-scenes storytelling reach millions of fans every month. We aim to bring members joy by deepening their connections to their favorite movies and series and helping them discover their next obsession. 

Data is a crucial component in shaping TUDUM’s strategy. In Content & Conversation Applied Science and Analytics (CASAS) DSE, we focus on delivering data products and insights that support our business partners in their complex and nuanced decision-making processes. We are a highly collaborative team that partners across Netflix to drive impact.

We are seeking a talented Senior Data Scientist to provide key insights and thought partnership to our TUDUM decision makers. You will generate insights by scoping and executing deep dive analysis and experimentation with the TUDUM product, engineering, and editorial teams. In success, you will collaborate on existing priorities but also will propose and execute on new opportunities. This role features ample opportunity for project ownership, leadership and direct influence on impactful business decisions. 

In this role, you will:

• Be a strategic thought partner with business stakeholders to define high impact problems and innovative ways to solve them with data.

• Develop statistical models explaining TUDUM engagement, impact, and other key behavioral patterns and drive causal inferences between TUDUM and the engagement with other netflix channels

• Translate insights into actionable recommendations for business improvement, and communicate these findings clearly to a broad audience

• Identify and proactively socialize TUDUM insights, especially those that may be impactful to other business areas

What you’ll bring:

• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to influence stakeholders using clear insights and recommendations

• Adept at cultivating strong partnerships

• Exceptional thought partnership and engagement abilities with a diverse set of stakeholders and passionate about communicating difficult concepts to non-technical audiences

• Highly skilled in leading through influence

• Exceptional facilitation, planning and organization skills

• Strong statistical knowledge: understanding of predictive modeling; ability to tease out incrementality vs. correlations, confounder identification and amelioration, etc.

• Strong understanding of experimentation including power calculations and interpretation of results

• Strong SQL skills and experience with distributed analytic processing technologies (S3, Presto, Hive & Spark)

• Strong skills in Python or R

• Self-starter who thrives under a high level of autonomy.

• Enthusiastic about Netflix culture

Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $170,000 - $720,000.

is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.