Senior Data Scientist

Dropbox

USremote country$193k-$261k/yrPosted Aug 3, 2026
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Skills

regressionhypothesispython

About the role

Role Description

We're looking for a Senior Data Scientist to partner with product, engineering, and design teams to answer key questions and drive impact in the Core Experience and Artificial Intelligence (AI) areas. This area focuses on improving key part of the core product through re-envisioning the home experience, cross platform experience, user onboarding, and building new functionality and launching high impact initiatives. We solve challenging problems and boost business growth through a deep understanding of user behaviors with applied analytics techniques and business insights. An ideal candidate should have robust knowledge of consumer lifecycle, behavior analysis, and customer segmentation. We’re looking for someone who can bring opinions and strong narrative framing to proactively influence the business.

Responsibilities

Perform analytical deep-dives to analyze problems and opportunities, identify the hypothesis and design & execute experiments

Create personalized segmentation strategies leveraging propensity models to enable targeting of offers and experiences based on user attributes

Identify key trends and build automated reporting & executive-facing dashboards to track the progress of acquisition, monetization, and engagement trends.

Identify opportunities, advocate for new solutions and build momentum cross-functionally to move ideas forward that are grounded in data.

Monitor and analyze a high volume of experiments designed to optimize the product for user experience and revenue & promote best practices for multivariate experiments

Translate complex concepts into implications for the business via excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

Work with cross-functional teams (including Data Science, Marketing, Product, Engineering, Design, User Research, and senior executives) to rapidly execute and iterate

Requirements

Bachelors’ or above in quantitative discipline: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

8+ years experience using analytics to drive key business decisions; examples include business/product/marketing analytics, business intelligence, strategy consulting

Proven track record of being able to work independently and proactively engage with business stakeholders with minimal direction

Significant experience with SQL

Deep understanding of statistical analysis, experimentation design, and common analytical techniques like regression, decision trees

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Strong leadership and influence skills

Preferred Qualifications

Product analytics experience in a SAAS company

Masters’ or above in a quantitative discipline: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Proficiency in programming/scripting and knowledge of statistical packages like R or Python is a plus

Durable Skills

AI fluency means using these tools to amplify human judgment, not replace it. We believe people with these skills will thrive as work and technology continue to evolve:

Awareness: Understand yourself and others.

Judgment: Evaluate information and make decisions in complex situations.

Adaptability: Learn, adjust, and stay effective through change.

Connection: Communicate, collaborate, and build trust.

To learn more about why these skills matter and what the data shows about thriving through change, read this blog post from our Chief People Officer, Melanie Rosenwasser.

Compensation

US Zone 1

$193,000 - $261,000 USD

US Zone 2

$173,700 - $234,900 USD

US Zone 3

$154,400 - $208,800 USD

Compensation

This Data Scientist role pays $193k-$261k/yr. Within typical range for data scientist roles in United States.

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