Data Scientist, SEO in Winnipeg

Grammarly is the world’s leading AI writing assistance company trusted by over 30 million people and 70,000 professional teams every day. From instantly creating a first draft to perfecting every message, Grammarly’s product offerings help people at 96% of the Fortune 500 get their point across—and get results. To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our Data Engineering and Intelligence team. This candidate will partner with our SEO Marketing team to accelerate SEO growth at Grammarly.

The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of delivering impactful analytical projects within the SEO domain and partner with cross-functional peers to guide and influence decision-making. The Grammarly data teams are trusted subject matter experts who uncover new insights to inform marketing, product, and growth strategies that drive outcomes at the highest levels of the company. We have large datasets and are looking for folks with deep technical and analytical skills who can break down complex business problems and provide solutions with high visibility and impact for the company.

Your impact in this role will include:

• Becoming a part of the core team focused on SEO growth for the company.
• Owning the metric development for the SEO space, partnering with cross-functional members to ensure clear and actionable insights.
• Designing and running SEO experiments leveraging advanced statistical methodologies, including causal inference.
• Being the Data science thought leader for the cross-functional working group and providing evidence-based guidance.
• Providing actionable insights and recommendations to improve our SEO performance by leveraging your deep expertise in the SEO and Data Science fields.
• Co-owning the strategy, prioritization, and roadmap for SEO growth at the company.
• Collaborating directly with Marketing, Growth, and Engineering teams.
• Applying machine learning to identify the most critical web architecture components that drive beneficial SEO growth.
• Recruiting, guiding, and mentoring junior and mid-level Data Scientists to create a best-in-class Data Science organization.
• Collaborating with other Data Scientists to continue to enhance the methodologies and practices used across the team.

We’re looking for someone who embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable. Is inspired by our MOVE principles, which are the blueprint for how things get done at Grammarly: move fast and learn faster, obsess about creating customer value, value impact over activity, and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust. Holds a PhD or master’s degree in a quantitative field. Has 8+ years of relevant work experience with a proven track record of applying data science methods within the SEO domain. Is fluent in SQL with strong data exploration and manipulation skills. Is proficient in Python, R, or similar programming language. Has an understanding of causal inference methods and their application and ability to apply machine learning techniques when necessary. Has firm knowledge of experiment design and A/B and MVT testing. Is comfortable working with clickstream and web event-related data. Has a self-starting growth mindset and strong communication skills, translating technical insights into impactful business recommendations. Is a creative problem-solver who simplifies problems to their core elements.

Support for you, professionally and personally includes:

• Professional growth: We believe that autonomy and trust are key to empowering our team members to do their best, most innovative work in a way that aligns with their interests, talents, and well-being.
• A connected team: Our remote-first hybrid model enables a highly collaborative culture supported by our EAGER values.

Compensation and benefits include:

• Excellent health care (including a wide range of medical, dental, vision, mental health, and fertility benefits).
• Disability and life insurance options.
• 401(k) and RRSP matching.
• Paid parental leave.
• Twenty days of paid time off per year, eleven days of paid holidays per year, and unlimited sick days.
• Home office stipends.
• Caregiver and pet care stipends.
• Wellness stipends.
• Learning and development opportunities.

Grammarly takes a market-based approach to compensation, which means base pay may vary depending on your location. We encourage you to apply. At Grammarly, we value our differences, and we encourage all—especially those whose identities are traditionally underrepresented in tech organizations—to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, political belief, or any other characteristic protected by law.