Growth ML Scientist — Remote

Upstart; Austin, New York (TX, NY); Remote; CAD 131,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity grants

401(k) plan

Healthcare coverage

Wellness allowance

Job summary

Upstart is seeking an Applied Scientist to advance predictive models and expand marketing analytics across channels in a flexible, remote setup. You’ll work on production-ready modeling, experiments, and data pipelines with business-oriented partners.

Join the Machine Learning Growth team to push causal inference, experiment design, and ML research, accelerating borrower acquisition and optimizing marketing outcomes across lifecycle, email, and digital channels.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Operations Research or a related field.
• Experience applying statistical and machine learning methods to modeling or data science problems.
• Experience using Python for data analysis, data preparation, and machine learning model development.
• Experience with causal inference and experimental design, including statistically rigorous evaluation of model or experiment performance.

Responsibilities

• Analyze historical model and campaign performance to identify opportunities to improve model effectiveness and marketing outcomes.
• Develop and evaluate machine learning models, including researching new features and model architectures, to improve prospect selection and support new marketing use cases.
• Design statistically rigorous experiments and model evaluations to measure causal impact, optimize campaign outcomes, and inform decisions.
• Navigate complex, messy datasets and build reusable data pipelines, metrics, and analytical approaches that enable efficient model development and analysis.
• Partner with Machine Learning, Growth, and Marketing Platform Engineering teams to translate business problems into research agendas, intermediate milestones, and production-ready solutions.
• Expand machine learning capabilities beyond direct mail into lifecycle, email, digital, and other emerging marketing channels.

Skills

Python

Statistics

Causal inference

Experiment design

Machine learning

Education

Master’s degree

Job description

Upstart is seeking an Applied Scientist to advance predictive models and expand marketing analytics across channels in a flexible, remote setup. You’ll work on production-ready modeling, experiments, and data pipelines with business-oriented partners.

Join the Machine Learning Growth team to push causal inference, experiment design, and ML research, accelerating borrower acquisition and optimizing marketing outcomes across lifecycle, email, and digital channels.