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Staff Data Scientist

ZORA

ZORA

Data Science
Remote
Posted on Sep 4, 2024

Staff Data Scientist

Remote

About Us

Zora is a new kind of onchain social network to express yourself freely, connect with others, and discover the value of your imagination. We believe that by using crypto, we can enable a more equitable system for creators, fundamentally rediscovering the power of the internet.

We’re working tirelessly to make Zora available to as many people as possible with a simple, fun, and rewarding consumer app. Our mission is to make creating on the internet free and valuable.

What You’ll Do

  • Manage complex, ambiguous challenges by framing problems, generating hypotheses, and delivering actionable recommendations that integrate analytical rigor with deep product expertise.
  • Design and build foundational data systems, including ETLs, dashboards, and analytics that drive data-driven decision-making and support scalable business growth.
  • Enable and foster a culture of experimentation by establishing best practices and systems for A/B testing and results measurement across ZORA's product suite.
  • Develop, monitor, and refine key metrics for ZORA's products, business performance, and the broader crypto ecosystem.
  • Contribute to the development of feed algorithms, recommendation systems and search.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to drive product prioritization and planning based on data-driven insights.

Skills We’re Looking For

  • Proven ability to lead complex technical projects from concept to completion, especially in greenfield environments.
  • Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python.
  • Experience with DAG creation using tools like Dagster or Airflow.
  • Strong understanding of business metric definition, maintenance, and effective data presentation.
  • Expertise in statistical methods, experimentation design and A/B testing methodologies.
  • Familiarity with cross-domain and cross-platform tracking and attribution.
  • Experience working with OLAP databases such as BigQuery, Snowflake, or Redshift.

We’d love it if you had

  • Experience with machine learning and recommendation systems.
  • Knowledge of crypto data and blockchain analytics.

Benefits

Zora provides top quality medical, dental, and vision insurance, with a flexible time-off policy, equity, and additional company perks (including stipends for: L&D, internet/phone bill, Ease of Life, and more!).

Values

  • Move fast
  • Endlessly curious
  • A love for the big little details
  • A willingness to experiment and be bold
  • Do your best work

Location

While Zora’s headquarters are the internet, we have an office located in New York City and have employees all over the world.