Data Scientist, Product

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), formerly known as Facebook Inc., builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps and services like Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. To apply, click “Apply to Job” online on this web page.

Responsibilities

• Collect, organize, interpret, and summarize statistical data in order to contribute to the design and development of Meta products.
• Apply your expertise in quantitative analysis, data mining, and the presentation of data to see beyond the numbers and understand how our users interact with both our consumer and business products.
• Partner with Product and Engineering teams to solve problems and identify trends and opportunities.
• Inform, influence, support, and execute our product decisions and product launches.
• May be assigned projects in various areas including, but not limited to, product operations, exploratory analysis, product influence, and data infrastructure.
• Work on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Demonstrate good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• In connection with these duties, may apply knowledge of the following: Performing quantitative analysis including data mining on highly complex data sets; Data querying languages, such as SQL, scripting languages, such as Python, or statistical or mathematical software, such as R, SAS, or Matlab; Applied statistics or experimentation, such as A/B testing, in an industry setting; Communicating the results of analyses to product or leadership teams to influence strategy; Machine learning techniques; ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes; Relational databases; Large-scale data processing infrastructures using distributed systems; and Quantitative analysis techniques, including clustering, regression, pattern recognition, or descriptive and inferential statistics.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a Master's degree (or foreign equivalent degree) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Analytics, Mathematics, Physics, Applied Sciences, or a related field
• Requires completion of at least one university-level course/research project/internship/thesis, or 6 months of experience in each of the following:
• Performing quantitative analysis including data mining on highly complex data sets
• Data querying language: SQL
• Scripting language: Python
• Statistical or mathematical software including one of the following: R, SAS, or Matlab
• Applied statistics or experimentation, such as A/B testing, in an industry setting
• Machine learning techniques
• ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes
• Relational databases
• Large-scale data processing infrastructures using distributed systems and
• Quantitative analysis techniques, including one of the following: clustering, regression, pattern recognition, or descriptive and inferential statistics