Staff Applied Scientist, Experimentation and Causal Inference

The role

You will provide scientific leadership for the Experimentation Platform. You will define and advance statistical, causal inference, machine learning, and AI capabilities to improve decision-making.

What you will do

• Set the scientific direction for Curie and shape the Decision Systems roadmap.
• Own the statistical contract for experiment analysis.
• Ensure production systems implement statistical contracts by reviewing analytical SQL and validating statistical parity.
• Develop and productionize advanced methods like CUPED/CUPAC, ratio-metric and delta-method inference, and sequential testing.
• Build approaches for high-scale, high-noise, three-sided marketplace data.
• Advance AI-assisted analysis workflows including automated experiment readouts and risk detection.
• Advise and mentor data scientists, product teams, operators, and engineers.

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of industry experience, or equivalent applied research experience, developing statistical, causal inference, machine learning, or experimentation systems.
• Deep expertise in experimentation and causal inference with production experience in methods such as variance reduction, ratio metrics, sequential testing, heterogeneous treatment effects, marketplace
• Strong coding and data skills.
• Ability to reason about production data pipelines and review complex analytical SQL.
• Experience translating statistical or machine learning methods into reliable, scalable platform capabilities.
• Track record of setting technical direction, influencing cross-functional teams, and mentoring senior technical contributors.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to scientific, engineering, product, and executive audiences.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with employer matching
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Wellness benefits
• Commuter benefits match
• Paid time off
• Paid sick leave
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 11 paid holidays
• Disability and basic life insurance
• Family-forming assistance
• Mental health program

About the company

DoorDash is a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery. The company aims to empower local economies and expand to provide any and all goods.