Data Scientist - New Grad (2022)

Data Scientist - New Grad (2022)

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The Data Science team at Figma partners directly with our product and engineering teams to uncover insights, influence decision making, and apply a data lens to business problems critical to Figma’s growth. Our work is diverse and evolving. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of technical challenges from data engineering, analytics, experimentation, and machine learning. We seek data scientists with strong coding and statistics fundamentals and who are excellent communicators among technical and non-technical audiences.

What you’ll do at Figma:

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Engineering, Research, Design, Sales, and Marketing to turn business questions into data problems
  • Evaluate experiments to measure the impact of product changes
  • Define and surface metrics to guide decision making
  • Communicate and document data logging and requirements
  • Build models to understand user behavior and predict growth
  • Provide thoughtful feedback to others on the team
  • Help grow Figma by interviewing candidates for teams across Data Science

We'd love to hear from you if you:

  • Are pursuing a degree in Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics or other quantitative field (advance degree preferred)
  • Have at least one previous data science internship or relevant research experience
  • Are proficient with basic SQL 
  • Have experience with R, Python, or similar scripting language
  • Have firm knowledge around statistical methods and models
  • Have a self-starting approach along with strong communication and collaboration skills

In your first few months, you'll:

  • Work with an onboarding buddy to make your first edits to our data tables and dashboards
  • Start to build deep context and expertise in Figma's data and product
  • Deliver your first product analysis
At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
 
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  • Figma's engineering values
  • By the numbers: one year of remote work
  • Inside Figma: a Q&A with our 2021 interns and new grads
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