SEO Data Scientist

San Jose, CA (Unknown)

$170K/yr – $228K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 5 days ago

Job Summary

Own the SEO analytics product, shaping the roadmap, defining success metrics and experimentation plans, and translating insights into scalable recommendations that move buyer and seller outcomes at scale.

  • Lead analytics-driven roadmap and measurement strategy
  • Drive cross-functional recommendations to improve SEO and user experience
  • Own long-term analytical models and experiments to guide product direction

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop the SEO product roadmap by delivering insights and analytical thought leadership that influence design, technical, and organizational decisions.
  • Define and own success metrics, measurement frameworks, and experimentation roadmaps for key product areas, helping the team make faster and more confident decisions.
  • Understand and improve SEO/AEO performance in a constantly evolving environment. Identify root causes behind performance changes, including product launches, technical issues, algorithm updates, AI search trends, and external market factors.
  • Apply sophisticated statistical methods combined with predictive analytics to address complex, ambiguous product and marketplace problems with significant buyer and revenue impact.
  • Design and interpret A/B tests and other causal measurement approaches to evaluate product changes and find opportunities to improve the buyer experience.
  • Develop forward-looking analytical approaches, including predictive and experimental models, to better understand customer behavior and guide long-term product strategy.
  • Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Business teams to translate complex findings into clear recommendations that improve buyer and seller outcomes at scale.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in analytics, data science, or a related quantitative field, ideally supporting product decisions in an e-commerce or consumer technology environment.
  • Strong command of A/B testing design, causal inference, and experimentation measurement.
  • Strong hands-on proficiency in SQL and one or more analytical programming languages such as Python or R, with experience turning large-scale data into actionable insights.
  • Experience applying statistical methods, experimentation, and machine learning approaches for solving real business problems, including descriptive and inferential analysis and predictive modeling.
  • Familiarity with modern machine learning frameworks and approaches such as ensemble models, deep learning, or transformer-based methods.
  • Proven ability to connect insights to product growth opportunities, think critically in ambiguous environments, and influence decisions through data-driven recommendations.
  • Strong communication skills and a proven quantitative foundation, with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a field such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Physics, or Engineering; advanced study is a plus.

Preferred

  • advanced study is a plus

Benefits

  • The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a target bonus and restricted stock units (as applicable) in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as PTO and parental leave).
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eBay

At eBay, we create pathways to connect millions of sellers and buyers in more than 190 markets around the world. Our technology empowers our customers, providing everyone the opportunity to grow and thrive — no matter who they are or where they are in the world. And the ripple effect of our work creates waves of change for our customers, our company, our communities and our planet.

Founded in 2022
San Jose, CA, US
16K employees (1,572 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$170K/yr – $228K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$1.2B
Last Raise
$1.2B
Post IPO Debt, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2022
    Post IPO Debt • $1.2B
  • Jan 1998
    Series Unknown
  • Jun 1997
    Series Unknown • $6.7M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
884K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.6%
Direct
40.2%
Referral
12%
Social
16.1%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~18K

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