Brief Description of position:

ABOUT THE ROLE

Khan Academy is looking for an experienced data scientist to join our growing team. This role will partner with our India schools team to drive engagement with our product and improve student outcomes. We are looking for curious, passionate individuals who can apply their strong technical skills to mine for insights across our rich datasets, and work collaboratively across the organisation to drive critical strategic decisions. This role will report to our Principal Data Scientist.

In this role you will: 

• Identify and measure success of our school team’s initiatives through goal setting, forecasting, monitoring and ongoing analysis of core outcome metrics.
• Perform advanced exploratory analyses on large sets of data to extract insights about our teacher & learner behaviour and guide our decisions around investments and initiatives.
• Work with our engineering teams to improve the tools and datasets and work self-sufficiently with data pipelines (e.g. ETLs) on an as-needed basis.
• Use your expertise in experimentation (i.e. AB testing, causal inference) to measure the impact of various programs and interventions.
• Contribute to development of analytics tools and data applications to enhance data access for the schools success team.
• Collaborate with efficacy researchers to provide curated datasets and/or dashboards for measuring learner outcomes

ABOUT YOU

You are someone with:

• A passion for education and a desire to change the world
• Background in applied math, statistics, economics, or a related technical field
• 3+ years experience in data science or analytics
• Strong SQL foundations & ability to manipulate data using Python (preferred) or R. We are SQL and spreadsheets heavy
• Strong data storytelling, visualization and communication abilities; prior experience developing BI tools is a plus
• Knowledge of statistical (i.e. multiple regression, hypothesis testing) and machine learning techniques (i.e. clustering, decision tree learning, etc.) for real-world applications
• Prior experience with the end-to-end analytics chain is a nice to have (e.g. data modeling & ETL, BI tool development)
• Flexibility to travel to New Delhi