Houzz is looking to uncover critical insights and deliver models to leverage those findings, thus powering intelligent business decisions, by hiring a Data Scientist to join their Pro Data Science team.
Requirements
- Proficiency in writing complex SQL queries such as using aggregate functions and all types of joins using Hadoop, Hive and Presto
- Strong programming skills in Python or R
- Proficiency in advanced experimental designing, testing, and analysis
- Experience with statistical modeling
- Proficiency in using Tableau for visualization
- Experience with subscription based analytics, web/app user engagement, and funnel conversion
Responsibilities
- Critical projects will focus on data-driven insights to guide product development and business direction
- Collaborate with leadership, product, data, and engineering teams to identify, define, and launch strategic and operational data science initiatives to influence product roadmap, set strategic directions and drive user engagement
- Define and manage the key metrics of the business and product efficiently
- Design product experiments, interpret results to draw detailed and impactful conclusions, and conduct root cause analysis
- Own the end-to-end execution of projects by working with a broad cross-functional team
- Work with data infrastructure/product engineering teams to define the data collection needs
- Provide recommendations to assist quick product ideation and feature launch decisions
Other
- Bachelors/Masters Degree with 2+ years of experience working within an analytical role in a high-growth tech company
- Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
- A passion for analytics and product development
- Self-motivated, independent, and eager to learn
- Ability to learn and act quickly, making decisions and drawing conclusions in the face of ambiguity
