Growth Data Scientist

Society of Exploration Geophysicists; Sunnyvale (CA); Remote; USD 130,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent firm seeks a Growth Data Scientist to enhance user acquisition and engagement strategies. This remote role involves end-to-end analytics ownership, predictive modeling, and collaboration across teams to drive growth. The ideal candidate is experienced in SQL, Python, and brings a startup or tech background.

Benefits

Generous equity grant

Performance bonus

$20K relocation bonus

$10K housing bonus

$1K monthly meal stipend

Free Equinox membership

Health insurance

Qualifications

• Previous founding or startup experience or top-tier tech company experience.
• Fluency in SQL and Python.
• Experience with statistical analyses and turning insights into narratives.

Responsibilities

• Own growth analytics: design tracking plans and keep data accurate.
• Build predictive models for channel ROI and cohort retention.
• Run A/B tests and translate insights into dashboards and briefs.

Skills

SQL

Python

Attention to detail

Statistical methods

Marketing automation

Programmatic SEO

Tools

MySQL

Snowflake

MongoDB

Airflow

Job description

Who is Recruiting from Scratch:

Recruiting from Scratch is a premier talent firm that focuses on placing the best product managers, software, and hardware talent at innovative companies. Our team is 100% remote and we work with teams across the United States to help them hire.

https://www.recruitingfromscratch.com/

About the Role

Growth Data Scientists work at the intersection of product analytics, experimentation, and candidate go-to-market strategy. You will be responsible for uncovering the highest-leverage levers that accelerate user acquisition, activation, engagement, and revenue; and work with Engineering, Product, and GTM teams to turn those insights into compounding growth.

As a Growth Data Scientist, you will

• Own growth analytics end to end: design tracking plans, verify event quality, keep data accurate and organized in the warehouse
• Build predictive and causal models to uncover opportunities from channel ROI to cohort retention
• Run A/B tests with the Platform Engineering team to turn hypotheses into wins
• Translate insights into self-serve dashboards and concise briefs that guide every team’s decisions.

The long term goal is to strengthen network effects and match top talent with companies faster and more profitably.

What Are We Looking For?

• Willingness to work 6 days a week
• Previous founding or startup experience or top-tier tech company experience..
• Fluency in SQL and Python
• Experience querying for SQL (MySQL, Snowflake) and NoSQL (MongoDB) data stores, Airflow or similar orchestration ETL tools
• You are familiar with statistical methods such as regression and Difference-in-differences. You should also be comfortable with marketing automation, PLG funnels, programmatic SEO and lifestyle messaging.
• You should be able to turn complex analyses into crisp narratives and be able to communicate well with leadership.
• Attention to detail and eagerness to learn

Compensation

• Base cash comp from $130K-$250K
• Generous equity grant
• Performance bonus
• A $20K relocation bonus (if moving to the Bay Area)
• A $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)
• A $1K monthly stipend for meals
• Free Equinox membership
• Health insurance

https://www.recruitingfromscratch.com/