# Senior Research Data Scientist at Roku

- Company: Roku
- What the company does: Roku provides the simplest way to stream entertainment to your TV. On your terms. With thousands of available channels to choose from. Backed by Menlo.
- Company website: https://www.roku.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York, New York
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $217K to $303K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-16
- Apply by: 2026-10-31
- Apply: https://www.weareroku.com/jobs/8208162?gh_jid=8208162
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/roku-senior-research-data-scientist-3/

## About the role

As a Senior Research Data Scientist on Roku's Data Science team, you will lead the development of a best-in-class causal inference platform that measures and optimizes the true incremental impact of customer actions, product features, and business interventions on long-term outcomes. Partnering with the Customer Growth organization, you will build the methods and systems that enable Roku to make high-confidence decisions from observational data when randomized experiments are not feasible.

## What they're looking for

- PhD in Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, or a closely related quantitative field with a strong emphasis on causal inference
- 10+ years of experience applying causal inference and machine learning methods to real-world problems, with a demonstrated track record of measurable impact
- Deep expertise in observational causal methods such as propensity score matching, Double Machine Learning, doubly robust estimation, instrumental variables, and difference-in-differences
- Experience building reusable causal inference tools or platforms beyond one-off analyses
- Proficiency with Spark, Ray, SQL, Python, and ML frameworks such as scikit-learn, XGBoost, and LightGBM
- Experience with terabyte- or petabyte-scale datasets in distributed computing environments

Tags: Data Science