Data Scientist
Twitch is seeking an experienced Data Scientist to join its central analytics and finance team in San Francisco, CA. This role involves leveraging data analysis, dashboarding, and SQL skills to provide insights into viewer behavior and monetization performance. The Data Scientist will report to the VP of Finance, Analytics, and Business Operations.
Key responsibilities include creating actionable insights from data related to Twitch viewers, creators, advertising revenue, commerce revenue, and content deals. The role also involves developing dashboards and visualizations to inform business decision-making, maintaining complex queries and data pipelines for ad-hoc analyses, authoring narratives and documentation to support conclusions, and collaborating with business partners, product managers, and data team members to align data science efforts with strategic goals.
Candidates should have at least 3 years of data science experience and a Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Business Analytics, Data Science, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, or Computer Science. Expertise in SQL for data analysis, reporting, and dashboarding is required, along with proficiency in visualization tools like Tableau or Quicksight. Experience with scripting languages such as Python or R, and familiarity with data warehouses and big data technologies like Redshift, Snowflake, or BigQuery are also necessary.
The base salary range for this position is $157,300 to $212,800 USD annually. The compensation package includes sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Twitch also offers comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance, 401(k) matching, maternity and parental leave, flexible PTO, and an Amazon employee discount.
Twitch fosters a collaborative and community-focused work environment, emphasizing teamwork and problem-solving. The company is dedicated to empowering live communities and offers growth opportunities for employees who are passionate about its mission.