Senior Data Scientist

Posted 2 Days Ago
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2 Locations
In-Office
Senior level
Logistics • On-Demand
DoorDash is a technology company that connects people with the best of their neighborhoods.
The Role
Partner with ANZ Strategy & Operations and executives to analyze marketplace dynamics across consumers, merchants, and Dashers. Build experiments, reports, dashboards, and statistical analyses (SQL, Python/R, regression, A/B testing) to surface insights, measure levers, and drive data-informed strategic recommendations and initiatives.
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About the Team

DoorDash is a complex and constantly evolving business; The global BizOps Analytics team is primarily responsible for crafting the story about business performance (what’s happening, why is it happening, what we should do about it), diving deep on key KPI trends, and surfacing insights and recommendations to stakeholders to ensure we understand our current business climate and react in a data-informed manner. 

About the Role

You will be a key BizOps partner, working closely with the Strategy & Operations team and the ANZ Executive Leadership Team to turn data into actionable insights—understanding what is happening, why it is happening, and what actions should be taken next.

You will focus on the ANZ markets, helping to drive strategic initiatives across the region. You will adapt and apply best practices from the US business to local market dynamics while providing data-driven recommendations that inform business decisions.

DoorDash operates a three-sided marketplace comprising Consumers, Merchants, and Dashers. In this role, you will work across all three groups to identify opportunities, solve complex business challenges, and drive growth and operational excellence.

This is a hybrid role, with 3 days in-office and 2 days remote.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will…
  • Be a first-class thought partner to our Strategy & Operations and Executive teams and help them make decisions on what’s next for DoorDash
  • Provide insights to enable our cross-functional team to understand marketplace dynamics, user behaviours, and long-term trends
  • Leverage cutting edge Generative AI models and tools with generous token allocations 
  • Use quantitative analysis and the presentation of data to see beyond the numbers and understand what drives our business
  • Build full-cycle analytics experiments, reports, and dashboards using SQL, Python, R, or other scripting and statistical tools
  • Identify and measure levers to help move essential metrics and make recommendations
  • Work backwards from understanding and sizing problems to ideating solutions
  • Produce recommendations and use statistical techniques and hypothesis testing and other experimentation techniques to validate your findings.
We're excited about you because you have…
  • 6+ years of experience in data analytics, consulting, or related quantitative roles and a degree in Math, Physics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a similar domain.
  • The insight to take ambiguous problems and solve them in a structured, hypothesis-driven, data-supported way
  • Experience leading /owning strategic projects to completion with multiple cross-functional teams
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills, know how to effectively collaborate well with strategy, operations, product, finance and engineering while prioritising competing needs
  • Very experienced with SQL queries, Basic ETL, Regression techniques 
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language, preferably Python or R
  • Experience working with experimentation techniques (A/B testing, Causal Inference) and interpreting hypothesis testing

About DoorDash

At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.
DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel. 

If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.


Skills Required

  • 6+ years of experience in data analytics, consulting, or related quantitative roles
  • Degree in Math, Physics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or similar
  • Very experienced with SQL queries and basic ETL
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language (preferably Python or R)
  • Experience with regression techniques and statistical analysis
  • Experience working with experimentation techniques (A/B testing, causal inference) and hypothesis testing
  • Experience leading and owning strategic projects with multiple cross-functional teams
  • Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills across strategy, operations, product, finance, and engineering
  • Ability to solve ambiguous problems using structured, hypothesis-driven approaches

DoorDash Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about DoorDash and has not been reviewed or approved by DoorDash.

  • Healthcare Strength Feedback suggests corporate roles receive comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage alongside mental health support and wellness resources.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Feedback suggests generous time off policies for employees, including flexible or unlimited PTO in many roles, paid sick days and holidays, and extended paid parental leave.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Corporate employees benefit from daily free meals in office and a range of stipends for home office setup, Wi‑Fi, gym/wellness, commuting, and other lifestyle perks.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
15,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly and always learn and reiterate to support merchants, Dashers and the communities we serve. We are a technology and logistics company that started with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods. DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. Our leaders seek the truth and welcome big, hairy, audacious questions. We are grounded in our company values, and we make intentional decisions that are both logical and display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to Merchants to Customers.

Why Work With Us

When you join our team, you join our dream: to grow and empower local economies. We’re focused on improvement—from moving faster to leveling up the quality of our product—and our work is never complete. If you’re looking to define your career as part of something greater than yourself, come scale with us.

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