[Jobs] Job Posting: Applied Statistician, SurveyMonkey

[Leora Lawton]

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>> From: Noble Kuriakose <noblek at surveymonkey.com>
>> Date: June 6, 2016 at 10:29:16 PM PDT
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>> Reply-To: Noble Kuriakose <noblek at surveymonkey.com>
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>> Hi all-- We're hiring an applied statistician for data products at SurveyMonkey. The role will be based at our sunny Palo Alto office. You can apply using the link below. Do write if you have questions. Best, Noble
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>> https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/job-listings/?job_id=225465
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>> The Role
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>> As a key part of our Research Methodology and Strategy team, you play a leading role in providing innovative and methodologically rigorous research expertise across the company. Your primary focus is on SurveyMonkey's data businesses-- Intelligence, Elections, and Benchmarks. Your work is on the cutting edge, and focuses on the development of models and techniques to generalize from nonprobability samples to the populations of interest. You have shown the ability to differentiate between signal and noise in sample based data. You will work closely with data researchers, product managers, and engineers to implement and communicate complex statistical models.
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>> You have demonstrated expertise in statistical analysis and predictive modeling. You are creative, and have superior computational, analytical, and communication skills. Throughout, you are focused on helping our customers create, analyze and understand important data by improving the accessibility of sophisticated survey research.
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>> This is a new position at SurveyMonkey.
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>> Responsibilities
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>>   *   Developing and testing theory driven statistical models
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>>   *   Refine post-stratified adjustment techniques
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>>   *   Creating and perfecting a system for the continual quality assessment of data
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>>   *   Providing research and statistical expertise on company materials
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>>   *   Leading large-scale data projects
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>>   *   Blogging about data science research and drafting methodological statements
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>>   *   Preparing datasets for public release
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>>   *   Participating in the research community through conference presentations and articles
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>> Preferred Qualifications
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>>   *   BA/BS degree in Statistics, Math, related discipline or equivalent experience
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>>   *   2+ years relevant experience
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>> Knowledge and Skills
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>>   *   Top-tier computational and analytical ability
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>>   *   Deep understanding of sampling, probability distributions, and bayesian inference
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>>   *   Experience with statistical software-- R or Python (Pandas, NumPy, SciPy)
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>>   *   Ability to spec and write queries to get data from storehouses (T-SQL, Spark)
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>>   *   Ability to draw meaningful conclusions and summarize data in compelling ways
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>>   *   Ability to balance numerous projects simultaneously, and meet deadlines
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>>   *   Patient, teammate with great attention to detail
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>>   *   Bold and with great empathy for users
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>>   *   Excellent interpersonal skills
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>> At SurveyMonkey, we offer competitive salaries, medical/dental benefits, PTO, 401k, paid holidays, and equity compensation.
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>> SurveyMonkey is an equal opportunity employer.
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