GitHub has more than 10 million users and 30 million monthly visitors who generate an abundance of data. As a growing company, we use that data to drive our corporate strategy, verify that what we're shipping is having the impact we want, and provide a more efficient and expansive experience to change the way people write software and collaborate on projects.

As a Data Scientist on the Analytics team, you will collaborate with our product managers, software engineers, and business units to collect and analyze data, define success, build dashboards, design models, and communicate findings. You will actively discover new opportunities to apply data and insights to company workflows.

We are looking for the kind of person who thrives when building bridges between different functions at the company and enjoys learning new skills for the task at hand.

Responsibilities

  • Surface product and business insights through data inquiry and analysis
  • Embed into product and engineering teams to identify and creatively solve relevant questions
  • Help the business and product teams form and iterate our key performance indicators to make sure we are focusing on the most important factors
  • Communicate and present findings to partners in multi-functional roles
  • Design and build automated, repeatable processes for working with data such as dashboards
  • Develop forecasts and predictive models to better understand our most important metrics
  • Foster a supportive, dynamic environment that will allow everyone to do their best work

Minimum requirements:

  • 5+ years experience in a quantitative role
  • Fluency in SQL and deep understanding of database technology and querying very large datasets (e.g., MySQL, Postgres, Redshift, Hive, Spark SQL, etc.)
  • Understanding of statistical analysis, especially hypothesis testing and causal inference
  • Experience with at least one statistical software package such as R, NumPy/SciPy/matplotlib, Stata, SPSS, MATLAB, or advanced Excel
  • Strong interest in technology with good product intuition and an eye for business needs
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially in storytelling with data

Nice to haves:

  • Experience working with technical products/markets
  • Knowledge of BI tools such as Looker, Tableau, or similar
  • Strong data visualization skills in both familiarity with how people interpret data visualizations and how to build interactive visualizations such as with D3
  • Understanding of computer science fundamentals (e.g., data structures and algorithms)
  • Familiarity with predictive techniques/machine learning algorithms and the desire to stay up to date as the field of data science evolves

GitHub is committed to building a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from people of color and other groups currently underrepresented in tech. We are looking for candidates who:

• Display a strong commitment to building an inclusive tech environment

• Have demonstrated resilience and resourcefulness both in and outside of the workplace

• Can bring a new perspective based on unique educational, professional, and lived experiences

• Can effectively communicate with people from disparate backgrounds

• Have experience mentoring/coaching/teaching, particularly in environments with diverse students/participants

WHO WE ARE

GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over ten million people use GitHub to build amazing things together. With the collaborative features of GitHub.com, our desktop and mobile apps, and GitHub Enterprise, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write better code, faster.

We have a lot of exciting things to do, and we’re looking for the right people to grow with us!

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN

Working at GitHub is, to put it simply, a special slice of the universe. We're committed to transparency, collaboration, experimentation, and always staying classy.

Because of this unique perspective, we've established one of the most flexible and well designed physical workspaces around that encourages you to work as you work best. Right now, over 60% of our employees are based outside of our San Francisco (SOMA) headquarters and work according to how they get their best stuff done.

Ensuring that GitHubbers are healthy, motivated, focused and creative is how GitHub stays awesome. Part of this is ensuring that our benefits* are out of this world.

In a nutshell, we've built and are growing a place where we truly love working, and we think you will too.

GitHub is made up of people with many different backgrounds and lifestyles, and we like it that way. We invite applications from people of all stripes. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences that people imagine to discriminate against one another. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's anything we can do to make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate.

Please note that benefits vary by country, if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask your recruiter!

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