How do I get a job at Netflix as a data scientist?

Question

Can you provide me info about the data science role in Netflix? How should I prepare for it?

Answer 1

Here is what Netflix expects from its Data Scientists:

Responsibilities:

• Work with business stakeholders and as a strategic partner and find creative ways to solve high-impact analytical problems with data

• Work closely with leadership on various teams to generate insights and propose decisions 

• Research and build performance indicators and key metrics

• Build and deploy mathematical models and ML models that improve payments processing and enable fraud detection

• Develop dashboards and visualizations that will allow stakeholders to work with metrics and trends by themselves. Assist and educate on interpretation

• Automate repetitive ad-hoc requests

Requirements:

• Strong statistical skills - causality/incrementality vs. correlations, probabilistic graphical models, experimentation, predictive modeling, time series

• Data analysis, reporting, and visualization with Tableau, D3, etc.

• Can build and deploy models

• Skills in Big Data (Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Presto etc.)

• Data crunching or numerical computing experience in Python, R, Julia, etc.

• Able to write ad-hoc data pipelines and ETLs for self-use

• Quantitative educational background

Other Requirements:

• Prefer action and quick iteration to perfection

• Able to multitask, work independently, and drive their own projects

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Able to continue strong stakeholder relationships

• Open to ambiguity

• A Netflix fan!

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