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Lewis Clarke

Data Scientist · Seattle · United States

Data Scientist with experience in problem framing, experiments, models, and measurable decisions. Practical work includes Python, SQL, Experimentation, Causal inference.

Experience

Amazon

Seattle · United States

Data Scientist

Mar 2022 - now

  • Used SQL and Python to study seller retention, separating new-seller cohorts from established shops and checking seasonality; reported uncertainty rather than treating a correlation as a causal effect.
  • Built Looker dashboards from the research dataset with documented cohort definitions and drill-through samples; reconciled dashboard totals to the source queries before sharing recommendations.
  • Separated training and evaluation data by time and customer, inspected leakage in derived features, and compared model performance across cohorts before recommending an experiment.
  • Built a Python machine learning baseline for repeat-purchase prediction, split observations by customer and time, and compared calibration and recall with a simple statistical baseline before presenting the model recommendation.
  • Prepared an experiment readout with confidence intervals, cohort-level diagnostics and a data visualization of the pre-test trend; checked sample-ratio mismatch and explained when the evidence did not justify rollout.
  • Owned a forecasting evaluation using time-based splits in Python, reducing holdout error from 19% to 15% against the same seasonal baseline and recording cohort failures.
  • Published a Tableau evaluation dashboard using SQL-validated inputs, resolving differences between data-pipeline totals and the statistics presented to decision makers.

Microsoft

Redmond, Washington · United States

Data Scientist

Jan 2019 - Feb 2022

  • Built a demand forecast with promotion and holiday effects for 26 regions. Kept the improvement stable through the follow-up review.
  • Investigated a discrepancy between a published metric and its source records, traced the transformation that changed the population, and corrected the calculation with a reproducible query.
  • Compared the last successful data refresh with a failed run, separated missing source data from transformation errors, and reran only the affected interval. Kept the original query and corrected result together for review.

Selected project

Data Scientist — independent case study

Project owner

Feb 2024 - Jun 2024

  • Reconciled three conflicting definitions of active supply into one governed metric
  • Generated synthetic source records with duplicates, late arrivals and corrected values; wrote assertions for row counts and key uniqueness, and recorded the expected effect of each case on the reported metric.
  • Compared the analytical output with a manually calculated reference table, traced differences to a transformation step, and retained a data dictionary and rerun instructions alongside the corrected query.
  • Owned the synthetic-data validation using a manually calculated reference, resolved duplicate-key inflation and completed a notebook that reproduces the corrected totals.

Education

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington · United States

B.S. Computer Science

Sep 2013 - Jun 2017

Relevant coursework: Algorithms, operating systems, databases, computer networks

Skills

Role expertise

Python · SQL · Experimentation · Causal inference · Machine learning · Data visualization

Certifications

Google Advanced Data Analytics Professional Certificate

Google

Jun 2024

Publications

  • Published an independent methods note using reproducible queries, explaining the data grain, excluded records and sensitivity of the result to a changed denominator.

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Amazon

Senior Data Scientist, NAS Discovery and Returns

Seattle · United StatesSenior

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  • In the posting
      • SQL
      ATS keywords with experience

    “5+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience”

    In this resume
    Used SQL and Python to study seller retention, separating new-seller cohorts from established shops and checking seasonality; reported uncertainty rather than treating a correlation as a causal effect.
    Data Scientist · Amazon
  • In the posting
      • Python
      • Machine learning
      ATS keywords with experience

    “5+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience”

    “Use LLMs, machine learning, data mining, and statistical techniques to design/run experiments that solve complex business problems.”

    In this resume
    Built a Python machine learning baseline for repeat-purchase prediction, split observations by customer and time, and compared calibration and recall with a simple statistical baseline before presenting the model recommendation.
    Data Scientist · Amazon
  • In the posting
      • dashboards
      ATS keywords with experience

    “Develop a deep understanding of e-commerce metrics, reporting tools, and data structures in order to identify and drive resolution of issues, provide actionable intelligence with existing metrics or identify, develop, and propose new metrics, dashboards, scorecards or new tools.”

    In this resume
    Built Looker dashboards from the research dataset with documented cohort definitions and drill-through samples; reconciled dashboard totals to the source queries before sharing recommendations.
    Data Scientist · Amazon
  • In the posting
      • data pipelines
      No relevant experience found

    “Experience managing data pipelines”

    In this resume

    No supporting experience found. Do not add this keyword unless your own work supports it.

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  • In the posting
      • Data visualization
      ATS keywords with experience

    “2+ years of data visualization using AWS QuickSight, Tableau, R Shiny, etc. experience”

    In this resume
    Prepared an experiment readout with confidence intervals, cohort-level diagnostics and a data visualization of the pre-test trend; checked sample-ratio mismatch and explained when the evidence did not justify rollout.
    Data Scientist · Amazon
  • In the posting
      • statistics
      • Tableau
      ATS keywords with experience

    “Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as statistics, mathematics, data science, business analytics, economics, finance, engineering, or computer science”

    “2+ years of data visualization using AWS QuickSight, Tableau, R Shiny, etc. experience”

    In this resume
    Published a Tableau evaluation dashboard using SQL-validated inputs, resolving differences between data-pipeline totals and the statistics presented to decision makers.
    Data Scientist · Amazon
  • In the posting
      • forecasting
      ATS keywords with experience

    “Manage and develop advanced analytical tools that align, and simplify, monthly business reviews, annual planning, operations and forecasting processes, based on the needs of the business and stakeholders.”

    In this resume
    Owned a forecasting evaluation using time-based splits in Python, reducing holdout error from 19% to 15% against the same seasonal baseline and recording cohort failures.
    Data Scientist · Amazon
  • In the posting
      • evaluation
      ATS keywords with experience

    “Leverage state-of-the-art measurement science approaches, including LLMs, to develop evaluation frameworks for a variety of signals and customer experiences.”

    In this resume
    Separated training and evaluation data by time and customer, inspected leakage in derived features, and compared model performance across cohorts before recommending an experiment.
    Data Scientist · Amazon
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For analytics roles, foreground metric definitions, SQL, reporting, and the decision supported. For data science roles, name the dataset, model choice, evaluation method, and how the result was used.

Synthetic bullet example

Defined churn cohorts in SQL, documented the dataset boundary, and delivered segment findings for a retention decision. For modeling work, name the validation method separately.

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