Senior Data Scientist Revenue Acceleration at Shopify

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Senior Data Scientist - Revenue Acceleration
  Canada
Data Science & Engineering
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About Shopify
Opportunity is not evenly distributed. Shopify puts independence
within reach for anyone with a dream to start a business. Since
2006, we’ve grown to over 10,000 employees and generated over $496
billion in sales for 2 million merchants in 175 countries. Every 28
seconds, an entrepreneur on Shopify makes their first sale.
This is life-defining work that directly impacts people’s lives as
much as it transforms your own. This is putting the power of the few
in the hands of the many, is a future with more voices rather than
fewer, and is creating more choices instead of an elite option.
About you
Moving at our pace brings a lot of change, complexity, and
ambiguity—and a little bit of chaos. Shopifolk thrive on that and are
comfortable being uncomfortable. That means Shopify is not the right
place for everyone.
Before you apply, consider if you can:
Care deeply about what you do and about making commerce better for everyone
Excel by seeking professional and personal hypergrowth
Keep up with an unrelenting pace (the week, not the quarter)
Be resilient and resourceful in face of ambiguity and thrive on (rather than endure) change
Bring critical thought and opinion
Embrace differences and disagreement to get shit done and move forward
Work digital-first for your daily work
About the role
The Revenue Acceleration Data Science team drives Shopify’s go-to-market machine with data and insights. The team’s mission is to increase Shopify’s revenue and profitability and the team's impact is grounded in experiment-based findings.
As a Staff Data Scientist, you will use elements of analytics, machine learning, experimentation, and build data products to increase Shopify’s revenue and profitability.
Qualifications
You will need to have:
Extensive experience using Python including a strong grasp of object oriented programming (OOP) fundamentals
Deep understanding of advanced SQL techniques
Experience designing and running experiments (e.g. A/B test)
Experience building data pipelines and driving ETL design decisions
Experience creating data product strategies, shipping data products, iterating after launch, and trying again
Strong ability to prioritize and communicate to technical and non-technical audiences alike
It would be great if you have:
Experience working with commercial organizations (e.g. Sales, Marketing, Account Management, Support, etc…)
Experience building machine learning models (e.g. propensity models, recommendation system, etc…)
Experience setting up experiments in commercial organizations
Previous experience working at a large technology company
We hire people, not resumes. If you think you’re right for the role, apply now.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
The shape of a Shopify career
Ben joined Shopify as a frontline Support Advisor with no
background in programming or computer science. He’s now a
Director of Engineering. Spanning 10 jobs on 7 teams in 9 years,
Ben’s Shopify career path has twisted and turned as he’s worked
relentlessly to pursue a career as an engineer and adapted to
the pace of change—all fuelled by personal and professional
hypergrowth.

Our mission as a company is to spread entrepreneurship and help
individuals become their own bosses and take control over their
lives. I truly believe this mission and value in extreme personal
growth and development extends to what’s expected as a Shopifolk.
Shopify doesn’t like to tell people what to do. Not only is your
career in your own hands, a lot of your day-to-day is too, which
can be jarring for many people. To thrive here, you need to be
someone who’s willing to take big bets on yourself and figure
things out on your own.


            
            
              Ben Cox
              Director, Support & CX Engineering
            
          
Ben’s growth trajectory
2014-2016
A support advisor for 2 years
Studied dev skills. Learnt about our API. Became first API support person. Found bugs to fix.
Eventually became a software dev
2017-2019
Helped launch first finance product for merchants
Became senior dev and launched new support contact centre
Led a team as a dev manager
2020-2022
Scaled a team from 4 to 60+ as a senior dev manager
 Became Director for Support and CX Engineering
We hire people, not resumes. If you think you’re right for the role, apply now.
Apply now