Data Scientist Analytics at Overstock

We Are Overstock:At Overstock.com, we believe that everyone should “Be You!”. Overstock is a community that upholds a culture of understanding, acceptance, and respect. We believe a person’s individuality is at the core of diversity, and those traits, beliefs, and characteristics should be valued and embraced. Living by this ethos is essential to the success of our business. Our goal is to foster a more diverse environment where every employee visibly demonstrates inclusive behaviors and respect for individuals.This position is eligible for remote work. Currently we can hire employees in the following states: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming. This role will have occasional on site expectations.This influential position supports Overstock's internal search team in extracting insights and trends from Overstock's product search engine. Search is a significant component of Overstock's service and impacts many internal organizations, thus tracking the performance of the search engine and communicating results is the key responsibility of this role; your job will inform many departments on what is working and what isn't – hypothesis testing and statistical modeling will be crucial in supporting your work. Additionally, finding actionable insights is an important responsibility of this role. The analyst will also be responsible for impact analysis on concepts such as product conversion and search engine performance, as well as creating and measuring specific performance metrics. An ideal candidate will have a strong background in manipulating and analyzing large, unstructured data sets, the ability to scrub data and identify noise, as well as possessing excellent abilities in expressing results through data visualization and synopsis.Job Responsibilities
Hypothesis Testing and the analysis of results
Time Series Analysis
Determine pain points in search effecting customer experience
Obtain, join, scrub, explore, model, and interpret large datasets
Transform and manipulate large dataset to suit the desired analysis
Create reports on user trends, user behavior and product engagement
Data cleaning
Summarizing and presenting data insights to the internal search team, analytics group, and upper management
Perform other duties as required and assigned by manager and upper management.
Follow legal policies as directed.
 Job RequirementsRequiredo   1-3 years of relevant work experienceo   Strong intellectual curiosity combined with a knack for recognizing correlations and trendso   Experience with relational databases and SQLo   Experience with data access BI tools (ie Tableau, VI, Microstrategy)o   Proven track record of hypothesis testing and statistical analyseso   Basic understanding of HDFS and Website trackingo   Experience reporting on user metricsPreferredo   3+ years relevant experienceo   Experience in E-Commerceo   Strong understanding of R, Python, SAS or Juliao   Experience with Causal Inferenceo   Natural Language Processing experienceSkills
Command of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Microsoft Excel
Experience with relational databases (SQL, Microsoft Access, etc.)
Familiarity with statistical data analysis (R,SAS, SPSS, Python, etc.)
Python or similar programing experience
Base Salary Range - $88,000 - $110,000EducationUndergraduate degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Marketing/Business Analytics or another related STEM fieldWho We Are:We’re a passionate group of collaborative problem solvers and creative innovators, working on cutting-edge technology. From building award-winning retail applications (with amazing AR functionality) to creating leading blockchain and machine learning technologies, each of us embodies a unique value and contributes a diverse perspective to the team.
What We Offer:  
401k (6% match)
Flexible Schedules
Onsite Health Clinic
Tuition Reimbursement, Leadership Development Program, & Mentorship Program
Onsite Fitness Center
Overstock Women's Network (OWN)
And More…
*Benefits vary based on position, tenure, location, and employee electionPhysical Requirements:This position requires you to sit, stand and perform general office functions. You may also be required to lift up to 25 pounds occasionally. Bending, stooping and reaching are also frequently required.Equal Employment Opportunity:It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and associates.  This policy includes our commitment to ensure that all employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, pregnancy, veteran status (including Vietnam era veterans), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other non-job-related characteristic protected by law.Back to Overstock Careers