# What is a Full Stack Data Scientist?

DevFeed: [What is a Full Stack Data Scientist?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-is-a-full-stack-data-scientist-1673.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/what-is-a-full-stack-data-scientist>)

Author: Micayla Wood

Published: 2022-09-15T13:35:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Data Science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-science.md>), [data-modeling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-modeling.md>), [product analytics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/product-analytics.md>), [engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/engineering-culture.md>)

Tags: [data-modeling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-modeling.md>), [data-science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-science.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [machine-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/machine-learning.md>), [pipeline](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pipeline.md>), [product-analytics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-analytics.md>), [production](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>), [streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/streaming.md>)

## AI overview

Shopify defines a full stack data scientist as someone who takes ownership of a data science project across its entire lifecycle, from discovery and analysis through data acquisition, modeling, pipeline development, and production delivery. The article emphasizes communication with stakeholders, engineering practices, product analytics, and proactively using data to solve business problems.

## Source excerpt

At Shopify, we've embraced full stack data science, so we chatted with our data scientists to share what it means to be a full stack data scientist.