Senior Data Scientist

Summary

Join Thumbtack's Data Science team and leverage your analytical skills to drive impactful business decisions. As a Data Scientist, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to support product launches, analyze marketplace economics, and inform strategic initiatives. You will be responsible for the analytical needs of engineering, design, product, and marketing teams, empowering them to build the best product efficiently. This role requires 5+ years of data science experience, expertise in SQL, strong communication skills, and a relevant technical degree. Thumbtack offers a virtual-first work model, generous paid time off, and various other benefits.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in data science, analytics or economics
• Experience managing stakeholders with competing priorities in areas such as Product Management, Design, Engineering and Marketing
• Experience scoping, analyzing, and communicating results of experiments
• Expert in SQL
• Strong communication skills and ability to build strong relationships cross-functionally and with leadership
• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctoral degree in a technical area such as: Statistics, Engineering, Analytics, Math, Computer Science, Operations Research, Economics

Responsibilities

• Propose and conduct quantitative research into key user behaviors, product flows, and business trends; based on analysis and in collaboration with cross-functional partners, identify potential new opportunities and next steps for the product team
• Design and analyze experiments and other tests for causal inference, in collaboration with engineers, applied scientists, and economists
• Partner with product managers, designers, engineers, and researchers to help drive product strategy on the team. This includes defining new features, scenario modeling for possible impact on key metrics, making recommendations on business logic of new features, etc
• Define and monitor key metrics; investigate changes in metrics and propose next steps
• Develop topic area expertise, e.g., develop a deep understanding of how Thumbtack search works and interacts with other systems
• Contribute to our team and company data culture through accessible data table design and maintenance
• Collaborate with, mentor, and help recruit team members

Preferred Qualifications

• A well-balanced combination of big-picture thinking, ability to thrive in ambiguity, exceptional problem solving skills and patience to teach others and uphold a high bar
• Experience working on a 2-sided marketplace
• Proficient in one of Python or R

Benefits

• Virtual-first working model coupled with in-person events
• 20 company-wide holidays including a week-long end-of-year company shutdown
• Library (optional use collaboration & connection hub) in San Francisco
• WiFi reimbursements
• Cell phone reimbursements (North America)
• Employee Assistance Program for mental health and well-being