Senior Data Scientist, Product

Summary

Join Thumbtack's Data Science team as a Product Data Scientist and leverage your analytical skills to drive product development. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to conduct quantitative research, design experiments, and build features that enhance the user experience for Thumbtack's Pro customers. You will analyze user behavior, product flows, and business trends to identify opportunities and inform product strategy. Your work will involve defining and monitoring key metrics, investigating metric changes, and proposing solutions. You will also contribute to the team's data culture through accessible data design and maintenance. This role requires strong communication and collaboration skills, as well as expertise in SQL and experimental design. The salary range varies based on location.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in data science, analytics or economics
• Experience scoping, analyzing, and communicating results of experiments
• Expertise 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, engineers, etc. to help prioritize and scope new features, e.g., scenario modeling for possible impact on key metrics, make 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 in how our Pro customers use Thumbtack
• Contribute to our team and company data culture through accessible data table design and maintenance

Benefits

• For candidates living in San Francisco / Bay Area, San Jose, New York City, or Seattle metros, the expected salary range for the role is currently $147,300 - $190,600
• For candidates living in Austin, TX or Washington DC metros or in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, or Washington states, the expected salary range for the role is currently $132,600 - $171,600
• For candidates living in all other US locations, the expected salary range for this role is currently $125,200 - $162,000