About the Team
The Analytics team is looking for experienced Data Scientists and Senior Data Scientists to guide measurement, strategy, and tactical decision-making across the company across a variety of teams and levels. Data Scientists at DoorDash work to uncover insights and turn them into relevant recommendations, driving decisions for the entire organization. Analytics is integral to all operational areas at DoorDash.
Teams You Can Apply To
- Consumer & Growth
- Business Operations
- Dasher & Logistics
- Customer Experience & Integrity
- Merchant, Ads & Sales
- New Verticals
- International Data Science
About the Role
As a Data Scientist at DoorDash, you'll use your quantitative background to mentor other scientists and dive into large datasets to guide decisionโmaking. We solve a multitude of exciting challenges including customer acquisition, fraud and support, marketing, balancing supply and demand, new city launches, marketplace efficiency, and more. If you enjoy finding patterns amidst chaos, and have experience using analytics to affect revenue, growth, operations or beyond, weโre looking for someone like you.
Responsibilities
- Use quantitative analysis and the presentation of data to see beyond the numbers and understand what drives our business.
- Build fullโcycle analytics experiments, reports, and dashboards using SQL, R, Python, or other scripting and statistical tools.
- Work with and mentor junior analysts on how to use more advanced methods and solve challenges.
- Produce recommendations and use statistical techniques and hypothesis testing to validate your findings.
- Provide insights to help business and product leaders understand marketplace dynamics, user behaviors, and longโterm trends.
- Identify and measure levers to help move essential metrics and make recommendations.
- Work backwards from understanding and sizing problems to ideating solutions.
- Report against our goals by identifying essential metrics and building executiveโfacing dashboards to track progress.
- Collaborate with engineering to implement, document, validate, and monitor our logging.
Requirements
- A degree in Math, Physics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a similar domain.
- 2+ years of experience in data analytics, consulting, or a related role.
- Experience working with funnel optimization, user segmentation, cohort analyses, time series analyses, regression models, etc.
- Expertise in SQL queries, ETL, A/B Testing, and statistical analysis (e.g., hypothesis testing, experimentation, regressions) with packages such as Matlab, R, SAS or Python.
- Proficiency in one or more analytics & visualization tools (e.g., Chartio, Looker, Tableau).
- The insight to take ambiguous problems and solve them in a structured, hypothesisโdriven, dataโsupported way.
Notice for NYC & Remote Applicants
Notice to Applicants for Jobs Located in NYC or Remote Jobs Associated With Office in NYC Only.
We use Covey as part of our hiring and/or promotional process for jobs in NYC and certain features may qualify it as an AEDT in NYC. As part of the process, we provide Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using Covey Scout for inbound from Augustโฏ21โฏ2023 through Decemberโฏ21โฏ2023 and resumed use on Juneโฏ29โฏ2024.
Compensation
The successful candidateโs starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on jobโrelated factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employeeโs work location. Ranges are marketโdependent and may be modified in the future.
- The national base pay ranges for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.
- $124,100โ$182,500 USD
- $152,000โ$223,500 USD
- $184,300โ$271,000 USD
In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.
Benefits
DoorDash cares about you and your overall wellโbeing. Thatโs why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g., Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, familyโforming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.
- For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
- For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week).
About DoorDash
At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of usersโfrom Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started by enabling doorโtoโdoor delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.
DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. Weโre committed to supporting employeesโ happiness, healthiness, and overall wellโbeing by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Weโre committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. Thatโs why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.
Statement of NonโDiscrimination
In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on โprotected categories,โ we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (e.g., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforceโpeople who identify as women, nonโbinary or gender nonโconforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differentlyโabled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of nonโdiscrimination.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.
Accommodation and Accessibility
If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.
Legal Information
We used Covey as part of our hiring and/or promotional process for jobs in NYC and certain features may qualify it as an AEDT in NYC. As part of the process, we provided Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using Covey Scout for inbound from Augustโฏ21โฏ2023 through Decemberโฏ21โฏ2023, resumed use on Juneโฏ29โฏ2024, and ceased using Covey Scout for inbound on Aprilโฏ30โฏ2026. The Covey tool has been reviewed by an independent auditor. Results of the audit may be viewed here: https://getcovey.com/nyc-local-law-144.