Our Opportunity:

We are looking for an Associate Director, Data Science at our facility in Richardson, TX to design and implement best-in-class data solutions best-suited to deliver on our needs and use cases.

What You’ll Do: 

• Apply machine learning capabilities and best practices that can analyze large volumes of structured and unstructured data to produce reliable insights and decision-making.
• Improve upon existing time-series forecasting and optimization models with greater precision and accuracy.
• Build and improve classification and segmentation modeling for customers as well as create survival analysis studies for customer churn.
• Provide thought leadership by recommending the right technologies and solutions for a given use case, from the application layer to infrastructure; and have the leadership and coding skills (e.g. Python, SQL) to get solutions into production while ensuring performance, security, scalability, and robust data integration.
• Drive success in a collaborative way and communicating insights for identifying new areas of opportunities that will drive Chewy's value and growth goals forward; coordinate with the stakeholders to prioritize and lead the changes to production.

What You’ll Need:

• Master's degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field and 4 years of experience.
• Alternatively, a PhD and 2 years of experience.
• Experience must involve 2 years of experience as a Software Engineer or Data Scientist.
• Experience must also involve the following: Python programming and data pipeline best practices;
• Applied machine learning and NLP at scale, including Bayesian modeling, regression, dimensionality reduction, factor analysis, TFIDF, topic modeling, and support vector machines;
• Model evaluation, hyperparameter tuning, and feature engineering techniques;
• Programming experience in Python, Scala, or another modern programming language; and
• SQL and the ability to write, debug, and optimize SQL queries.
• The position is eligible for the Employee Referral Program.

Chewy is committed to equal opportunity. We value and embrace diversity and inclusion of all Team Members. If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you need an accommodation during the application process or to perform these job requirements, or if you need a religious accommodation, please contact CAAR@chewy.com.

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