[Hiring] Associate Director, Data Science @Chewy

Role Description

What you’ll do:

• Combine deep understanding of machine learning, advanced data analysis, statistical testing, and the ability to communicate insights effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Operate as a full stack data scientist utilizing expertise in both machine learning and cloud technologies, while also growing and leading a team.
• Lead data science projects through development lifecycle including offline evaluation, deployment, experimentation, feedback, and model improvements.
• Formalize procedures about how models are expected to behave, creating definitions of outliers, developing methods to identify them systematically, and explaining why they are reasonable or identifying fixes.
• Design, develop, and implement machine learning models for various applications, including but not limited to predictive analytics, natural language processing, generative AI, and computer vision for different retail applications.
• Research and implement state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms to address specific business challenges.
• Analyze large, complex data sets to extract actionable insights and identify trends, patterns, and opportunities.
• Handle data collection, cleansing, and validation processes to ensure data integrity and reliability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, software engineers, and domain experts, to understand requirements and deliver effective solutions.
• Document code, algorithms, and processes to facilitate knowledge sharing and ensure reproducibility.
• Provide technical guidance in best practices for model development to the data science team.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Data Science, Math, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field and 4 years of experience as a Computer and Information Systems Manager or a related position/occupation.
• Ph.D. degree in Data Science, Math, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field and 2 years of experience as a Computer and Information Systems Manager or a related position/occupation.

Requirements

• Apply advanced mathematics and data science methodologies.
• Standard machine learning and statistical techniques including predictive models (time series, regression, etc.), classification, forecasting.
• Programming in Python and ML frameworks.
• Developing and deploying advanced machine learning models and algorithms in a production environment.

Benefits

• Base salary range: $189,684 to $296,000 per year.
• Eligible for 401k and a new hire and annual equity grant.
• C08+ positions may also be eligible for annual bonus.
• Different types of insurance and benefits, such as medical/Rx, vision, dental, life, disability, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident.
• Parental leave, family services benefits, backup dependent care, flexible spending accounts, telemedicine, pet adoption reimbursement, employee assistance program.
• Discounts including 10% off pet insurance and 20% off at Chewy.com.
• Unlimited PTO for exempt salary team members, subject to manager approval.
• Six paid holidays per year.
• Eligibility for paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations.