Udemy

Education

StaffDataScientist

$230–350k ~AI est. Austin, Texas, United States
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Staff Data Scientist at Udemy. Skills: Product Analytics, Experimentation, Causal Inference, Data Science. Partner with product, design, and engineering. Drive experimentation program end-to-end”

What You'll Achieve.

Shape learner experience; Surface new opportunities

Industry & Context.

Education
Problems you'll solve

Ambiguous business questions; Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

SQL proficiency, Python proficiency, Modern experimentation practice

Nice to Have

PhD preferred, Specific ML framework experience, Cloud platform certs

What You'll Do.

Drive experimentation program end-to-end

Design metrics and guardrails

Conduct power analysis

Perform meta-analysis

Own analytical strategy

Define KPIs and segmentations

Maintain self-service analytics

Characterize learner behavior

Conduct ad hoc analyses

Perform causal studies

Translate findings into narratives

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Product teams; Design teams; Engineering teams; Marketing teams

Communication Scope

Storytelling; Actionable narratives

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning

Full Job Description

Coursera and Udemy are now one company, creating one of the world’s most comprehensive skills development platforms for the AI era. This strengthens our ability to accelerate AI-powered innovation and shape how the world discovers and builds skills at a pivotal moment of change. Read more about the combined company by visiting our blog. About Udemy Udemy is an AI-powered skills acceleration platform transforming how companies and individuals across the world build the capabilities needed to thrive in a rapidly evolving workplace. By combining on-demand, multi-language content with real-time innovation, Udemy delivers personalized experiences that empower organizations to scale workforce development and help individuals build the technical, business, and soft skills most relevant to their careers. Today, thousands of companies, including Samsung SDS America, On24, Tata Consultancy Services, The World Bank, and Volkswagen, rely on Udemy Business for its enterprise solutions to build agile, future-ready teams. Udemy is headquartered in San Francisco, with hubs across the United States, Australia, India, Ireland, Mexico, and Türkiye. Udemy recently combined with Coursera to create one of the world’s most comprehensive skills development platforms. Where we Work Udemy is a global company headquartered in San Francisco, with additional U. S. offices in Denver and Austin, and international hubs in Australia, India, Ireland, Mexico, and Türkiye. About your skills You’re a data scientist who lives at the intersection of product, experimentation, and storytelling. You know that a great A/B test is only the beginning — the harder, more interesting work is figuring out why a treatment moved (or didn’t move) the metric, what it tells you about your customers, and what the team should try next. You’re fluent in SQL, Python, and modern experimentation practice, and you have a strong product instinct that lets you turn ambiguous business questions into well-framed analyses. You par

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