USD per year
Role Description
How many times do you get the opportunity to be on the ground floor of a big and important mission? What if you could be one of the top contributors defining the mission, guiding our teams, and influencing the direction of Dropbox’s AI-first journey? As a Senior Data Scientist for this new division, you will get to do exactly that. You will join a team of top-tier data scientists and become an integral part of the product organization, helping to scale this new business. Joining on the ground floor of this startup team, you’ll partner directly with Data Science, Product, Engineering and Design leadership to shape the product roadmap, foster a top-tier, data-informed culture, and drive real AI/ML impact and execution along the way!
Responsibilities
- Partner with Product Engineers and Data Engineers to build reliable, efficient, and scalable data foundations, tools, and processes to drive AI/ML capabilities’ long-term growth
- Leverage data-driven insights to proactively identify most impactful opportunities, directly influence product roadmaps and strategies for Dash Chat and Search
- Perform exploratory and deep-dive analysis to understand user workflows and engagement patterns on AI features; propose hypotheses; design & execute experiments with rigor and efficient data techniques
- Translate complex data insights into implications and recommendations for the business via excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Identify what matters most and prioritize ruthlessly for the area you will own
- Contribute to a culture of strong technical ownership; partner with DS leadership to evolve DS working model and elevate DS impact
- Work with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Design, User Research, senior executives) to rapidly execute and iterate
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or above in quantitative discipline: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering or related field
- 7+ years experience leveraging data-driven analysis to influence product roadmap/business decisions in tech company preferred
- Proven ability to work independently; drive measurable business impact; proactively engage with stakeholders with minimal direction
- Proficiency in SQL, Python or other programming/scripting languages
- Deep understanding of statistical analysis, experimentation design; common analytical techniques like regression, decision trees
- Ability to provide data insights/recommendations for 0→1 products even when sample size is small
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in startups or building 0→1 products
- Expertise using data to inform AI/ML product development
- Background in SaaS product
Company Description
Dropbox is a Virtual First company combining autonomy of distributed workplace with human connection. Employees are encouraged to think critically, stay curious,...
Dropbox helps find, organize, and protect work with products like Dropbox Dash, offering advanced search for video, images, and team members plus generative AI capabilities. It provides cloud storage, secure file sharing, collaboration tools, and industry-specific solutions for construction, media, technology, professional services, manufacturing, and education. Security features include encryption, tamper-proof documents, version history, and recovery.
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