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Senior Data Scientist I - Meals

Instacart· Data Science
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Hybrid (Remote)$161k - $204.5kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Senior Data Scientist to lead the Meals initiative, focusing on scaling data science work after MVP launch, with metric tracking and experimentation to drive engagement, activations, and reactivations at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Lead data science for the Meals initiative, owning the post-MVP scale-up of DS systems and infrastructure
  • Design, build, and maintain metric tracking frameworks to measure the impact of Meals on engagement, activation, and reactivation
  • Drive experimentation strategy — from hypothesis definition to analysis and recommendation — to guide product decisions
  • Partner closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and Designers to align on strategy and communicate data-driven insights
  • Contribute to a 0→1 initiative at a critical inflection point, helping define what success looks like at scale

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in consumer-facing product data science, partnering closely with Product Managers, Engineering Leads, and Data Engineers
  • Strong data science foundation: product and data analysis, A/B experimentation, causal inference, and statistical modeling
  • Experience defining KPIs, and optimizing funnel for product market fit
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex technical findings for senior business and engineering stakeholders
  • 4+ years of work experience in a data science or related field
  • Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering) or equivalent practical experience

Skills

Required:Consumer-facing product data scienceA/B experimentation
Nice to have:Causal inference

Benefits

  • Flex First remote/work flexibility
  • Competitive compensation and benefits per location
  • Equity grant and annual refresh grants
  • Available benefits details in official policy
Last updated Oct 1, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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