Senior Data Scientist - Experimentation

Job description

SENIOR DATA SCIENTIST Join us in our mission to transform the way people shop and eat, where impact, innovation and growth drive everything we do. Our Data Science organisation sits at the heart of Deliveroo powering decision-making across our 3 sided marketplace. Our Analytics community is highly active, with guest lecturers, study groups, mentorship programmes and a robust technical review process. Our data scientists come from all kinds of backgrounds but have excellence in common. We’re looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our London team (working hybrid, 3 days in the office). In this role, you’ll enable high-quality human-led decision-making to maximise impact. WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING As a Senior Data Scientist at Deliveroo, your goal is to maximise business impact within one of our product areas. A core part of the role is designing, running and interpreting experiments, and using causal inference to guide product decisions in complex, real-world settings. You will go beyond simply answering “did this feature work?” and instead focus on understanding what the true impact is, why it worked or did not work, and how results generalise across users, markets and time. Here’s what your day-to-day might look like: - Driving Strategy/insights through Experimentation: Leading the design of both simple and complex experiments and proactively translating findings into strategic direction. - Master Causal Inference: Apply advanced techniques to estimate long-term and heterogeneous treatment effects. - Drawing reliable conclusions in settings with selection bias or imperfect randomisation. - Drive Deep Product Insights: Uncover the fundamental drivers of experiment performance, determining why features succeed and how results generalise across different users, markets, and timeframes. - Using insights from past experiments to improve future decision-making. WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO THRIVE - Strong experience designing, running and interpreting A/B experiments in production environments - Solid understanding of causal inference concepts - Ability to apply statistical thinking to messy, real-world product problems, not just ideal experimental setups - Great communication skills in person, in writing and in code, with both technical and non-technical audiences - A problem solver with a deep analytical mindset - Ability to think creatively and insightfully about business problems - Familiarity with SQL - Excellent people skills as you will be meeting with stakeholders to translate business needs into data science problems WHY JOIN US? At Deliveroo, you’ll do work that matters, solving real-world problems in a three-sided marketplace that’s constantly evolving. We’re food lovers, problem solvers, community builders and more, brought together by a shared drive to make things better. Working here you can expect to: 🔧 Solve meaningful problems at real scale Work on a complex, always-on marketplace that impacts millions every day. 🌱 See your impact, fast Ship, test and improve ideas quickly in a low-hierarchy, high-ownership environment. 🧠 Grow through challenge and ownership Take on big, ambiguous problems and accelerate your career with strong support. 🌎 A culture built for builders High standards, collaboration, flexible working and continuous learning. 💰 Share in the success you help create Competitive salary and equity options, so you’re rewarded for the impact you make. We aim to create a fair process that lets your skills shine—our interview typically includes 3-4 stages. Find more about how we hire here https://careers.deliveroo.co.uk/how-we-hire/. OUR GLOBAL STRUCTURE Deliveroo is now part of DoorDash, bringing together teams with even greater reach, scale, and ambition. Depending on your role, you may collaborate with teammates, systems, and leaders across DoorDash and Wolt. Together, we’re unlocking new possibilities as one global team. DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION At Deliveroo, we know that a great workplace reflects the world around us and that true diversity and inclusion make us stronger, more creative, and better at what we do. We’re committed to fostering an environment where everyone can do their best work and feel they belong. We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion, or belief. If you have a disability or long-term health condition and need support to apply for one of our roles, or require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, you’ll have the opportunity to let us know once you’ve submitted your application. We’ll share details on how to request support so we can ensure you have a fair and equitable experience. If you’re excited about making a real impact in a fast-moving marketplace and growing your career alongside ambitious, supportive teams, we’d love to hear from you!