Senior Data Scientist

At 2U, we are all in on purpose. We are motivated by our mission – to eliminate the back row in education – and connected by our shared passion to deliver world-class digital education at scale. As the parent company of edX, the world’s leading online learning platform, 2U powers more than 4,000 online higher education offerings – from free courses to full degrees. Together with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporate partners, we are helping to unlock human potential.

What We’re Looking For:

The Senior Data Scientist will lead advanced analytical research, development, and implementation. This is a highly quantitative role that requires elite analytical aptitude, strong programming skills, and intellectual curiosity. We are looking for someone who has a history of using data science to solve business problems, has extensive experience running experiments at scale in enterprise settings, is comfortable training and evaluating machine learning models in production, and has a proven ability to be a technical leader.

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:

• Design and execute business and technical processes needed for experimentation to support an array of business problems from marketing to survey analytics, including experiment ideation, experimental design, monitoring, data analysis, code review, and communication of results
• Collaborate with stakeholders and product managers to gain domain knowledge, and clarify and define requirements. Independently plan and estimate development tasks, short-term projects and long-term plans across projects. Provide feedback and mentorship to team members and improve team operations
• Design, develop and apply machine learning algorithms, automated decision engines and other models
• Ad hoc statistical analysis, reporting and visualization as needed
• Partner with engineers to productionize code, schedule jobs, and integrate into 2U software ecosystem

Things That Should Be In Your Background:

• Degree in data science, statistics, mathematics, computer science, economics or other quantitative field required; Graduate degree preferred
• 7+ years of experience running online controlled experiments at scale
• 5+ years of experience applying advanced analytic techniques in classification, regression, optimization or natural language processing in production settings
• Expert knowledge of experimental design and evaluation frameworks (i.e. A/B Tests, Multi-Armed Bandits)
• Expert knowledge of applied statistics and machine learning techniques
• Expert knowledge of either R or Python
• Proficient in SQL
• Proficient with extracting data from different database architectures

Benefits & Culture

Our global employee base is a diverse collection of innovators, dreamers, and doers working together to transform lives through higher education. We believe that every employee can advance our shared purpose, and that life at 2U should be fun and meaningful. If you’re excited by the opportunity to provide over 40 million learners and counting with access to world-class online higher education, then join us – and do work that makes a difference. #NoBackRow

We offer comprehensive benefits (unique per country) and excellent work/life balance.
Full-time, U.S. benefits include: 

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life insurance, disability, and 401(k) employer match
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Generous paid holidays and leave policies, including unlimited PTO
• Additional time off benefits include: volunteer days, parental leave, and a company-wide winter break

The anticipated base salary range for this role is ($145,000 - $170,000), with potential bonus eligibility.  Salary offers are made based on the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and education as they directly relate to the requirements of the position, budget for the position and cost of labor in the market in which the candidate will be hired.

2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement

At 2U, we are committed to building and sustaining a culture of belonging, respect, and inclusion. We are proud of the steps we’ve taken to bring together an employee base that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities. We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by what makes us different, as well as by how we are alike. 

2U is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodations, please reach out to us at: recruitingaccommodations@2u.com<