Data Scientist I - Early Careers

May - July 2025 Start Dates

Location: Boston, MA

Additional Details:

• This is a Boston based opportunity with a 4 day in office expectation.
• At this time, Wayfair will not sponsor applicants for employment authorization for this position for the following work visas: STEM OPT EAD, H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, O-1, J-1, or TN.

Wayfair is continuing to expand our commitment to hiring and supporting talent early in their careers, focusing on filling opportunities with experienced graduates who have 1-3 years of experience.

Join Wayfair’s AAI Platforms & Capabilities team to transform how experimentation happens at scale. You will build AI-powered tools, robust data pipelines, and intuitive dashboards that streamline test setup, analysis, and decision-making. You'll work cross-functionally to innovate  the A/B testing lifecycle and help shape a platform that empowers thousands of experimenters across the company. As part of the AAI Platforms & Capabilities team, this role focuses on advancing Wayfair’s experimentation platform and processes. Your work will focus on building and optimizing experimentation pipelines and tools that improve statistical power, increase test throughput and reliability, and enhance the end-to-end test lifecycle.

What You’ll Do:

• • You will work on building production data layers to power our new technology and features and use python tooling to manage our current pipelines. 
  • You will become an experimentation expert able to answer questions across test types for all users. 
  • You will own high visibility reporting and dashboards used by hundreds of people across the company to understand our testing platform and individual test results.
  • You will work on piloting and scaling AI projects to reduce manual overhead through thoughtful automation and data architecture both for the data science team and for all experimenters at Wayfair. Future projects include building an AI chat bot for test implementation support and test set up data pulls. 
  • The work is highly collaborative, requiring partnership within Data Science, Engineering, Machine Learning, and Product teams.

What You’ll Need:

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, Operations Research, or a related discipline with a strong academic record.
• Experience in an analytics or data science role, performing quantitative analysis and delivering actionable recommendations from findings.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL, including knowledge of aggregate functions, joins, etc. Hands-on experience and comfortability with Python for data manipulation, analysis, and modeling.
  • Data Engineering: Candidate should understand how to build productionalized data and maintain it in python and SQL. For python, looking for someone that has a level of experience where they have built object oriented frameworks. Experience with Airflow (or other orchestration) is a plus.  
    • Statistics: Candidate should have knowledge of [some type] of standard statistical modeling and methodologies, bonus if this is focused on A/B testing and if they have used python packages. If no experience, they must be interested in this area. 
    • AI: experience with AI tooling is a plus, but expectation is just that the candidate is enthusiastic and wants to work in the AI space
    • Dashboarding: Candidate should have experience with dashboarding and understand how to make compelling visualizations. Experience with Looker is a plus but not expected.
    • Product Analytics: Candidate should be able to use data to generate insights 
    • Experimentation: Candidate should understand and have experience with A/B testing, bonus if they know other testing methodologies. 
• Authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship by Wayfair now or in the future. This includes the following work visas: STEM OPT EAD, H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, O-1, J-1, or TN.

Preferred Qualifications

• Must have python in addition to SQL 
• Demonstrated ability to design, build, and own data pipelines end-to-end, ensuring data accuracy, scalability, and reliability
• Demonstrated curiosity and interest in Artificial Intelligence and its applications in analytics and business

Wayfair's In-Office Policy:

All Boston-based interns, co-ops, and corporate employees will be in office in a hybrid capacity. Employees will work in the office on designated days, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and work remotely the other 1 day of the week.

Why You’ll Love Wayfair:

• Time Off:
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Health & Wellness:
• Full Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA)
• Life Insurance
• Disability Protection (Short Term & Long Term Disability) 
• Global Wellbeing: Gym/Fitness discounts (including US Peloton, Global ClassPass, and various regional gym memberships)
• Mental Health Support (Global Mental Health, Global Wayhealthy Recordings)
• Caregiver Services
• Financial Growth & Security:
• 401K Matching (Employee Matching Program)
• Tuition Reimbursement 
• Financial Health Education (Knowledge of Financial Education - KOFE)
• Tax Advantaged Accounts
• Family Support:
• Family Planning Support
• Parental Leave
• Global Surrogacy & Adoption Policy
• Professional Development & Recognition:
• Rewards & Recognition 
• Global Employee Anniversary Awards 
• Paid Volunteer Work 
• Unique Perks:
• Employee Discount 
• U.S. Bluebikes Membership
• Global Pod Outings
• Work/Life Balance:
• Emphasizing a supportive & flexible work environment that encourages a balance between personal and professional commitments 

Purpose & Inclusion at Wayfair:
At Wayfair, we pride ourselves on fostering an environment where every individual experiences a fair and equitable employee journey. We are committed to developing targeted resources that raise awareness around inclusion and eliminate barriers, ensuring Wayfair provides a fair and inclusive workplace experience for everyone.

Social Impact & Responsibility:
At Wayfair, we focus on helping people on their journey to home - specifically those who have lost their way from home. We do this by leveraging our best assets, such as collaborating with leading nonprofit organizations, coordinating in-kind product donations, empowering our employees to get involved through paid volunteer time off programs, and encouraging our customers to donate. This multi-faceted approach allows us to support communities in need in authentic ways that align with Wayfair's broader mission of helping everyone, anywhere create their sense of home.

Massachusetts Applicants: I understand that it is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities

Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals, including individuals with disabilities. As part of this commitment, Wayfair will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

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At this time, Wayfair does not provide sponsorship for employment authorization for this position.