Senior Data Scientist, Experimentation

Teamwork makes the stream work.

Roku is changing how the world watches TV

Roku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the US and Mexico, and we've set our sights on powering every television in the world. Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. Our mission is to be the TV streaming platform that connects the entire TV ecosystem. We connect consumers to the content they love, enable content publishers to build and monetize large audiences, and provide advertisers unique capabilities to engage consumers.

From your first day at Roku, you'll make a valuable - and valued - contribution. We're a fast-growing public company where no one is a bystander. We offer you the opportunity to delight millions of TV streamers around the world while gaining meaningful experience across a variety of disciplines.

 

About the team

The Core Analytics Team is a centralized function to provide data-driven insights to business and products. We collaborate closely with our Product and Engineering teams to deliver the best experiences to our customer and maximize the value proposition for the business.

 

About the role 

Roku is looking for a Sr. Data scientist to join the Core Analytics team to support our experimentation platform. This individual will be responsible for helping to scale Roku’s experimentation capabilities, exploring and implementing scalable and robust statistical methods that can apply to a broad range of experimentation problems. The successful candidate will help build tooling for engineers, product managers, and marketers to self-serve their own experiments and establish experimentation best practices across Roku. This individual will work closely with product management and data engineering and software engineer to identify opportunities to create new features, drive their adoption. This individual will investigate and develop solutions to track, monitor and improve our Experimentation ecosystem. The successful candidate is quantitatively driven, well versed in experimentation and advanced statistical methods, detail-focused, and possesses an elevated level of problem-solving expertise. 

For California Only - The estimated annual salary for this position is between $132,000-$254,000 annually.  Compensation packages are based on factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, certifications, and specific geographical location.  This role is eligible for health insurance, equity awards, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, wellness benefits, and paid time off.

Roku will be accepting applications for this position until May 27, 2025 [or until the position filled].

What you'll be doing 

• Help shape the roadmap to drive experimentation at Roku 
• Define the standard for statistical analysis across varying types of experiments and units of analysis ensuring robust results with minimal bias 
• Lead the design, implementation, and analysis of sophisticated A/B tests and experiments, leveraging innovative techniques like bayesian inference and causal methods to optimize complex strategies 
• Develop necessary data pipelines to power automation, validation and reporting 
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align data science initiatives with organizational goals and strategy 
• Collaborate with the Program Management and Engineering team to proactively seek and incorporate feedback 

  

We're excited if you have 

• 5+ years of work experience with a bachelor's degree or master's degree in quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Business Analytics, Data Science, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, or other quantitative field)  
• Strong statistical acumen
• Hands on experience on experimental design, A/B testing, causal inference and statistical modeling/forecasting 
• Expertise in SQL, SAS, R, Python or other programming languages to query data and perform analysis 
• Hands on experience with visualization tools like Tableau or Looker 
• Have a bias towards action in resolving issues and operate in a high-energy, fast-paced environment 
• The ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical business partners alike, and who are interested in building strong cross-functional relationships
• A desire to question the status quo and promote innovative solutions to challenging problems

#LI-EG1

 

Benefits

Roku is committed to offering a diverse range of benefits as part of our compensation package to support our employees and their families. Our comprehensive benefits include global access to mental health and financial wellness support and resources. Local benefits include statutory and voluntary benefits which may include healthcare (medical, dental, and vision), life, accide