Data Scientist

Twitch is seeking a Data Scientist to join its Money team, focusing on creator payouts. This role is pivotal in supporting the systems behind creator payouts, payments infrastructure, and fraud detection. The Data Scientist will work closely with product, engineering, finance, legal, and data partners to measure and refine payout-related programs and support new monetization initiatives.

This position is ideal for someone early in their data science career who is eager to take ownership of high-impact, cross-functional projects and grow into a senior role. The candidate should be comfortable with writing SQL, working with imperfect data, and flexing into data workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and evaluate policy and program changes affecting creator payouts.
• Own reporting and insights related to payout eligibility, earnings, and program performance.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to inform product and business decisions.
• Write, maintain, and validate pipelines to support recurring analytics and reporting.
• Apply causal inference methods to estimate the impact of payout changes.

Requirements:

• 1+ years of experience as a data scientist, data analyst, or related field.
• Proficiency in SQL.
• Proficiency with Python or R.
• Understanding of Causal Inference concepts.
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• High level of comfort creating dashboards.

The role offers:

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
• 401(k)
• Maternity & Parental Leave
• Flexible PTO
• Amazon Employee Discount